I haven't recieved a tax return for 3 years, How Can I get it back? Go to H&R Block?

Question

I haven't recieved a tax return for 3 years, How Can I get it back? Go to H&R Block? I filed as self employed, I didn't recieve a letter to proove the amount requested.

Answer 1

What do you mean by you haven't received a tax return for 3 years? Did you file it? You need to check with the irs to make sure that they got it, call 1-800-829-1040. If you are saying that you have not filed a return for 3 years, you can either prepare it yourself by going to the irs website, www.irs.gov and downloading the forms you will need to file, find a local cpa/tax prep firm, or go to a chain one (H&R Block, Jackson Hewitt).

Answer 2

You don't "receive" a return, you FILE a return. Since you're self-employed, any excess that was paid in almost certainly was applied to the next year's tax liability instead of being refunded to you. That lowers your estimated tax payments and is almost universal practice.

Look at your tax returns. If it shows a refund due, it would have been mailed to you by the IRS. However it almost certainly shows that the overpayment has been applied to the next year's liability.

Don't waste your time going to Block, just ask your accountant what's going on. You really don't even need to do that, it's all there on your copy of your tax return in black and white.

BTW, you don't have to "proove" (SIC) anything to receive a refund. You just need to file a tax return that shows an overpayment with the option to have it refunded to you selected.

Answer 3

You don't RECEIVE a tax return; you have to FILE your tax return and pay whatever amount the tax table says that you owe after completing all the forms.