‘Teen Mom’ Star Amber Portwood Hit With $59,000 Tax Lien in California (Exclusive Details)

Another day, another Teen Mom star in trouble with the taxman.

Amber Portwood found herself in hot water with the California government last month when she was hit with a tax lien for more than $59,000. In Touch Weekly was the first to break the news of the lien, which comes from the state of California, but The Ashley can add more details.

Amber— who lives in Indiana— was issued a notice of the state tax lien on April 18, notifying her that she currently owes $59,220 in unpaid California state taxes. The Ashley can reveal that the lien is for the tax year 2020 and, interestingly, the address given as Amber’s “last known address” is the Malibu, California, mansion where her baby daddy/ex Andrew Glennon lived with his family. However, Amber’s name appears solo on the documents, so Andrew has nothing to do with the income earned.

According to the tax lien documents— which were obtained by The Ashley— Amber’s lien stems from either Personal Income Tax from income earned in California, or Corporation Tax. 

The lien documents state that Amber’s debt will continue to accrue fees and interest until she pays it off. It can also affect the property that Amber currently owns.

“Said lien attaches to the property and rights to such property now owned or later acquired by the taxpayer,” the docs state. (As ‘Teen Mom’ fans know, Amber currently owns a home in Indiana, which she only recently moved back into after allowing Andrew and their son James to live there for years while she stayed in rentals.) 

This is not the first time Amber has been hit with a tax lien. Back in 2016, Amber received a federal tax lien for over $134,000 for unpaid income taxes.

Last year, Amber’s ‘Teen Mom’ co-star Maci Bookout was also hit with multiple tax liens for money earned in the state of California. Maci— a resident of Tennessee—owned the state of California over $26,000. This year, however, Maci’s tax debt increased when she received two new federal tax liens, totaling over $150,000. (In addition to a tax lien for $49,383 filed against Maci on February 2, the ‘Teen Mom’ star was hit with another lien for $105,346 that was filed against her and her husband, Taylor McKinney.)

Amber has yet to comment publicly on her new tax lien. (However, it’s possible that she wasn’t even aware that the lien had been filed until the story went public, given that the notice appears to have been mailed to the home of Andrew’s family, where Amber does not live.) 

Luckily for Amber, she will be earning a hefty paycheck for appearing on Season 2 of ‘Teen Mom: The Next Chapter,’ which premieres Thursday on MTV. It is unknown if Amber’s tax troubles will be covered on the new season.