State abates $17,000 erroneous assessment and removes lien from home

Our client was a sales representative for an out of state company who was being pursued by a state for unpaid employment taxes. When we were retained, the state had placed a lien on his home. Our investigation into the taxes determined that the state mistakenly believed our client was an officer of his employee based on the company’s business tax application. We requested a copy of the original application from the state and discovered that someone had written our client’s name in but that there was no signature (which should have resulted in the application being rejected). We provided the state with this information and copies of the filings from the company’s home state showing who the true officers were and the state agreed to abate the assessment and remove the lien.