my wife was a co-signer on an automobile and received a XXXX XXXX XXXX to correct the problem and costs me to pay taxes on $ XXXX.This car was a lemon law by federal standards and Chrysler paid it off. Fortunately, however, the Internal Revenue Service takes a logical view of forgiven debt for co-signers. Treasury Regulation Sec. 1.6050P-1 ( 7 ) says that for purposes of filing, " a guarantor is not a debtor. '' It differentiates between those who get the benefit of a loan and those who guarantee its repayment. You are a guarantor, and so you should be off the hook. After many attempts to resolve this issue, I have decided Santana ( XXXX ) refuses to correct their mistake. Chrysler capital sent us a letter this account was paid in full XXXX title XXXX