Comments on: What Happens if You Miss the Tax Deadline?

By: fredct

fredct — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:12:21 +0000

krinkle, you said you filed 2007 Married Filing Separately. If you did so accurately, I don’t see what the IRS could have an issue with.

By: krinkle

krinkle — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:51:02 +0000

My ex-husband has not filed for the last 2 years (2007 and 2008) I doubt he will be filing this year on time. I filed in 2007 Married Separate since we were getting a divorce. The divorce was final in September, 2008. Can the IRS come back to me for the year 2007?

By: fredct

fredct — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:55:33 +0000

Ryan’s response is right (because he copied it from me ).

I’ll add one more piece of advice on your case… if the reason you haven’t done taxes in a few years is simply lack-of-interest or procrastination or confusion, you’d probably do yourself a huge favor to find a local professional to do them for you. It’s much much better to pay someone a little rather than to get into deep trouble.

If its a bigger issue about hiding something, then you need to just step up and face the music before it gets worse.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:42:42 +0000

The first thing you do is contact the IRS ASAP. If you go to them, they will work with you, if they have to come after you, you will see a much less friendly side.

If it makes you feel better, you can go to your local taxpayer advocate:
http://www.irs.gov/advocate/article/0,,id=97402,00.html

By: Just wondering

Just wondering — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:49:05 +0000

What happens if you havent paid taxes in a few years and you filed for the October 15 extension and you missed it and havent done anything since.

By: David

David — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:25:47 +0000

So I was actually going to file, had it all ready to hit the submit. I was going to receive over 1k in federal and state. But then I put it off, and when I went to file again, I couldn’t find the paperwork. I didn’t file for an extension either.
If I do this years tax work next year, then I will be okay or what? Will I lose all of it? I have never had a year where I had to pay, this is 15 years that I have been always overpaying.
thanks

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:25:09 +0000

Alcino: Here is some good information regarding filing taxes based on how much you earn: How Much Money Do You Have to Make to File Taxes?.

By: alcino

alcino — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:01:44 +0000

What happens if you dont have any income and even if you do its under the tax free threshold, do we still need to file a tax return?