suspended licence for owing taxes

[passports]

I was off work for 8 months now for multiple surgeries and was putting in applications to go back to work. I had been living off a short term disability thru work after my PTO and vacation time was gone. The problem was years ago, as a travel nurse, I worked in California and had Missouri as my home address since I moved every 8 to 13 weeks and did not want to register car etc. Missouri sent me a notice saying I owed for that time I worked in California, I did not file in MO than because I did not work there. I had since filed with MO but they went back 8 years and companies and states do not keep records past 5 years so had to get the IRS transcripts so show what was paid where. Missouri still says I owe them so now I am unable to work as a nurse, no way of paying them without a job or making pay arrangements without a job. I have worked now 22 years and this has nothing to do with my ability as a nurse, its more about being poor. I doubt it but can you work in other states with this on my record? Should I just surrender my MO license? Should I cash in my 401K and live on that till it runs out and just go from there. I do not own a house but with disability and my health insurance going to be ending soon, kind of stuck on what to do next. Not enough money for a lawyer unless I use my 401k money and then nothing to live on.

[jodispamodi]

Some places allow for hardship and reduce or eliminate what is owed. Talk to that states board of revenue and see what they say. If that doesn't work, I'd try consulting a lawyer, there are lawyers that do pro bono work through legal services or the bar association.

Usually for jobs you have to list every state in which you've held a nursing job so even if you gave up the license it is still discoverable on a background check and would likely show up as suspended rather than inactive or expired., hiding that license by not disclosing it would probably be seen as a far worse omission than a suspended license over back taxes.

Best of luck, I hope this can easily be resolved for you.