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All right. Today's question comes from Alice in Montana. My husband and I have been married for 21 years,

and we had weathered financial struggles, including a past bankruptcy. I had a solid nursing career

that allowed him to pursue real estate full-time. And in 2021, we had a strong year. We owed

$82,000 in taxes for the year, and the money was available in his business account. I trusted

him to handle everything, but I recently discovered he never paid the IRS. Instead, he used the money

on business expenses in a failed side venture without telling me. Our CPA tried contacting him

for months and eventually filed our taxes without signatures in early 2023 to avoid penalties.

My husband also hid IRS notices for me. I found out recently when I signed for a certificate

letter stating that the IRS intends to levy our home for $150,000, I feel blindsided and portrayed.

My question is, should I buy him out using a second mortgage to cover the IRS or sell the home and walk away?

Ooh.

Gosh, Alice.

Bye.

Oh, she's divorcing him. I don't know why you would buy him out. Buy him out. Buy him out means you're divorcing. I guess. I don't know what that means. You don't buy out somebody you're married to. Bail him out. Do I bail him out? Maybe just pay for it. I don't know. You can bail out your husband.

Do you use the second mortgage or do you sell the house?

Is that all the penalties?

But $82,000 and I'm confused, but they filed,

the CPA filed their taxes without signatures?

Yeah, that's weird. That's illegal.

Okay.

It's a good way for the CPA to end up in jail.

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