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bag lady to be
Taxing Matters and IIworking, thank you for your help and information. The 3 year limit looked like the quickest and simplest way to stop the collection agency harassment but from what you say this is not likely. As for the rest of it:
1. No, I do not owe any tax; all income and property taxes were paid through 2012 when I left the state. Income taxes were with-held by my employer and there was a refund. I did not live, work, or do business in any way in Ohio in 2013.
2. I have not worked since the ending of that position in fall of 2012; there are no wages in any state after that date. And, no, I'm not a landlord collecting rents, or a self employed business owner, or collecting alimony, or worker's compensation, or anything else I can think of that might reach the threshold of taxable income. I do still pay to have a tax return filed every year even though I haven't owed anything since 2012.
3. Yes I can prove that I lived in another state in 2013--property tax receipts, car titled in new state, paid utility bills and as much more as needed.
4. Yes I left a forwarding address, which expired one year later, and I don't see anywhere that I "implied" that I didn't.
5. I asked the Ohio atty gen rep for copies of all the documentation showing why they think I owe them money and have not gotten anything from them, with no date given as to when I might expect to, and actually no promise that I would get any documentation at all. I did followup with a letter, and the accountant who does my taxes has also started making inquiries in writing. From what Tax Matters said, I am wondering if the state will refuse to give me any documentation and claim that it's too late for me to object. . .
6. Ohio atty gen rep vehemently stated that I had been notified, that the letter had been sent to my former home (the one that was sold at auction), that they could prove this by my signature on the receipt, and that I had not responded. This is apparently important to them, so it has to be important to me. If I don't have a 3 year limit to their pursuit of their claim, then the signature issue has become vital, as otherwise, again from what Tax Matters discussed, I wouldn't be allowed to show documentation on why I could not owe them taxes.
7. I do not ever do my own taxes; I pay a certified public accountant/enrolled agent to to this because I don't think I know enough to be sure of not making any mistakes. This accountant said at the time and says now that I do not owe any taxes. I pay an expert to "file the proper and necessary tax returns". Not being a tax expert myself, I "know" only what this expert tells me.
8. Once before, I moved out of Ohio for several years; although that time I did eventually move back. Ohio claimed that I owed taxes for the time I did not live or work or earn in Ohio, and they stated that this claim was based on the taxes I had paid them in previous years. They were not pleasant about it then either, I did not owe the tax, and eventually it did get resolved without me paying any money, but it took a long and stressful time. This looks to me like the same thing over again. To repeat, this 3 year limit looked like the quickest and by far easiest way to stop the collection harassment.
Mr. JK Senior Member, plainly my question on your forum offended you. My apologies for "railing", "implying", and "going on and on". You might try "judge not lest you be judged", and treating others the way you would like to be treated. I promise not to darken your virtual door again; "life is too short to let negative people bring you down; just avoid them".