Members of my immediate family have decided to decided they're going to stop paying federal income taxes. Should I be worried the IRS will come after me, even though I refuse to join their protest? [more inside]
posted on Sep 22, 2008 - 13 answers

Should I be paying US taxes? I moved to the UK when I was 14 (1991), and have never drawn an income in the United States, don't maintain a credit card, bank account, address, etc. However, I am still a US citizen, as well as a UK resident (soon to become citizen). A (paranoid and not informed) parent is worried that I'm going to end up in prison for tax evasion. I certainly don't earn enough money that I can afford to be taxed in two countries. Any information is greatly appreciated.
posted on Sep 8, 2008 - 12 answers

I cheated on my taxes twice. I got caught once. Will I get caught again? [more inside]
posted on Sep 5, 2008 - 12 answers

So I've already filed my tax returns for 2007. But I won't have the money to pay my April 15th taxes until next month. How badly will this hurt me? [more inside]
posted on Apr 11, 2008 - 12 answers

Paying US back-taxes: should I go for an installment plan or pay it all now, and pay off the credit card companies instead? [more inside]
posted on Feb 26, 2008 - 8 answers

There's a name mis-match between my social security card and my W-2. Can I still file my taxes and get a refund? [more inside]
posted on Jan 31, 2008 - 7 answers

I haven't filed (US and NJ) taxes in... hm. Possibly ever. I'd like to fix that, but have no idea what I made and when, and how to start. [more inside]
posted on Jan 17, 2008 - 16 answers

I'm a woman, divorced, being audited by the IRS, in some credit card debt and have problems with my rental history. Should I sell my home? [more inside]
posted on Oct 9, 2007 - 14 answers

I'm going to marry a guy who has a lot of debt and possible trouble with the IRS. What should I know? [more inside]
posted on Jul 28, 2007 - 23 answers

I have inadvertently ignored letters from the IRS and they have "filed a tax return for me"; the results they got are clearly absurd, and now they claim I owe them $18K. Do I have any recourse? [more inside]
posted on Jun 12, 2007 - 14 answers

Taxes. Apparently I owe them. A lot of them. About $40,000 more than I have. And the story gets worse. [more inside]
posted on May 22, 2007 - 19 answers

My mortgage company called me and told me that my ex-husband requested tax info regarding a mortgage on my house from 2002. Seems that my ex-husband is finally getting around to filing his tax returns for 2002-2005 and wants to use the mortgage interest and real estate taxes that I paid on his return. We separated in 2001 and divorced finally in 2003. If I call the IRS, do you think this would jeopardize me in any way? [more inside]
posted on Apr 9, 2007 - 12 answers

IRS-filter: I need a good tax lawyer in San Francisco. [more inside]
posted on Nov 21, 2006 - 2 answers

Help me with my scary tax problem. [more inside]
posted on Sep 4, 2006 - 12 answers

I haven't filed last year's taxes yet because I'd been told Uncle Sam didn't mind you filing late, if he owed you (I'm due a tax return, rather than owing taxes). Now, I want to file an extension on this year's taxes, without having sent in last year's. Will doing this trigger the IRS to send thugs to my house? [more inside]
posted on Apr 13, 2006 - 5 answers

How can I best avoid an IRS audit? My occupation may complicate things: I’m a professional in the adult entertainment industry with a job that is legal (but often perceived as illegal) and an entirely cash-based business. [more inside]
posted on Mar 11, 2006 - 20 answers

Should I report my ebay sales to the IRS? [more inside]
posted on Jan 18, 2006 - 15 answers

In 2001, my .com finally imploded in the week after September 11th, when our few remaining clients went out of business. For another couple of years the corporation continued to exist, with me as sole employee, though it was only an after-hours interest -- I've long since moved on from doing anything with this corporation. It's existed only on paper for the past two years while I've paid the IRS, out of my own pocket, some payroll taxes (941 withholdings) that my accounting errors led me to underpay. They (and I) have just noticed that I forgot to file for the Q3 2001. It seems that I paid $6,000 to employees in that final quarter, so I figure my business owes the IRS another couple of thousand dollars in taxes. Now what? I don't have a couple of thousand dollars to throw at this, and the corporation's bank account is all but empty. Can I bargain with the IRS? Will they give me any bonus points for coming forward and telling them about this? Is my moral obligation to personally pay this debt sufficient that I should just buck up and set up a payment plan? What happens if, worst case, I just shut down the corporation? [more inside]
posted on Nov 24, 2005 - 14 answers