the IRS...

[pooja]

My husband owes some back taxes. They were from before I met him and it was a fileing error in regards to his child. Anyway, I called to get this all settled before they sent this to collections (it was in 1999). When we filed our joint return, they took my money as well. They will not speak to me about the account. They will not tell me if they are beginning the process of turning monies over to collections. The woman kept saying it is based on an individual account, we cannot talk to you.. I said "you took my money, yes you can talk to me". So now, I have to get my husband to call and authorize the IRS to speak with me, even though they took my money. I am super pissed. I know my husband wants to ignore it and just let them take the returns to pay it off. He doesn't understand that it will probably go to collections now that it is 7 yrs old. I hate this govt.

[unblock]

1. sorry for the lack of sympathy, but what's the irs doing that's wrong?

sounds to me like your beef is with your husband, not the irs.

all things considered, i'd much rather all debt collectors, the government in particular, exercise great care in exactly whom they speak with regarding delinquent accounts.

if your husband can fix this with a phone call or a letter, that's hardly a big deal in the scheme of things.

[pooja]

3. because they took my tax return too, thereby, involving my input.

and I have a big problm with the IRS moving debts into collections. Its not right. Its illegal as far as I'm concerned.

[unblock]

5. it's illegal for the irs to actually try to collect on taxes owed?

i'm confused.

[Stargazer99]

2. Did you try?

The Innocent Spouse form? And there is another one and I forget its name. If the refund had some of your witheld funds, you ought to be able to get your porton returned unless they've changed the rules.
If you think that is bad, Bush has decided to cut funds to the IRS for higher scale auditors which means they are going to outsource collections for the $25,000 and up regarding back taxes. The Bush administration is even taling about outsourcing your tax information OVERSEAS (cheap labor). I'd be raising holy hell, but the sheeple won't notice...Bush is depending on it.
If you are legally married you have every right to know about your taxes filed during your married time. This makes me think they have even less right to your funds as you were not married to him at the time he incurred the error. Sounds like he didn't talk to the mother of the child to find out if he could claim the dependency and assumed he could. If this was a matter of divorce what do his divorce papers say regarding the dependency as far as taxes? And has he paid his child support? That could get him in trouble.

[pooja]

4. Its not that much... more than I can just write a check for, but it

is relatively small. And when I fill out our returns, the money is going to the govt. I am overpaying my taxes. Anyway, I am mad at both the IRS for not wanting to settle an old debt and my husband who ignores them until he realizes it keeps us out of a home.

[flaminbats]

6. supply side economics at its best!!

in the long run we pay higher taxes..but get less from the government. More of this money goes to pay hundreds of billions in interest on the national debt..less goes to Medicare, Social Security, and national defense. Time has shown that the IRS treats taxpayers worse as the taxrates go down, and the IRS becomes less desperate when taxrates are high enough to bring in the needed funds.

as Peter Werbe says..Republicans claim big government is bad, and intend to prove it!!

[Stargazer99]

7. It isn't the IRS that causing you a problem

It is your congress...THEY MAKE THE RULES...IRS is just the policeman that enforces them. IRS has no more control of the rules than you do...wake up!

[flaminbats]

9. excuse me?

I once worked for the IRS, one of my employers is a CPA! so enough with the wakeup business, I think we're on the same side!

Congress makes the rules..and who controls Congress?

the IRS is under more pressure to audit people and use similar techniques whenever the tax rates are too low! in other words, you can't get blood out of a stone. If you want to raise enough money to pay for government expenses..a truly progressive tax system gets the most amount of money while doing the least amount of harm to those in need!

I agree the IRS is an essential part of raising revenue. But have you ever noticed how the IRS does more audits, levying, and liens when Republicans are in control than when Democrats are? This is mainly because Democrats allow taxes to be high enough on the rich to pay for government spending, but Republicans do not. :hippie:

[Cleita]

8. The one crime you cannot commit in this country is

filing your taxes late or paying them late. They come after you in a way they should go after corporate criminals. Get yourself a tax lawyer. Yes, it will cost you but not as much as the IRS will cost you if you don't meet them head on.

[Justice Is Comin]

10. I would talk to the national firms that specialize in

getting the IRS off your back for often pennies on the dollar. These firms have bitter ex IRS collection attorneys and revenue agents and they will back them down in a hurry. The IRS knows these are people who know just as much as they do and they will become your intermediary.

It will cost you something but in the end bottom line, you will be the beneficiary. One of the firms is Law Offices of Ronnie Deutsch. It is a woman. The other prominent one I can't think of but you should easily be able to find their advertisement.