Tax liens — paid and unpaid — are no longer counted on credit reports. That means a tax lien won’t impact your credit score anymore. Previously, tax liens stay on credit reports for seven years if paid and 10 years if unpaid. In that way, they were similar to other negative marks on your credit report.
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In mid-2017, the three major credit bureaus — Experian, Equifax and TransUnion — began excluding new records of tax liens and civil judgments. The change came after the bureaus determined that these marks weren’t reliable indicators of credit risk, according to Rod Griffin, director of public education at Experian. Tax liens — paid and unpaid — are no longer counted on credit reports. That means a tax lien won’t impact your credit score anymore. Previously, tax liens stay on credit reports for seven years if paid and 10 years if unpaid. In that way, they were similar to other negative marks on your credit report.
