Henry Daniel Lively’s Answers

If you are a CA resident you must file a CA return and report your worldwide income.

I am surprised he does not already have your social since you are married. He will have it on any past returns. The married filing separate income tax return requires that you provide your spouses social security number. He will not be able to efile without it.

If you were a signatory at the company you could be a responsible party. Don't take this lightly or take the advise of an IRS Agent. They do not represent you and are not looking out for your best interest. Hire a tax attorney to represent your interests immediately.

The filing deadline is not until April 17, 2012 and can be automatically extended for six months. You should be able to obtain your ID number by then and file jointly.

No, payroll taxes are a fiduciary tax and if you are personally liable for the tax there is no exemption.

Your pay stub will provide you with the information regarding your gross pay and your tax withholdings. Take a look at your prior tax return for other deductions that you have taken in previous years to give you a starting point, then scan your check register and credit card statements for others. You can then go on line and use software to do a simple tax projection, or buy one of the available tax programs at your local office supply store or on line and input the numbers. This will give...

To qualify for the interest deduction it must be debt that is secured by a qualified home in which the taxpayer has an ownership interest. Here, your father does not have an ownership interest. He would need to be on title to take the deduction. If you transferred an interest to your dad that exceeded the annual exclusion amount (currently $14,000), you would have to file a gift tax return and possibly pay gift taxes if you did not have any lifetime exclusion remaining (Currently $5,250,000)....

Attorney Harrington offers sound advise and gives you an excellent referral.

It is the responsibility of the executor to pay all taxes before making distributions from the estate. The executor must represent that all the taxes are paid. You are responsible to see these taxes are paid. This is one of the liabilities of being an executor. See a probate attorney to see how to deal with this.

I agree with attorney Larson. You should be able to claim your daughter so long as she does not claim herself. You may also be able to claim your granddaughter. Yes, your daughter would have a filing requirement for the babysitting income.