New here, my fairytale gone wrong

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No, he wasn't paying payroll taxes for his employees a few years back. He was doing his best to keep the business running (construction industry which had major problems back in 2008-2009 with the recession) so he continued to pay his employees but did not pay payroll taxes or take a paycheck himself for over a year. The business eventually failed anyway. Obviously not the best decision. I had no control or input in this area.

No, I no longer work outside the home. I was in the insurance industry for 20 years so I could go back to that if I needed to. I had actually reapplied to college to go back and get a nursing degree, literally, the week prior to him telling me he wanted a D.

I do pretty good with our budget and I save well so I will just have to step that up and see what else I can reduce and/or eliminate to save even more.

In doing some reading on the payroll tax liability it looks like I may not be responsible for them after all as I had no role in the previous business and it was incorporated (he was an officer and paid the bills, that is why they are assessing him). I need to talk to our tax attorney about all of this to see where I actually stand.