Can IRS make you pay someone else's tax 10 years later?

In a word, yes! Just ask Maureen Mangiardi. Ten years after her father passed away the IRS came to the door asking for the IRA she inherited. You can read a Cliff Notes summary of the battle as written by Robert Wood in a recent issue of Forbes (see link below).
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From the August 10, 2013 issue of Forbes.

David Conley

David is a partner at Smith, Conley & Associates, PC. In addition to writing and tax consulting, he is active in the pro-life community serving as President of the Fayette County Right to Life chapter of Georgia Right to Life.
He is also a founding Board Member and Finance Director of the Fayette Pregnancy Resource Center and serves on the Board of the National Equal Rights Institute.