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Tax refunds and collections

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Tax refunds and collections

Hello devidarling and welcome to the forums. I split your post off to start a new thread here in Rebuilding Your Credit. All I changed is the title.

 

MarineVietVet, myFICO moderator


I have a strange situation, my credit score is excellent but I do have an account in collections.

I registered for a state school and dropped out before I registered for classes but after the tuition refund date, my account has been in collections ever since, but it doesn't show up on any of my credit reports.

Each time I get a state tax refund, they seize it.

Does this mean the activity on my account  (and therefore the date to start counting down to 7 years) renews each year when they seize my tax return so I will never be free of it till I pay it off, and is the only reason it is not on my credit report because of these meager payments?

Thank you so much.

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llecs
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Re: Tax refunds and collections

A payment will never reset the 7 to 7.5 year credit reporting time period. It'll still fall off as scheduled.

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