FTB concedes full $31,009 assessment discharged in bankruptcy

Our client filed for bankruptcy and continued to receive letters from California’s Franchise Tax Board for the $31,009 in taxes he owed. We reviewed the bankruptcy file and discovered that the Franchise Tax Board had failed to respond to an adversary proceeding filed by our client’s bankruptcy attorney and had been found in default by the court. We contacted the FTB and were able to get them to agree to cease all collection efforts as they were bound by the court judgment.