$1.63 Tax Bill Leads to Home Foreclosure

Kermit and Dolores Atwood of Slidell, Louisiana have had their home sold at a foreclosure sale for $1.63 in back taxes which the government claimed they owed.

That’s ridiculous, but the story only gets worse when you find out the details.

The government failed to notify the Slidell’s that they owed these taxes. The government sent notices to the wrong address and failed to notice that the letters were never received. Then, the government sold the Slidell’s house at a foreclosure sale and told the Slidell’s that they couldn’t appeal — because they had not responded in time.

Worse, it turns out that the Slidell’s never owed the $1.63 in the first place. The Slidell’s house is totally state homestead exempt — which means that there was no tax actually due!

Read the whole nasty story at Couple may lose home over $1.63 tax bill.