What Happens When You Owe Both the IRS and the California Franchise Tax Board?

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California taxpayers sometimes discover they do not have one tax debt problem. They have two. The IRS may be collecting a federal balance while the California Franchise Tax Board is collecting a separate state balance for the same or different tax years. Because both debts come from income taxes, it is easy to assume that […]