Artmakerjenny
Active Member
Hope I'm posting in the right place...
OK, my husband bought himself a nice lightly used pick up truck from a private party. It was to be his "retirement toy."
All I know is the guy he bought it from wanted to get out from under the payments. My husband took the money from one of his retirement investments, not even sure which one, and paid the balance due on the truck in full.
Then he died last Sept.
All of a sudden the state of Michigan is claiming he paid 20,000.00 grand and of course the tax on that BUT that they deem this truck to be worth almost 35,000.00 and they want a big whopping chunk of money in back taxes.
now I can no longer ASK my husband what he actually paid. I cannot find out what the original owner had paid off either. Truck is about 5 years old.
Before he got real sick he signed off titles to the truck and a small car he had. Both have been sitting in my driveway. I have yet to have the truck put in my name, will eventually, just haven't had it in me to do much of anything lately. The car he wanted to give to our daughter but right now she just doesn't need it so it sits.
HOW do I answer their letter? Just mail them a copy of his death cert? I have NO CLUE what deal he had with the original seller and don't even have details of who that person was. And now.... I'm suddenly on a fixed income which so far is BARELY making the bills let alone come up with over 800.00 they say is owed in taxes. HOW THE BLAZES does the state know what he paid OR what this used truck is worth?
what do I do here?
OK, my husband bought himself a nice lightly used pick up truck from a private party. It was to be his "retirement toy."
All I know is the guy he bought it from wanted to get out from under the payments. My husband took the money from one of his retirement investments, not even sure which one, and paid the balance due on the truck in full.
Then he died last Sept.
All of a sudden the state of Michigan is claiming he paid 20,000.00 grand and of course the tax on that BUT that they deem this truck to be worth almost 35,000.00 and they want a big whopping chunk of money in back taxes.
now I can no longer ASK my husband what he actually paid. I cannot find out what the original owner had paid off either. Truck is about 5 years old.
Before he got real sick he signed off titles to the truck and a small car he had. Both have been sitting in my driveway. I have yet to have the truck put in my name, will eventually, just haven't had it in me to do much of anything lately. The car he wanted to give to our daughter but right now she just doesn't need it so it sits.
HOW do I answer their letter? Just mail them a copy of his death cert? I have NO CLUE what deal he had with the original seller and don't even have details of who that person was. And now.... I'm suddenly on a fixed income which so far is BARELY making the bills let alone come up with over 800.00 they say is owed in taxes. HOW THE BLAZES does the state know what he paid OR what this used truck is worth?
what do I do here?