| Have you filed your taxes this year? How about last | | | | They don't give you much...When the IRS files your |
| year or the year before, did you file those? If you | | | | unfiled tax returns for you they only take into account |
| answered "no" to those questions then you have a | | | | your standard deduction as a single tax filer with no |
| problem with the IRS. | | | | deductions or credits. If the IRS files your returns for |
| Everyone has to pay taxes... You may have heard | | | | you, you are guaranteed to owe money on those tax |
| that you don't have to pay by a Tax Protester; or | | | | years. This is called a Substitute Filing Return, and it's |
| maybe someone told you that you don't have to file | | | | the IRS's way of telling you to file your own taxes on |
| your taxes if you make below a certain amount per | | | | time. |
| year. | | | | So how do you beat a Substitute Filed Return? You |
| Don't listen to the Tax Protester. Their claim that they | | | | have to file an amended return. An amended return is |
| don't have to pay taxes has been denied in every | | | | where you have to prove to the IRS that they should |
| court in the country. | | | | take your tax return. You will have to provide proof of |
| What about income? Basically if you made less than | | | | all your deductions and prove to the IRS that their |
| $10,000 in a year you may not have to pay taxes. | | | | assessment of your tax return was wrong. By filing |
| The rest of you though...have to file an income tax | | | | those amended returns you can significantly reduce |
| return every year. After all you can go to jail for not | | | | your tax debt, if the IRS accepts them. |
| paying your taxes, just like Al Capone. You shouldn't | | | | There's good news and bad news...But you want to |
| worry too much about jail time though; what you need | | | | know about your refund, don't you? Bad news there, |
| to worry about is the IRS filing your unfiled years for | | | | even if your amended return shows that you have a |
| you. | | | | refund due, you do not get it unless the return is from |
| The trap is sprung! When you don't file your tax | | | | last year or the year before. |
| returns you're entering a quagmire of debt that you | | | | File your taxes on time each year. You can even |
| may not have any hope of getting out of. And | | | | apply for an extension until October 15th to get your |
| depending on how many years of unfiled taxes you | | | | taxes in, so you don't have any excuses. |
| have the worse off you are. What can you do | | | | Now you have the smoking gun...Use it! |
| though? The IRS has already sent you a bill. | | | | |