<prompt> Human: So I have recently found out that my parents got food stamps when I still lived at home a few years ago and during this time I turned 18 and soon after moved in with my then girlfriend and current wife. Fast forward to now and I am 22 and found out that my parents were getting the food stamps fraudulently and had to pay back the overpayment which is in the 10000 range. I recently spoke to someone in the office of inspector general this is for Georgia and was told that because I had turned 18 while they were receiving benifits that I am considered a liable adult for the debt. also I just found of my federal taxes have been taken as payment since my parents refuse to pay the debt, and I fear that they will keep taking my taxes until it is paid off even though I had no part in this, I never agreed to anything or signed anything. So this is severally hurting my credit and taking money from me that I desperately need being a college student. Any help with what I should do would be much appreciated.Edit: thank you for all of the advice and sorry I have not replied to any comments today have been taking finals all morning. I plan on contacting a lawyer to see what my options are to get this out of my name and to also find out what to say when filling the police report because when living at home I knew we were getting some kind of assistance but not to the extent that it was because again even after turning 18 I never gave consent or even financial information for their benifits, so I believe they were claiming that I had no income and was still living at home, which I was not.  <response>: Something that hasnt been mentioned yet that seems kind of important to me is how to stop them from stealing your taxes this way again. Im not an expert on US taxes since Im not from them parts of the world, but an idea you might want to bounce against other people here is to adjust your withholdings so that you just dont get a tax return, and if you can save some money during the year even adjust it so that you have to pay a little back instead. This wouldnt allow the government any money they can take from you, and instead keep all the money available for your use. The important part here is to not actually use the money that has to go to taxes. If you cant do that, then just adjust your withholding down to the absolute minimum while still more than you should pay, to minimize the amount of money you would have gotten back. Good luck! 