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Hello,

I am so thankful I found your forum. I have no one to talk to about what happened yesterday. It would kill my parents if they knew and telling my friends is out of the question since, ironically, my husband is a financial adviser and we live in a small town.

Now I've been suspicious that things weren't right with finances. He pays all the bills and gives me cash or a check for basic household expenses. I've been asking for tax returns and household information for over 2 years and the response is, "I'm working on it." Well the past 2 weeks I've been talking to attorneys about what I should do because I don't want my name associated with anything that might be going on. Well, I'm a day late and a dollar short. Here's what happened yesterday morning:

Doorbell rings and I answer (with my 4 kids) to find the postman asking me to sign for a certified letter from the IRS. This is the first time I've had mail in my hands in over 5 years. My husband has the key. It's a tax levy for over 100,000! Has anyone on the forum been in this situation before?

I've been researching like crazy and know I can file for Innocent Spouse Relief (I'm working on that now). Husband ignored everything the IRS sent before. Because I was off work it was shear luck that I was the one home when the postman came. I wonder if he would have said anything had I not been? I did give him the names of a couple of tax attorneys (can we afford it?) and the Taxpayer Advocate number for our area.

I'm sorry this is so long, but need to have some idea what might lie ahead. We have NOTHING set aside if the IRS freezes his account. Thanks for reading.

Warmly,

Stephanie