Get a new CPA. Amend the 2022 and 2025 returns before the 3-year filing anniversary. Clarify your intervening years question to the new CPA....

Yes assuming the kids lived with you more than half of 2025 and you provided more than half their financial support.

Yes you do if you have any proof she did it. If you can’t prove she did, no. She’ll blame your husband. No more joint accounts.

Since this a recurring issue that will involve >$7K and will presumably continue, you should hire a good credit card dispute trial lawyer to...

If it’s your homestead don’t worry about a lien. Can you refinance the car loan with better terms? Is it worth more than the balance on the...

Under their contract with you, you probably agreed to waive any claims more than 60 days old. No one can help you. If the amount incurred during...

As a practical matter, it will not be cost effective or smart to sue your mom over this. A lawyer will cost you thousands and probably can’t...

You need to retain a tax controversy lawyer who can work with IRS collections to prove that the contents are not hers and to sue the IRS if...

Yes if the donors are foreign and qualify under the form 3520 instructions and relevant tax law. See https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-3520...

I see no harm in signing a W9 but the form all employees should complete to determine withholding is W4. Make sure they are withholding taxes when...