2007-06-06 09:52:39 · 11 answers · asked by TIM 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
You have three years from the due date, in this case April 15, 2005, to claim the refund. Go to the irs website, www.irs.gov, to get the year 2004 forms to file the return and claim your refund.
2007-06-06 09:57:26 · answer #1 · answered by Brian G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A refund for the 2004 tax year (return due April 2005) can be claimed until April 2008 (three years after the return was due). There are no late filing penalties if you are due a refund. Those that mentioned interest are forgetting on thing. The IRS only pays interest if THEY delay your refund. If you never filed, YOU delayed the refund. There is no interest in that case.
2007-06-06 20:12:22 · answer #2 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IRS only pays interest on refunds if the claim is more than 45 days' old. I have been a tax accountant and I confirm that what Brian told you is exactly right. However, so as not to mislead some others, a longer claim period is allowed in the case of a carry-back of a net operating loss.
Get it in gear: you have until April 15, 2008 to get the tax return (claim for refund) on file.
2007-06-06 17:56:16 · answer #3 · answered by Steve C 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you were due a refund for 2004 but did not file a tax return, you can still file that return and request your refund up to April 15, 2008.
Download the necessary forms from irs.gov, fill them out, and mail them in. Or, if you have an old copy of tax return software for 2004, you can use that. The return will have to be mailed.
You will not only receive your refund, but the IRS will even pay you interest on that refund.
If you delay filing past April 15, 2008, you will lose your refund.
2007-06-06 17:48:31 · answer #4 · answered by ninasgramma 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
No one is as well informed as an IRS agent. Call the office
near you and ask to speak to an agent to answer a question
you have to ask, that doesn't warrant coming in. Or maybe
leave a message and ask to be called back, and then ask
your question another time.
You could check with tax preparers, but whether they would
know the answer to that, since it has been some years since
you apparently filed, you'd want the correct answer, which
they might not have. You might need an attorney who
specializes in tax cases as well. Sounds like you might have
several years to get caught up on, so you will definately need
the most reliable info possible.
Good luck!
2007-06-06 17:07:18 · answer #5 · answered by Lynn 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Why do morons like Thin Kaboudit post crap? The refund statute is three years. File the return and you'll get the refund. Meanwhile, Thin Kaboudit, keep your stupid opinions to yourself.
2007-06-06 17:02:59 · answer #6 · answered by taxman94066 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sure there is you have until 2008 to collect so hurry up and file!
2007-06-06 17:53:28 · answer #7 · answered by reciprocityabound 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to IRS.GOV/ forms and get 2004 forms, fill them out and send them in. You can also call the toll free number listed in your phone book and order the forms.
2007-06-06 18:31:19 · answer #8 · answered by acmeraven 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can still collect up to 3 years I think.
2007-06-06 17:10:06 · answer #9 · answered by Rod K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There may well be a way to avoid going to jail for not having filed it, but I wouldn't hold my breath expecting a refund, if I were you! Unless you filed paperwork for an extension, you probably owe all kinds of penalties! Just because you overpaid in a year, that's not an excuse for not filing.
You need to talk to a tax accountant BEFORE the tax folk come looking for you!
2007-06-06 16:58:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 7⤋