is there a statue of limitations on owed income tax in gergia. my husband died in 2001, and now gergia is afte

Question

my husband died in 2001 now georgia is after me for 1997 taxes, and i did not work that year, i was a full time student

Answer 1

Nope. Taxes are forever! If you filed married filing jointly then you are equally responsible for the taxes.

Answer 2

There are no limitations on taxes. You have to file every year. Even if you were a student, taxes still have to be filed. You may not have to pay anything but you have to file them. You can probably get the old forms from the state's website. Fill them out and send them in. Or you can make an appointment with someone if you need help figuring things out.

Answer 3

Go to the IRS website and look for "innocent spouse" and "separate liability", you may qualify for either one. Widowed counts as not living with your spouse.

The IRS also provides a taxpayer advocate service where you can take your unresolved issues to a real person for assistance.

I live in Georgia too and I have soooo been thru this. I signed a joint tax return with my ex and 4 years after the divorce the IRS took all $77.00 from my itty bitty checking account. I was a single mom, working but poor, with NO child support. They didn't care. It bounced 3 checks. I was miserable.

Don't let this happen to you. Check IRS web now and file the appropriate form asap.

Answer 4

There is no statute on taxes admitted to be owed, just a statute applying to auditing your tax return. You could try filing a form regarding innocent spouse. This claims that these are not your taxes due, and you were not responsible for the debt. These sometimes work.