Suddenly Widowed And Fighting the IRS.

ESSAYS; FAMILIES; HUSBANDS; TAX evasion; FINANCIAL crises; LICENSE agreements; WIDOWS; BAR laws; LICENSE system; FAMILY & Children's Agency Inc.; LOBBYING; FINANCE

Presents the My Turn feature in which a recent widow finds herself fighting the IRS for a business she knows nothing about. How the author was clueless about the family finances until after her husband's death; Notification by her husband's lawyers that the was under investigation for tax fraud; Why she was unable to sell the bar business; Settlement with the IRS which took the money but left the house and the business; Other obstacles in running the bar; Her efforts to lobby for a change in the liquor license law; Passage of the new law; The journey through tough times.