Internal Revenue Service Charged me with Penalties on unpaid taxes of a former employer Mobile Alabama

Have they ordered the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) file for your case?

Have you filed and paid the actual tax on one employee for one period? After doing this, you can file and claim a refund on form 843 and this will re-open the investigation in your case. At that time, you will have the FOIA records and can better assert yourself and defend yourself as "willful and responsible'. A knowledgable IRS appeals officer will investigate and listen to your side of the story and determine if proper procedure and law were followed.

Do you have the money to enter into an installment agreement with the IRS for this debt? If not, fill out the required 433 Collection Information Statement proving your income and expenses, and if you qualify, you can be placed into "currently not collectible" status, and they will not collect the debt.

There is a statute of limitations on collections... 10 years from the date assessed.
You could try to set up the minimum payment, based on your income and expense and ride out the collection statute.

If you truly feel and know you are not the responsible party, were not a check signer, were not an officer of the corporation, and should not be held responsible under 'willful & responsible" guidelines, you may want to try filing an offer in compromise under 'effective tax administration".

If you would like, I can offer other helpful advice upon request.

Well, as of April 1, 2009, the IRS has taken every last penny I had from my bank account...HA! They even left me with an NSF fee that occurred after they froze my account. The thing that pisses me off the most is that I had that bank account for 14 years and now I'll have to close it or come up with money to put into it. I now have no income (the nature of the economy nowdays) and going on unemployment gives me a whopping $200 per week. I just got off the phone with my lawyer and, once again, I have to fax over 3 months of bank statements and some type of notification that I have no income.

I have written to my senators, ABC Good Morning America, Erin Brockovich, even the President himself! The best response I've gotten so far was from a lawyer in Colorado. Even though his fees are way too high for me to hire him, he insisted that he would keep in touch with me and that I could email him anytime with questions. I'm also thankful for the user comments I've received. Thanks!!! I've run the gamut of feeling so desperate as to commit suicide to just not caring at all. I actually saw the former owner, my former boss the other day walking down the street. I was in my car...but I waited until he had completely crossed the street before I drove on. He acted like he never saw me.

I have no idea what the outcome will be...I don't have anything the IRS can get anymore. I should find out in a couple weeks from the lawyer what will happen with all this.

I cannot comprehend the stupidity of the IRS on this one! Nice going government, not! An hourly employee cannot ever be held liable for the tax debt of the place they work for. I don't know what this particular agent is smoking telling you otherwise. Your tax attorney doesn't seem to be doing much good either for you. Fire him at once and file a Bar complaint against him or her for bad representation. Hire a new attorney who knows his or her stuff. Bring copies of W2s and pay stubs to prove that you were, in fact an hourly employee. That should be the end of it right there or should have been if your attorney was worth anything other than a parasite! You have been had, big time! W2's should have proved right then and there and with especially prior year tax returns should list your occupation and I am willing to bet dollars to donuts it was not any officer of the corporation, which would in fact, negate the IRS's claims of responsibility. This is what I would have insisted upon the first meeting with the attorney and the IRS agent handling the case.

I cannot comprehend the stupidity of the IRS on this one! Nice going government, not! An hourly employee cannot ever be held liable for the tax debt of the place they work for. I don't know what this particular agent is smoking telling you otherwise. Your tax attorney doesn't seem to be doing much good either for you. Fire him at once and file a Bar complaint against him or her for bad representation. Hire a new attorney who knows his or her stuff. Bring copies of W2s and pay stubs to prove that you were, in fact an hourly employee. That should be the end of it right there or should have been if your attorney was worth anything other than a parasite! You have been had, big time! W2's should have proved right then and there and with especially prior year tax returns should list your occupation and I am willing to bet dollars to donuts it was not any officer of the corporation, which would in fact, negate the IRS's claims of responsibility. This is what I would have insisted upon the first meeting with the attorney and the IRS agent handling the case.

I think I would go talk to a business/corporate lawyer.
I think he would better be able to steer you to where you have to look.
It sounds like the former owner may have changed some paperwork and added your SS number.
I would have to think that the IRS should be able to produce some sort of paperwork since they claim your SS number is on it. You would be entitled to it.
In order to find that out, you would have to know where to look.
You could check the county records as I would think the business should be on file there.