while being awol, can you still file your taxes.?

Question

true or false. it's bad both ways because if you don't then the irs gets involved and if you do then the military can track you down to your work place.

Answer 1

Yes. IRS and Military and totally separate institutions. At least then you will only have one of them after you. Depends though whether they talk to one another - are their computers linked.

Answer 2

Honestly,
It's not like there's an APB out for everyone that is AWOL unless you are in Iraq or something. Do your taxes. The government is not clever enough to link all of their systems together and they DEFINITELY don't check "Yahoo Answers" for people who are AWOL. The only way you can get caught right now is to turn yourself in or to get tangled up with local law enforcement. The cops have a system called NLETS that tells them everything on a person's record whenever they are dealing with someone and they will see that you are AWOL. The IRS doesn't care if you're AWOL...as long as being AWOL is your worst offense. If you went AWOL because you didn't want anyone to find out that you committed a crime then you need to worry about all this.

Answer 3

First of all, you are dealing with two separate departments of the government. Being AWOL can result in a court martial, a dishonorable discharge and possible incarceration. Failing to file if you owe taxes can result in assets being seized, and the possibility of legal action against you. Unless you are earning (it was $10,500 in 2005), more than the minimum, you won't have a tax liability. However if your income is greater than that, you may wish to compute your taxes and pay what you owe. The IRS penalties are all based on a percentage if you fail to pay. If I were in that situation, I would first pay my taxes each year prior to April 15th, then resolve the problem with being AWOL, and after all that was solved, then I could file my taxes later. But be sure to pay what you owe, and that will keep the IRS at bay. Good luck.

Answer 4

awol is irrelevant, everybody has to file taxes or risk the wrath of the IRS. Of course once you file the military will know where to find you, maybe. The faulty assumption there is that our government is effecient and shares information with itself.
If you are awol they will get you eventually anyway, it isn't like they are going to forgive and forget, unless Carter gets reelected.

Answer 5

File your taxes. How did the govt put a lot of mafia people in jail? They busted them for tax evasion. Seriously, the IRS just wants their share of your loot, they don't care who you are or how you got it. Prostitutes and pimps file their taxes, so do drug dealers. Face it, you are going to get caught eventually being AWOL, do you really want to add tax evasion to that too? You would probably get a bigger penalty for not paying taxes.

Answer 6

You'd better file them. Being AWOL is baby play compared to having the IRS after you.

Answer 7

You may get away with it, you may not. Either way you're risking the wrath of the two biggest and most unforgiving departments of the Government. Personally I'm more afraid of the IRS than the military but both can **** you up

Answer 8

Yep, just another good reason why it's not a good idea to go AWOL. Back in the days when there was a draft, it was understandable. But whoever you are talking about---whether it's you or someone you know---must have voluntarily signed up for military service. No one twisted your arm. One has an obligation to fulfill any obligation he/she willingly accepts of his or her own accord.

Answer 9

If you want the local sheriffs office to come get you and hold you until the military can pick you up. Why would you file taxes if you are already a fugitive.

Answer 10

If you do, you will be found.
If you don't, you may be able to get away with not filing your taxes for five or six years, but it will catch up with you. As long as you don't owe any taxes, they usually won't hunt you down for a few years.