A little backstory, I moved to Canada at the age of 10. I spent the majority of my life there (25 now). I decided in November to take advantage of my US citizenship and move to California to explore new career opportunities. I found a great job and have been working there for almost two months.
HR Department called me into their office today and handed me an Income Withholding Notice claiming I owe a shitload of money from the year 1999. I thought it must be a mistake as I was 3 years old at the time.
Apparently, it's not. I owe thousands of dollars of income taxes from when I was a toddler. The money is simply being deducted from my paycheck. Legally, there's nothing the company can do for me.
I called the Tax bureau and got it extended for 30 days before I have to start paying for it. It appears to be capital gains tax from my absent father.
Does anyone know if there's any way I can dispute this? I want to file identity fraud but I'm worried that it might affect my mother whom I have a great relationship with. I would ask my father to make amends for this but he's been in prison since 2002.
Any advice would be great. It's a pretty substantial amount of money. I honestly can't believe this is even possible.
Edit: Will definitely be contacting an attorney. Thank you all for the help and support
Submitted March 25, 2022 at 08:38PM by bc_is_dope https://ift.tt/V7G0rkj
