<prompt> Human: Ive been defrauded I think.. is it me, or the IRS that it happened to? and the IRS wants 24k by the end of the monthI used to use a guy to do my taxes who ended up in trouble with the DOJ for some sort of fraud when I say, trouble, I mean in the millions. He would do peoples taxes, and somehow get a huge refund for himself, but we would also get refunds. After a few years of trying to sort this out, the IRS wants 24,000 from me, which is impossible. At some point, one of the people I spoke to at the IRS said there may be some relief due to the circumstances with the guy defrauding methe irsor? Im not even clear about it at this point, but Im not sure what that means. I was having this other guy, who helped re-file talk to them hes a certified agent, or something - cant remember the title, but I cant get in touch with him anymore.I thought about hiring someone to help, but Im broke. You know the story; got paid Friday, paid rent, will be over drawn before next payday. Thats how it is. Add to that a family and it gets pretty difficult quick.Add to this the fact that I moved about 6-8 months ago, sent in a change of address form to the IRS, and didnt hear from them in the mean time. This wasnt unusual, sometimes Id go many months hearing nothing. Well, apparently theyve been sending letters to my old address during this time which werent being forwarded for some reason, and only processed my CoA form in time to send me the letter new address saying, we want 24,000 by the end of the month, or were taking your paycheck and all of your stuff..basically. Now what? No money to pay them, no money to hire someone, and not really enough money to completely cover expenses.  <response>: You need an attorney today. See if you can at least get a free consultation from a tax attorney. Post in rlegaladvice as well.My guess is you will ultimately be responsible for most of the payment to the IRS, and need to pursue the tax guy in a civil suit to get any amount he stole from the refunds. Maybe see if an attorney will work on contingency for anything they get from your tax guy.As for the IRS, if you ultimately need to pay them off, you will want to get on a payment plan. 