Equifax shows public records that I had Federal and Hawaii tax liens fied on XX/XX/XXXX These liens were the result of my incorrectly filing returns ( missing information ). The state lien was filed automatically becuse of the Federal lien. After contacting the IRS and filing an ammended return from XXXX, it was determined that no tax or penalty was due and the " bottom line '' on XXXX returns was correct - {$0.00} tax and/or penalties due. The IRS released their lien on XX/XX/XXXX. I was in contact with the XXXX tax office ( from XXXX ) and sent a check to cover the expense of releasing the lien. After talking to them today, I discovered they had sent me some additional information by mail ( not to my residence ) that I never received. The result was that the Hawaii Tax lien was n't released until XX/XX/XXXX. 

After being denied credit because of " derogatory information '' in public records, I obtained this information in XX/XX/XXXX. However, this derogatory information - tax liens - were for taxes that were never owed, and still remain on my credit reports. The tax agency says it only releases the liens after being paid a recording fee, etc. and I never responded to the mail that I never received. So, I am paying more for credit because of the liens that never should have been filed, and there is no way to remove them from my credit report. I believe these liens should be removed from my credit report because I never owed any debts, additional taxes or penalties. But the credit agencies keep this derogatory information on my record for XXXX years. I request that these leins be immediately removed because, they are there to alert credit providers of records of not paying owed debts. There were never any late payments made or due. There are no other derogatory items in my credit report, so it is not fair to continue to penalize me until XX/XX/XXXX for a lien that should have been removed and not only " released. ''