From The Certified Elder Law Attorney's Desk:

William W. “Bill” Erhart

Lessons in Liability: The IRS and Nursing Homes Teach Hard Truths

This month we look at two cases of interest from two very different jurisdictions. They both offer hard lessons.

1. The Reach of the IRS: Lien, Levy, and Leave (No you cannot).
2. Medicaid might not get you. But the Nursing Home will.

We often get asked what happens if we do not pay taxes? What can the IRS do to us? And we also get asked: Will the State come after us if Medicaid pays for the Nursing Home? Two recent cases illustrate the reach of the IRS, and that it is not necessarily...

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