 What do I take into small claims? My tax preparer who I've had for years says take them to small claims. Yeah, that's one. I mean, I don't know what else you can do. You can call the cops because they stole your money or actually stole the state's money. And you get to deal or your tax preparer gets to deal with the state because you are an innocent victim of this. And I'm assuming this is California, right? Absolutely.