I defaulted on a Macy 's account XX/XX/XXXX. The account is now listed with Citi XXXX. I have called them at XXXX a month ago and was told that it is past statue in my state XXXX Mississippi XXXX and they would not accept my voluntary payment. I explained that it was still reporting every month negative on my credit and I was told that is XXXX different laws. ( statue and credit reporting ). I disputed the accounts with the credit bureau, but it remains on my credit. I called again yesterday, XXXX and received the same response from Citi. I spoke with the supervisor today, XX/XX/XXXX and was once again told that I can not pay this debt and that it will not be removed from my credit until the XXXX year mark. How can this report to my credit and not allow me to pay the debt to obtain a home mortgage. The balance is only {$280.00}