To be fair, she was having serious problems (jail, drugs) but she probably hasn't filed in 11 or 12 years. she is scared to death to file, but she says she wants to get all this behind her. she 's pretty sure she owes quite a bit of money.
2007-03-26 14:10:49 · 13 answers · asked by dellaibra 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
Tell her to do the right thing by filing and if she does owe there is always a payment plan she can work out with them. They're not as unreasonable as everyone seems to think.
2007-03-26 14:13:53 · answer #1 · answered by KitKat 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
she should call the IRS and talk to someone there. because being scared to death to file will have her in a bit of trouble soon if she doesn't do something. say for example that in total she owes about $15,000, if she gets in touch with someone they will probably accept half or some fraction of the total. she should start making some phone calls, or face jail in the near future.
2007-03-26 21:15:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have her talk to a tax attorney. Attorney-client priveledge means that he can't be forced to reveal her name. He can negotiate with the IRS to minimize penalties for her (she'll have to file the lost years and pay the taxes and penalties, but the attorney can probably keep her out of jail)
2007-03-26 21:14:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A friend of mine's grandmother did the same thing, went about 11 or 12 years without filing, and they just randomly found her. Is your friend not working? They will find her so the best thing is to go ahead and fess up. BTW my friend's grandmother is in federal prison, and will be for a long time.
2007-03-26 21:15:10 · answer #4 · answered by #1 Buckeye Fan!!!! 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
See a tax lawyer before you go to the IRS. There might be free legal aid if she doesn't have a lot of money...it'd be worth looking around your town for some help like that.
2007-03-26 21:13:53 · answer #5 · answered by sci55 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
first of all she needs to file those taxes as soon as possible. My sister had a n ex husband that did not file their taxes for years and after their divorce she had to go through the same thing. she needs to search the revenue Canada web site with the key words : debt forgiveness" there is a procedure she can go through to get some of any debt owed forgiven if she has special circumstances.My sister does not remeber what form or what the exact proceedure is but it can be done because she did it. The best and quickest way would be to call her local revenue canada tax office and explain to them what she need and what information she is lookign for and ask them to direct her to the right office. There is a specific office that deals with debt forgiveness. Good luck to her. here is the revenue canada link but she may need to searhc a little to get exactly the information I am refering to.
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/cjcm/search/basicSearch?lang=en&basicSearch=debt+forgiveness
2007-03-26 21:21:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
She needs to find a tax attorney. She can probably get off for little or nothing since she doesn't sound like a high income earner.
2007-03-26 21:13:29 · answer #7 · answered by Random Precision 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
She needs to file if her income in any year is above the filing requirement amount for that year. She can get prior year forms and instructions at the IRS website.
2007-03-26 21:13:44 · answer #8 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
she needs to find a good bookkeeper.
a bookkeeper will have her best interest at heart, not the IRS. a BK can help her get everything together and get an idea of what she'll be looking at. then she can recommend a good tax atty if necessary.
2007-03-26 21:16:00 · answer #9 · answered by jhvnmt 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Call the IRS on her and watch as they acrt her office to the bog house
2007-03-26 21:18:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋