these questions are for my dad.....he really needs some help
2007-09-08 11:24:22 · 5 answers · asked by sexymommyof3 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ Other - Taxes
I mean do you have to have filed all your previous taxes from 2006 back in order to receive SS benefits or Medicare? My dad is 69 and won't sign up for SSI because he hasn't filed his taxes. He wasn't sure how many years he has to file or whatever, but the last year he filed was 96. We haven't determined yet whether he owes taxes or if he can get a refund.
2007-09-08 11:32:35 · update #1
Your dad doesn't need to be caught up on taxes in order to file for social security or medicare. But if he is self-employed, and has not filed tax returns since 1996, he's possibly cheating himself out of social security money. Social security income is based on what you have paid into the system, so if he hasn't paid into it for the last 10 years he may be cheating himself. If he's not self-employed, but instead is a W-2 wage earner, then him not filing taxes will have no bearing on filing for and receiving social security or medicare. He should file his tax returns for the missing years though, to find out if he owes for any of those years. There is no time limit for filing a tax return if you owe the IRS. There is a 3 year limit though for filing a return where you are owed a refund, so the only years that he could get refunds for are 2006, 2005 and 2004.
2007-09-08 15:36:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally not! The only exception I can think of would involve him being self employed for all of those years in which he did not file taxes. The only way SS has any record of Self Employed folks is from their tax returns. If he did not file he would not have paid into SS for those years. At this point if they are no6t beating down his door there is a good chance that he does not owe any past tax or at least the IRS does not know about it if he does.
2007-09-08 11:45:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he was an employee, the answer is no.
If he was SE then there might be a problem because he has never filed the tax returns showing the SE taxes paid. Then the returns would need to be filed to show taxes actually paid.
2007-09-08 11:41:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Owing the IRS doen't stop you from applying or receiving ss or medicare benefits.
2007-09-08 11:28:08 · answer #4 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He needs to get his returns done. Any refunds for years 2003 and earlier are already lost and 2004 is coming up fast.
2007-09-08 12:55:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋