Franchise Tax Board Lien (CA)

Have you called or written a letter to the FTB?

I discovered this last night when I received the letter advising that I was turned down for the job due to the lien. At the time this was resolved with FTB they assured me it would be removed. That was in 2005. I didn't realize it was still on my credit reports because it is only on one at this time. I disputed it with Experion last night online.

I am going to call the FTB today, but am not hopeful that it will do any good. They are very departmentalized and extremely difficult to deal with. For this reason, I am looking for the best approach to resolve this matter ASAP. Thanks!

you need to pull the other 2 of your credit reports to make sure that it is only being reported on Experian.

How did you "straighten out" the problem with the FTB in the first place? Do you have any notes or letters regarding that issue?

Two 1099's were sent to the FTB by the same company erroneously thus reporting double what I had actually earned. I had recently filed bk and simply did not respond to them knowing I owed them nothing. (Big Mistake) I moved to NV and a year later they sent two "goons" to my home looking for the "17K+ I owed them". I finally contacted an accountant who discovered the error and fixed it, and I received a refund from the state! I spoke with someone from the FTB thereafter and was told that liens are removed only if requested in writing. I made the request and never looked back. At that time, my credit was so bad I knew it would take several years to recover so I started the process of establishing and maintaining good credit. I finally reached a score of 700 and did not realize that the lien was still on my report. I get updates through FICO. This lien, however, was reposted in 12/2008, and now there is another one for 2K + . I have no idea what this second one is.

No notes or letters. At the time, I was naive and assumed that the FTB would act appropriately. So much for "assumptions."

Can't the accountant get you a record of the refund or anything?

He'd dead - had a heart attack 2 months after filing for me. His wife has disappeared. I have my tax returns that were filed at the time. But to the best of my knowledge, there was nothing written about the double reporting, lien, etc.

Have you called the FTB yet? It is almost 9am there now, they should be open at 8 though.

We have a lien and we are trying to buy a home, help!!!

have you paid the lien?

I didn't own any lien it's just show up in my record that i own them, every year since 2002 from California franchise tax board even i didn't live in their state. I don't know what's wrong, please help if somebody know about this.

Have you called the CA FTB to find out why they are reporting on your credit reports?