Do you have an Indiana tax warrant on your record? Is it negatively impacting your current financial situation? If so, you may have the opportunity to get that warrant expunged with a simple request.

What is a tax warrant? A tax warrant may be issued in Indiana when a taxpayer doesn’t pay or respond to a tax bill. It is not uncommon at all for taxpayers who are unable to pay a bill to simply ignore it and hope that it goes away. Unfortunately, that approach doesn’t work! Instead of vanishing in to thin air, neglected tax bills will turn into tax warrants. Although these are not warrants for arrest, tax warrants will appear on credit reports and can include a lien on property. With a tax warrant on your credit report and a lien on your property, your ability to secure credit of any kind will be greatly compromised.

How to Expunge a Tax Warrant

The best way to take care of an old state tax warrant is to have it expunged and removed from your record. How? As part of the Tax Amnesty 2015 program, eligible taxpayers are allowed to submit a request to have tax warrants expunged from their records. In order to qualify for an expungement, you must first pay all outstanding tax liabilities and be current on all tax filings.

To be considered for a tax warrant expungement, you must submit a completed Tax Amnesty Expungement Request Form, to the Indiana Department of Revenue by September 16, 2016. Timely requests will be reviewed and approve or deny your request within 180 days of submission.

If you have questions, call our office as soon as possible so that we can help you through this process.