Comments on: All about Federal Tax Liens and Getting Them Released

By: JacquelineRothfuss

JacquelineRothfuss — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:33:59 +0000

15 years ago I signed a document as a officer of a corporation my boyfriend's son formed. In 2003 he ran into witholding tax payments with the IRS. The IRS filed a tax lien on me even though I had nothing to do with the operation of this corporation and never received any monies from the corporation. I signed the papers only to help hin out because he needed another officer. 13 years after this I received the tax lien. Any refund from from my IRS 1040 return is applied to the lien. What can I do to eliminate the IRS action?

By: Greg in Irving

Greg in Irving — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:00:52 +0000

The IRS put a Tax lien on my wife's property in Texas for my failure to pay 941 taxes on a business she was not apart of. The assestment is 12/27/1999. I am on a payment plan.
My name is not on the Deed of Trust and financing documents.

She needs to refinance the home inorder to lower the monthly payments. However my lien is on my credit report. I understand I can submitt a Certificate of Subordination of Federal Tax Lien and hope IRS will approve it. Do you have any advice?

By: Sher

Sher — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:24:33 +0000

I found an old tax lien (17 years old) one 2 credit reports but not the other. I believe it was unpaid by my ex husband. How do I get it off the report without the risk of the IRS attempting to collect?

By: Chuck in Tampa

Chuck in Tampa — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:47:12 +0000

If I had a Federal Lien from a tax issue that has since been discharged in a chapter 7 bankruptcy, how do I go about having that Lien removed?

By: Russell Saurbaugh

Russell Saurbaugh — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:24:07 +0000

On Sept. 12, 2007 a Certificate of Release of Federal Tax Lien was filed in the County Clerks office. The years covered by this release were 1992, 1993, and 1994. All tax liens were Form 1040 tax, income tax. October, 2008, a Revenue Officer showed up at my workplace and informed me that a mistake was made on filing those lien releases and that he was going to "refile" the liens. I received a Notice of Federal Tax Lien about two weeks after the Revenue Officers visit. The "new" Notice of Federal Tax Lien lists 1992, 1993, and 1994. Do I have recourse on this new lien? How can it be that I receive a Lien Release, duly and properly recorded, and then have a Revenue Officer tell me that a mistake was made and that a new lien will be filed for those very same tax years?

By: calle

calle — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:46:02 +0000

So in essence , if I have a certificate of releases form despite it showing up on my credit – this does mean I am free correct? What about in the case of a defunct business where there are no assets?

By: Darrin Mish

Darrin Mish — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:15:53 +0000

In a nutshell your federal tax lien is most likely releasable at this time due to its age. We can likely help you with this. The way you go about it is to make a request for it to be released to the IRS and then they have 30 days to file a Certificate of Release at the county clerk's office. It doesn't always goes smoothly though. Give us a call and we can set you an appointment to discuss it at length further.

By: Virginia Boutwell

Virginia Boutwell — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:25:57 +0000

2 weeks ago, I found 2 tax liens on my Equifax report. One from the state of MS & the other was a Fed Tax lien. They were date from 1992 (Fed) & 1995 (State). These were state sales taxes ($3136.00) & payroll taxes ($34,598.00) from a business I owned in MS until 1988. I moved in 1989. No knowledge of anything owed. When I checked into them, they were audits from 1988. They have never been entered on my credit reports. Circuit Court in MS said that credit bureaus send their people in to check the records. I said…from 20 yrs. ago ? She had no answer. I have no records to defend this
and am stunned that it would service after 20 years. Any defense against Equifax ? My credit was perfect with scores well above 700. I have disputed this with Equifax & am waiting for a response. However, I don't have much faith in the response of the Circuit Court or State Tax Commission.