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Monday, April 14, 2014

GOVERNMENT TARGETS TAXPAYERS FOR THEIR PARENTS' DECADES-OLD DEBTS

Dear Readers:

Did you ever think that you would be held responsible for your parents' decades-old debts.  Something that you never had a hand in incurring, perhaps because you were just a child.  Well, think again...

Government targets taxpayers for their parents’ decades-old debts

By , WashingtonPost.com

"A few weeks ago, with no notice, the U.S. government intercepted Mary Grice’s tax refunds from both the IRS and the state of Maryland. Grice had no idea that Uncle Sam had seized her money until some days later, when she got a letter saying that her refund had gone to satisfy an old debt to the government — a very old debt.

When Grice was 4, back in 1960, her father died, leaving her mother with five children to raise. Until the kids turned 18, Sadie Grice got survivor benefits from Social Security to help feed and clothe them."

To read the rest of the article = click on the link:
http://amac.us/social-security-treasury-target-taxpayers-parents-decades-old-debts

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