If you owe taxes to the government, you may want to re-think starting or updating your activity in social networking forums. The government is becoming more creative in tracking down persons who owe money. Many states are exhausting all options to find relief and gain freedom from their huge debt. If you are self-employed and move around a lot, tax dodging can be easy to accomplish. States like California, which currently offer registered warrants(a.k.a. IOU's) for tax returns, are aggressively pursuing any avenue to recoup dollars owed. Their recent surplus auctions are one method used to find debt relief. When a California tax dodger was identified as a rigger of sails, a curious collection agent searched his name and the term online and found a discussion board used by local riggers. In one thread someone asked where the rigger was because his store had closed, and a reply was posted, "Oh, he moved across the bay." The agent found the man and collected a four-figure sum. One Nebraska agent collected $30,000 of unpaid tax from a resident after a Google search found him listed as a high-ranking local marketing rep for a national firm. Though not every state has adopted a policy of allowing their tax officials to use the internet, many are exploring the option.
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