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Is new husband responsible for my back taxes?

Only the people who sign the tax return are directly liable for the taxes owed on that return. That said, if he files Married Filing Jointly with you now, you both need to understand that any overpayment/refund will be kept for your indivudual back tax liabilities. He would be able to file for Injured Spouse, however, this process is complicated and may not result in him receiving his portion of the refund. You may choose to file Married FIling Separately, in which case he would owe whatever he...

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We haven't filed our federal income tax for 4 years. We don't have the money to pay. What do I do?

In general you cannot stop the interest that accrues on tax liabilities. If you do not have the ability to pay you may be able to provie your financial situation to the IRS. If the IRS agrees you do not have the ability to pay they can place your accoutn in a non-collectible status for a time, meaning that you are not required during that time to make payments, and that the IRS will not take collection actions including wage or bank levies, but the interest and penalties continue to accrue. It...

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Why do they keep your stimulus checks if you owe the federal tax monies, it suppose to go back into the economy,but if u owe tax

Unfortunately, the IRS sees any balances owed to the IRS as a loan you forced them to give you. Their primary concern is getting that money paid and so any credits or overpayments to your IRS account (or state refunds or other agency income in some cases) will be applied to your back tax balances first, and only then will you see refunds. The IRS may also file a tax lien, which informs your county and all creditors that you owe money to the IRS. This tax lien remians in place until the balance...

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Will the IRS come after me when I marry my fiance who owes back taxes, even though we didn't know each other at the time?

As with many things, it depends. If after you marry you choose to faile amrried filing jointly, the IRS can take any refunds due to you on that return to apply to either spouse's previously existing liability. You as the non-debtor spouse could file for injured spouse relief with the return. If you file married filing separately, then you should pay any balance you owe or receive any refund you are due. If the IRS is actively collecting from him, and you share any bank accounts, the IRS can...

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Wage garnishment for child support or back taxes

As to the back tax liabilities, if you did not sign the returns as a joint filer, you will not directly be held responsible and your separate bank accounts or wages will not be garnished by the IRS for your fiance's/spouse's liabilities. If you do file jointly on future returns, any refunds or credits that may be owed (even to you) would be applied to the back liabilities until they are paid in full. Please note that any bank account the liable person's social security and mane are attached to (...

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My ex husband will not sign our tax jointly filed tax returns, what do I do?

If you want to ensure that your taxes are filed and he refuses to sign returns prepared Married FIling Jointly, you may still file returns prepared for you as Married FIling Separately. This removes the need for his signature on the returns. He would still be required to file his own Married FIling Separately returns (if he had a filing requirement) or risk the IRS preparing a Substitute for Return on his behalf. Any returns filed Married FIling Jointly would either bring a joint refund or...

Husband has tax liablities from business he had prior to our marriage am I liable?

In general, the IRS will only hold responsbile the person or people who sign a tax return. If your husband owes back IRS liabilities, the IRS may pursue collection actions against him and will apply any overpayments to his back liabilities. If the IRS does pursue colleciton actions or he contacts the IRS to make repayment arrangements, then your financial informaiton will likely be required to detemrine how to properly apportion the housheold income and expenses between him as the liable party...

WILL MY TAXES BE GARNISHED IF I MARRY MY BOYFRIEND THAT OWES CHILD SUPPORT?

Child support payments are treated as separate from tax refunds, however, if there is a garnighment or lien in place for the child support, other agencies can potentially capture a tax refund. If after you are married you file Married FIling Jointly, then the IRS would likely apply any refund that is due to either of your previous liaiblities. If this is the case, you would then have the option of filing for Innocent or Injured Spouse relief, where the IRS woudl review your tax information...

Can i file on back owed federal taxes

Your questions is somewhat unclear. First, you should definitely be at least reviewing the information availabe to file back year taxes. Especially if the IRS has filed a Substitute for Return on your behalf- when the IRS does this, they do not necessarily file using all of the exemptions or deductions you may be entitled to claim. Penalties and interest are figured from when you should have filed on what the tax owed was determined to be- this means that if you replace a Substitute for Return,...

I received notification from the IRS recently thay they have no record of receiving a 2002 tax return from me. What should I do

If you were a W2 wage earner (where taxes were withheld) for that year, you can either go back to that employer and ask for a copy of the W-4 or you can request a copy of your Wage and Income Transcript from the IRS. Note that you do not want an account transcript, but the Wage and Income information, since the accoutn transcript would show "no record of return filed." There is a form to fill out available on the IRS website or you can call to request this transcript. If you were self...