My brother in-law got out of a tax lien, how can he buy another house?

Question

He got federal income tax taken out of his paychecks monthly. The IRS decided he owed for 2004 and 2005 even after federal withholding. He made 51,000 a year. His house was appraised at 107,000 with a mortgage of 93,000 (balance is 78,000). he isn't willing to pay more taxes than his federal withholding. I agree with him, I'd refuse to pay for wars orchestrated by this government. Food on the table is more important.

The IRS gave notice of seizure on his property. He paid a few friends to burn the house down while he and my sister were on vacation (fire ruled accidental), and the insurance company paid off the balance of the house to the mortgage company (think he said he got some money too) before the IRS was able to legally "seize" the house.

He cleared out his bank accounts, has all vehicles registered in my name, and gets paid under the table doing sales and commission. He makes about 3 grand a month now.

Will he ever be able to buy a house again? IRS doesn't suspect foul play.

The fire was started because of some "faulty" electrical inside the home...this is what I heard.

He doesn't plan on rearing his head anytime soon. He has liquidated over 70,000 in assets and placed those in one of the relatives bank accounts. He is silently chunking away money in this bank account, and will continue to do so for years. He has essentially dissapeared under the radar.

He is no longer at his current or previous addresses. He has no recorded employment for the IRS to garnish the wages. Basically, he wants to buy a house, but may end up living with relatives or renting the rest of his life.

The IRS won't win this one. He only owes 8 grand in back taxes, penalties, and late fees.

He only protests the taxes because he owes even more than his federal withholding. He already paid his taxes each month from his paychecks. Now he finds out he owes even more when doing the filing via turbotax. The dunning notices start, and he simply refuses to fund these wars and invasions. A certain somebody has tried unsuccessfully to invade/rebuild two countries. Spending in excess of 1 trillion dollars for the attempt.

If you invest in a company who spends money with that reckless regard, would you want to invest any more money in it, or pull out right away?

They say tax protesters use the constitution (no income tax is defined in the constitution) as their basis. Federal courts shoot down this argument. Why? They are affiliated with the Government.

If he is smart, he will live with relatives or rent from a place that doesn't check credit (individual landlords who rent houses). He's got nearly 6 figures saved, and saving more under the table. He's good for a long time.

I fail to see where I assisted him. I had nothing to do with the house fire. I had nothing to do with helping him hide, or paying him under the radar. I simply know of his whereabouts, and I know of his ventures as of late. It is not a crime to know about someone's delinquent tax issues, nor someone's ways of depriving the IRS of property that the IRS plans to steal from the individual.

As for the 3 vehicles (all 2006 models), he gave them to me as gifts. I properly paid the gift tax on each car. He reimbursed me for the taxes and title fees. I fail to see how this is illegal. It was a legal gift transaction.

Answer 1

Sounds like your brother in law is one of those "tax protesters". He's not going to get away with anything. I suspect the IRS has his name on file and pretty much know what he's doing. One of these days they'll get around to him. Since you are assisting him you will be charged as an accessory with him.
Since you say he "dropped off the radar"; he has not established any kind of recent credit history or work history that he can offer the bank. His ability to secure a large loan under such circumstances is doubtful.
I noticed that he put money in some relative's account and continues to add to this account. Who's paying the tax on that money, the relative? The IRS will probably come after the relative for the unpaid taxes on this money. What is the relative going to do? Go to jail for your greedy, dumb s**t brother in law? Your brother in law is going to jail and taking you and other family members with him.
Get your name off his property and get the hell away from this nut before you destroy your life.

Answer 2

It sounds like the entire family is up to their necks in conspiracy to commit tax evasion. Cut ties as much as possible, this will come back to haunt you.

You can not decide what your taxes pay for; you can only do your best to put representatives in office who will handle the money responsibly. Your federal withholding automaticly goes to fight the war; you are just shorting every citizen of your fair share of national parks upkeep, disaster relief, endowments of the arts, etc. That does not sit well with me. Why should I pay more just because your brother-in-law refuses to pay his fair share?




To answer your question, your brother-in-law is capable of buying a house, but he will have to forget about getting a mortgage. Banks look at everything financial in his record, including tax returns and income declared.

Answer 3

Well, this is what's going to happen:

1. IRS is going to subpoena Yahoo.
2. Yahoo is going to reveal your IP address.
3. IRS subpoenas your ISP.
4. IRS will know your name.
5. Then you will be tried in court for accessory to tax evasion.
6. Then they'll just takeover your assets because you just admitted you let him put assets under your name.

How to fix this? Pay the taxes before the above happens. As for wars and rumors of wars, don't vote people in. Nobody else to blame but ourselves. I don't mind getting rid of Saddam or any other genocidal maniac. Clinton's main regret in his presidency was not Lewinsky, but the fact that he didn't take out Rwanda's warlords. He was the only one with the power to save millions of lives. He knew this, it eats at him everyday.

Also, presidents get elected and he got elected twice while everyone knew he was still going to stay in Iraq. So if someone's to blame, look in the mirror. If you didn't vote for him, you should have told others not to.

Answer 4

Pay cash and put it another family members name or buy property in a another country and move.

Answer 5

he can always put the house in family's name. he should pay it off, he could end up in the federal pen.