California sucks
 

so...i get a paper in the mail today that states i owe the state of California $450 for the 2005 tax year. the thing is, i was never ever in california for 2005, let alone being a legal resident of cali to pay taxes. i tried calling the california tax board, but they said "were not taking phone calls". i am not paying that. i can't. so...what are my options? hiring a tax lawyer, and paying 450 anyway? or just contact my National Guard unit for options, or talk with the cali tax board directly?


california is broke, and is trying to screw anyone and everyone that set foot in california.

Screw cali lol. I say try and contact the Board directly first and then take the other options

im a resident of california and i havent paid them state taxes in like 5 years...if anything them mufuggas owe me 300 bucks for 2002 and 2003.

contact AHHHNNNNOOOOLLLLLDDDDDD!

There are a lot of scams like that going around. I say talk to the Cali Tax board directly and see if it's real and go from there.

yeah, i have gone to the website it has on the paper, and the phone numbers, a lot of pre-recorded stuff, and numbers that has a "we have a large volume of calls, so we cannot take your call". i hope it's a scam.

EDIT: is the Franchise tax board real? i never heard of it.

Yes it's real. http://www.ftb.ca.gov/

I have been saying this for many years.

lol

Don't be jealous.

if its true you never lived there as a resident.. don't pay.. whats cali going to do

yeah, i was never a legal resident in 2005. i bought stuff from Newegg, but when i did it from california, i had to pay a sales tax online. why do they say i owe stuff from 2005 when i was never even there. let alone legal resident of that state? o.O

california -screwing everyone in california first, the nation next.

I'm still waiting on my state taxes, that were susposed to be here a month ago.

There are a couple of things here you should consider.

1. It could be a mistake. There might be someone with the same name out there and some how they got you mixed up.

2. Check your credit reports to make sure everything is correct. Somehow my dads social security number was sold to someone illegal and this person was basically living a normal life, paying bills ect....but it was under my dads social security number. Anyway, make sure it's not a case of identity theft.

Also, write the Franchise Tax Board a letter explaining the issue, and include documents that prove you didn't live in Cali. When it comes to stuff like this you need to put shit in writing and recieve answers from them in writing. Phone conversations don't mean jack.

We got ours already. You can go onto the website and see the status.

just got mine in today :D

Yup. Weird tax shit, plus you guys in Cali only get lowly 91 octane gas :D. 93oct and 104oct E85 FTMFW.

Screw cali they infringe on the 2nd ammendment more than anyone short of DC and try to push it on the rest of the country. I won't even visit that communist state

LOL...yeah, please don't come to Cali, we don't need anymore nut jobs.

Good, we don't want you here anyways.

HaHa...I wasn't trying to insult you guys personally but what do I know being an average law abiding american citizen nutjob