[rushpat]

Actually Georgia does have a state income tax, but I don't know if they have anything like the EDD. The Dept of Revenue in Georgia doesn't appear to be nearly as nasty as in other states (at least I haven't seen anything to suggest otherwise). I would probably try to live in one of the non-tax states, except that Atlanta is one of the largest metro areas in the southeast (family here) and there always appears to be more employment here than most other places in this corner of the country. I'm in the Information Tech/Engineering field, and this area is also one of the main places outside of Silicon valley and a few others for that.

I came from Tennesse which doesn't have state income tax (although they've been trying for 20 years now), and also lived in Florida which doesn't either. Georgia and California were the only two that did that I've lived in.

Does Nevada have state income tax?

Have you considered trying to work through an LLC of your own, so that an employer doesn't report your SSN? I saw something like this and posted it to my LLC VS Trust thread under the Asset Protection forum.

It sounds like you were railroaded. This is something you need to bring out in any action you take. Their "due process" was apparently anything but, as they had a conclusion already in mind and ignored their responsibilities to provide certified verification after being noticed. Did you reference the FDCPA? Any collection activity after that, without providing verfication is in violation of the FDCPA and fraudulent. Heads can roll for this.