Unfairly had tax refund intercepted to pay collection. Who do I write to?

I will reward a good answer.





In 2006 my mom drove accidentally on a toll road that you can only drive on if you have a certain device and have to pay a monthly fee.





We later moved and changed all of our address information. Especially with the DMV.





Now in 2009 we found out that our tax refund was taken from us.





Apparently my mom received a citation for using the toll road, but they delivered it to the OLD address. Since we dont live there anymore, we didn't know anything about it and they kept adding more fees to it.





When my dad called the orange county transportation authority that issues the citation, they said that they send notices through the dmv. Which is impossible because we changed our address right after we moved. In fact we have registration information with our new address from 2006 that proves it.





When we tell this to them they say that there is nothing they can do because it goes to collections. We even called a lawyer and he says that it is not worth it and it is too hard to fight. Are you kidding me?





Anyways, can anyone suggest someone who i could write to. This whole thing is ridiculous and is putting my dad through a lot of pain in dealing with it. Thank you.



Get a free consultation from a lawyer. It is completely illegal to garnish any government payment. If you were hurt in any way make sure u record any payments you could not pay because of the garnishment and sue.





The person that gave me a negative mark doesn't know tax law. The only reason they can garnish any irs refund, state or federal, is child support or federal debt like student loans. This is a local entity and does not have the right to garnish without a court order which you should have been served to appear. They can NOT take it without notice.





It is even more illegal if it was a collection agency that garnished it.




Sorry, but there is nothing you can do.