Expiring Tax Debts: IRS CSED and State Tax Collection Expiration Dates 379

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They only have so long to collect…. thanks to CSED

CSED stands for collection statute expiration date. This is the official IRS term, but state tax debts also have a CSED that can go by other names. Here we will go through the IRS CSED and that of all the states.

IRS CSED - Expiring Tax Debts Explained

Internal Revenue Service

The IRS has 10 years to collect on a tax debt from the date it is assessed. This can be extended by the following:

  • Offer In Compromise is pending
  • The taxpayer is out of the country for more than 6 months
  • A request to place a case into a payment plan or Currently Not Collectible status is pending
  • A request for a due process hearing is pending
  • Bankruptcy proceedings extend the case for the time the bankruptcy is pending
  • There is an active request for innocent spouse relief

If the case is in a payment plan, Currently Not Collectible status, or just sitting while the IRS is trying to collect, the debt is getting closer to expiration every day. Some tax relief companies might try to get you to file an Offer In Compromise when you have tax debts that are close to expiring since they want to charge you. If your debt is closed to expiring and already in Currently Not Collectible Status or an IRS payment plan, you might just want to let it expire.

State Tax Debt Collection Statute Expiration Dates

Here we will go state by state.

Alabama

10 years after the final assessment of the tax, or prior to the expiration of an agreement made in writing.

Alaska

No personal income tax

Arizona

6 years after the amount due becomes final

Arkansas

6 years after the amount due becomes final

California

20 years after the date of assessment. It should be noted that the California Franchise Tax Board finds ways to constantly extend this statute. In the future, the laws may change regarding this.

Colorado

11 years after the date of assessment. Colorado follows the IRS CSED guidelines and adds one year to it.

Connecticut

10 years after the date of assessment

Delaware

10 years after the date of assessment

District of Colombia (Washington D.C.)

10 years after the date of assessment

Florida

No personal income tax

Georgia

10 years after the date of assessment

Hawaii

10 years after the date of assessment

Idaho

10 years after the date of assessment

Illinois

10 years after the date of assessment

Indiana

10 years after the date of assessment

Iowa

10 years after the date of assessment

Kansas

10 years after the date of assessment

Kentucky

10 years after the date of assessment

Louisiana

10 years after the date of assessment

Maine

10 years after the date of assessment

Maryland

10 years after the date of assessment

Massachusetts

6 years from the date the taxes were assessed or the date they were due. whichever is later. If an assessment is related to fraud there is no statute of limitations and debt remains until paid.

Michigan

10 years after the date of assessment

Minnesota

10 years after the date of assessment

Mississippi

10 years after the date of assessment

Missouri

10 years after the date of assessment

Montana

10 years after the date of assessment

Nebraska

10 years after the date of assessment

Nevada

No personal income tax.

New Hampshire

10 years after the date of assessment

New Jersey

Debts remain until paid.

New Mexico

10 years after the date of assessment

New York

20 years after the date a tax warrant could have been filed. If the assessment is related to fraud, no statute of limitations and debt remains until paid.

Due to a law in 2011, the New York Department of Taxation and Finance can no longer keep extending the statue by delaying filing warrants or other methods. Even if they do not file a tax warrant, the Collection Statute Expiration Date goes back until when they could have.

North Carolina

10 years after the date of assessment

North Dakota

10 years after the date of assessment

Ohio

7 years after the date of assessment

Oklahoma

10 years after the date of assessment

Oregon

10 years after the date of assessment

Pennsylvania

10 years after the date of assessment

Rhode Island

10 years after the date of assessment

South Carolina

10 years after the date of assessment

South Dakota

No personal income tax

Tennessee

10 years after the date of assessment

Texas

No personal income tax

Utah

10 years after the date of assessment

Vermont

10 years after the date of assessment

Virginia

20 years after the date of assessment

Washington

No personal income tax

West Virginia

10 years after the date of assessment

Wisconsin

No statute of limitations, debt remains until paid.

Wyoming

No personal income tax.

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