I have a somewhat complex situation and I need advice. When I was a child, my dad started a small metal fabrication company with a couple partners. I worked there basically whole adult life. Over time I started noticing that our bookkeeper was a complete idiot, but my dad kept her because she was cheap and “loyal”. Fast forward to 2016. My dad is the sole owner, and passes away. I am executor, and also become acting president. The company was already in a downward spiral, so I sold it in 2019. I found out while closing the books that our bookkeeper was sporadic in paying payroll taxes. Our company file in quickbooks was mysteriously corrupted, so I don’t know what she was doing. Embezzlement? Fraud? Most likely. Either way, I go to file my income tax this year, and there is a lean of some sort. I login to the IRS website, and low and behold. Apparently they think I owe them almost a million dollars. How is it possible to inherit this? I was a shop worker. I know nothing about the books. He trusted the wrong people, because even the accountant didn’t catch this. Any advice? I’m about to eat a slug over this. The company wasn’t worth much, and I can’t pay that kind of money.