Tax Professional About Unfiled Tax Returns
Unfiled Tax Returns
Joe Mastriano, a CPA with over 25 years of experience talks about unfiled tax returns…
It’s very important to file and pay your taxes timely. If you don’t, you will have to deal with the various attempts the IRS makes to get you to file, to file for you, and to collect the money due. You will also have to pay penalties and interest on any underpayments of tax. Not filing returns will put you in a non-filing status. After several requests, the Internal Revenue Service will attempt to summons information from you and any of your banks they have on record, so they can prepare a return for you. They may choose to bypass this step and directly file a return for you based on the information they already have.`
How Many Years Back Must I file My Delinquent Tax Returns?
Usually you will have to file the previous six (6) years, plus the current year. Beyond that, you may be off the hook, depending on what years the IRS will request. We usually wait for any request before we prepare returns going back further then six (6) years, if our client wants to assume that risk. However, it is truly a great feeling to know that you have obtained back tax help, filed all missing years, and no longer have to worry about being asked to file any more years of delinquent tax returns. Often the amount of money you will owe helps in the decision to file those “extra’ back years. We are available for IRS non filed tax help.
If you have delinquent returns you should check out Joe’s website at www.taxproblem.org and get informed before you decide what to do next.