Earlier this year, it came to light that the Social Security Administration was
aggressively pursuing debts that were previously owed by deceased relatives.
What was equally disturbing was that many of these debts were over the 10 year
statute of limitations, in some cases over 30 years old. What allowed this
was a provision buried in the 2008 Farm Bill, which eliminated the statute of
limitations on debts owed to any federal agency.
The drive to collect very old debts began in 2011, and since then the federal
government has collected $424 million in debts over 10 years old. However,
after widespread media attention, the Social Security Administration announced
on April 14th of this year that it would immediately cease efforts to collect on
debts over 10 years old.
However, Celebrity Free News has obtained evidence that the Internal Revenue
Service is now taking the same approach. Below is a portion of a notice
recently received by one of our readers from the IRS, attempting to collect
on a 12 year old debt:
This is a developing story, and we will bring you more information as it becomes
available. If you have recently received such a notice for a debt over 10
years old, or have other information
relating to this story, we would love to hear from you at
taxstory@celebrityfreenews.com.