a coworker stated she refiled her income taxes to get a second refund?

Question

she stated its been done before, im just wondering can she actually get away with this. she did state one had to be done electronicaly and one mailed in. is that possible

Answer 1

This is not only illegal in every sense of the word, but is illegal on a Federal level which carries far stiffer penalties than any state-based felony. She will get caught. Maybe not now, but eventually, she will get caught. Has she heard of the saying, "two wrongs don't make a right?" Just because some other idiot did this, it doesn't mean she should. If the IRS catches it right up front, which they most likely will, they will just delete the second filing. If they somehow actually pay out on both filings, when they finally catch the error, and trust me, they will, she will not only be required to pay back the refund, but all interest that accrued on the money as well as any fines and punitive damages as well as possibly being charged and tried with Federal fraud and fraud through the United States Postal Service, which is a separate type of Federal crime. If she has any brains at all, which I question, she will contact the IRS ASAP and advise them that she made a mistake and she accidentally sent in her filing twice and could they please cancel one of the filings.

Answer 2

The only way she could have gotten two "refunds" is if she filed an original return and then went back and amended it, or did a refund anticipation loan based on pay stubs the first time, then actually filed her tax return the second time and got additional funds that weren't previously refunded to her.

The IRS indexes tax returns by Social Security number, and only one return per social gets processed. Any second return filed would be considered a duplicate.

I have a feeling that somebody else handled the whole thing for her and she's pretty clueless as to what actually transpired.

Answer 3

The only way she can be doing that is filing her taxes before she has all her information and then filing an admendment and receiving a second (smaller) refund. If she would have filed with all the information originally, she would have received the same amount as the total of the two refunds (or slightly more).

Answer 4

Hmm.. I have never heard of this. It sounds like she is dropping ideas to get you or someone else in trouble. I mean, surely the IRS would catch duplicate returns filed with the same SSN. The software would catch it, so I say it isn't possible.

Answer 5

Hi!
Sounds highly illegal and morally wrong. Do you really want to play russian roulette with the I.R.S.? I wouldn't..not for any amount of money in the world.

Even so..I doubt she really got away with it. I'm willing to bet she did not do it..and it's all just talk. Do you really think the IRS is that disorganized with the same SS# and address asking for the same refund twice?

I don't.

Answer 6

risk is you tousled your state filings. In all my years of doing taxes, I actual have never seen a non-tax professional get multi-state returns ultimate. A tax professional ought to study your filings. >>>can i request that the overpayment be utilized to my criminal duty for 2012 taxes particularly?<<< No. each and each year stands by employing itself. You, likely, owe this money. in case you do no longer pay it, the state will immediately grab any destiny refunds. besides the shown fact that, via interest, the quantity that they take will finally end up being bigger.

Answer 7

The IRS will catch this eventually and she will have to pay back all the money that she was overpaid plus interest. She may even go to jail for fraud. She is in trouble!

Answer 8

sounds like fraud to me. The IRS isn't stupid. They will get their money back, with interest and penalties. And she'll be lucky to avoid jail.

Answer 9

This is not a good idea.....she will get caught sooner or later and most likely it will be sooner.

Answer 10

is that not called fraud......and would they not be able to tell that she filied 2 returns?