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    Question Proving You Don't Owe Back State Income Tax

    State of VA is coming after my wife claiming she owes back state income tax for 1993. We are certain the state of VA is wrong but don't have records back that far. They have a collection agency handling this. The state won't give us any documentation proving their side of case either. How do we get tax records back that far to prove this? IRS says they don't keep more than 10 years and to call Soc. Sec. Admin for all old W-2's. But Soc. Sec. says we should call the IRS?!?

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    Default Re: Proving You Don't Owe Back State Income Tax

    Virginia has a 20 year statute of limitations (essentially, with twist and turns) as you can read here: http://law.justia.com/virginia/codes....1-1802.1.html

    You do not have to deal with the collection agency. You can deal directly with the state. I would write to the collection agency explaining to them that you prefer to deal directly with the state and demanding that they cease and desist all communications with you regarding this alleged debt.

    Here's the main problem I see for you. If you pay anything at all to the collection agency then there is new economic activity and it can go back on your credit report. As it is now, the debt is too old to be reported. The fact that they've turned this over to a collection agency tells me that they probably have given up on any probability of collecting anything. Collection agencies can be very agressive, and I would nip them in the bud quickly and vigorously.

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