Had a similar episode back in the nineties with the state of California franchise tax board. Before they froze my Wells Fargo account, I transferred my balance to a new ETrade account . They never did anything with that new account because I suspect they didn't have the account info. They had the wells fargo account info because I had previously paid taxes via bank draft. Moral of the story, avoid giving up your account info if possible when paying taxes. Use a credit card.