When you spend between 100 and 30,000 on your credit card you are covered under Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act. That applies if the goods you buy are faulty or if products or services are not delivered: in the XL case if you don't get your holiday. You can claim the money back from your credit card company.
The statute of limitations to file a tax lien is within 6 years after the amount of tax determined to be due becomes final. Once filed, the lien stays until the debt is paid. Tax liens placed by order of law have no statutory limitation they do not expire until the tax debt is paid. Judgments (not technically a lien) have a 10 year limit and can be renewed for another 10 years for a total of 20 years. California. Once a tax lien is filed it is set to expire in 10 years.
I had a Federal tax lien filed against me more than 10 years ago and none of the lien was ever paid. The IRS did not renew the lien and presumably let it expire on Aug. 5 2008, the last day to refile according to the Notice of Federal Tax Lien - form 668 (Y)(c).Hasn't the 10-year statute of limitations expired?