2007-06-05 09:56:29 · 10 answers · asked by marcia l 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ Other - Taxes
unless you're talking about a tax return for a year that you can no longer get a refund there's no sense in suing him. Just file the return and you'll get your refund.
2007-06-05 10:07:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Assuming you 2006 tax return is at issue, you have no actual loss. As long as you file by April 17, 2010, you will still receive your refund. The most I can see you recovering in a lawsuit is the fee you paid them to file. I suspect the cost of filing a suit would eat up most of that amount. If you are referring to tax year 2003, or earlier, you can no longer receive a refund from the IRS. In that case, you MAY have a case to get the refund from the tax consultant. As bostonianinmo said, YOU are responsible for filing your taxes, not your tax consultant.
2007-06-05 12:58:52 · answer #2 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sue for what? $2.50 worth of interest lost? You'll still get your refund, just later than you had planned.
Many preparers get swamped at tax time and will send off batches of extension requests for their customers who will have a refund coming since there's no penalty for late filing with an extension and they won't be subject to a late payment penalty.
YOU are responsible for filing your return, by the way.
If this was for 2003 or earlier and you can't get the refund any more, why did you wait this long? A prudent person would be asking questions within a few months of the filing deadline at most. Waiting 3+ years would probably kill any chance of a successful suit.
2007-06-05 10:10:36 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Did he tell you he was filing electronically? Didn't you have to sign the form? Did he return your taxes to you? If you did everything you were supposed to do and he just neglected to file, I would not hire him the following year and perhaps not pay him at MOST, but what would you sue for? You're still going to get your refund. Sounds like YOU probalby dropped the ball here by not following up or assuming he was handling it all.
2007-06-05 10:28:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Send in your return. You'll still get your refund as long as it isn't farther back than the 2004 tax year.
He's an idiot, apparently, so don't go back to him, but what would you sue him for?
2007-06-05 14:26:56 · answer #5 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If he was grossly negligent, sure, I suppose you could.
But I ask, what's the point? You're going to get your refund anyway and even if you do sue, what's the likelihood that, first of all, you'll win? Even saying you do win, your "damages" will not be significant, not to mention unless you're representing yourself, any "damages" you do get will likely not exceed the cost of the lawyer you have to hire.
Stop worrying about your refund, you'll get it eventually.
2007-06-05 11:59:53 · answer #6 · answered by MinocStriker 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sue him to fix what?
cant you mail it in
if your owed a refund you wont be penalized
2007-06-05 10:00:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
He probably filed an extension. If so, you will have a hard time suing him.
2007-06-05 10:04:32 · answer #8 · answered by j c 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I definetly would sue the people/person that did that to you,providing that you can prove that it ''damaged'' you in some way or another.
2007-06-05 10:01:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
yes you can. Make sure that he didn't file an extension however. He might have done one automatically.
2007-06-05 11:43:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋