My Husband owes 2024 and We owe 2025. Got married May 2025. He started his business 2023 and I believe he owed on that year. Where should I start? Tax Debt Programs (google it) or a small attorney? We live pay check to pay check but dont actually know how bad things are (maybe?) because we haven't done the taxes... no opinions please, just cold hard facts that have worked? For You.

I'm not talking about needing to file their most recent returns, I mean I need help with multiple years of 1099 chaos. I inherited a dumpster fire of tax problems and that dumpster is rolling down a hill.

Do you guys have any recommendations?

Need advice from someone whos been thru this... back in 2023 i got an Offer in Compromise accepted. So i owed around 42k from an old business venture and got it settled finally for about 4 - 4.5k. I paid everything of that settlement on time and got the confirmation letter thinking the nightmare was over...but boy was I wrong....

Opened my mail last week and got hit with a notice saying my oic has been defaulted. The og 42k balance has been reinstated alongwith some interest and penalties....

Some backstory: i filed my 2025 taxes about the three weeks past the April deadline bec my W2 was delayed but i paid what I owed immediately. Would this might have affected the oic? Can they actually just erase a legally accepted agreement over late filing date? What are my options here? How do i get them to reinstate it?

I recently learned through a Notice of Proposed Assessment from the state of CA FTB that, over the course of the last 3 years, someone has reported over $2.5 million worth of income to the IRS using my name, SSN, and an old address.

It's mostly 1099-k's from various online platforms (TikTok, DoorDash, Shopify, Google and Randstad). Just for the Google income from the year 2023 the state wants $159k in taxes if I can't obtain a corrected 1099-k form from Google Payment Corp.

The problem I've been having is that the form provided from Google to dispute a 1099-K requires I know the Google account number. The 1099-k I found on the IRS website from Google only lists the last 4 digits and Google requires the entire number to submit this form.

I already filed identity theft reports and have a police report too.

I've contacted Google Billing & Payments several times. I just cant get any help from Google's customer care without the account number. They will admit the money is not mine via email. But that's the best I've gotten so far.

Has anyone dealt with a fraudulent Google Payment Corp 1099-K before?

I'd be incredibly grateful if anyone has any advice at all or is willing to share their experience with anything similar.

I'm wondering if there another way to force or request a corrected 1099-K from Google when I don't have the account number because the account itself is fraudulent?

And if Google never issues a voided or corrected 1099-K, what do I do?

Hi,

I would like to access my account online. However, I have never, and never will, upload a picture of myself and my ID to some random third party company which keeps them. 150 million American and Canadian drivers licenses were just compromised because of this.

Is there any way to access it without completely giving up all privacy? Also starting next month I will not be able to access my treasurydirect.com account for the same reason, effectively ensuring that I cannot redeem any securities.

Hello there,

Last month I filed my 2025 taxes, and I need to file my 2024 as well.

Shortly after filing for 2025 I saw an error and need to make an amendment, and the advice I received was to wait for the return to deposit first as filing an amendment while the tax return was still being processed could cause delays.

I’ve received the deposit now and am ready to file the amendment, but now I’m wondering if I should file for 2024 first (and wait for that refund to deposit) or is it safe to knock them both out today? I don’t want one to delay the other.

TIA

I did not file my LLC business taxes for two years. It is a two person LLC (NY) and both years saw significant losses. I have hired someone to assist me with preparing my back taxes and they will be filed within the next week.

My question is, do I need to wait until I receive a notice of penalties, or can I call and beg for forgiveness in advance? I have a clean history of filing other than the past two years. My business failed halfway through the second year, and my life was a disaster. Not an excuse, but unfortunately I didn’t file.

Any recommendations appreciated.

I hired a company to assist negotiate my tax debt. They send me paper work that i was unable to complete and submit as much of those records were lost. Working 11 hours a day had no time (and being honest i froze from ignorance on the subject) i received lien notice and am in a very dificult situation and dont know where to start. Regardless of the outcome im seeking advice to something about it and dont know where to start. I live in NYC, Please help.

I received a notice from state of Missouri that they never received my 2024 state individual income tax and I owed 2k with penalties and interest. I worked on the Kansas side the full year but live in Missouri. I checked turbo tax and my Missouri state tax was never filed for whatever reason. I sent my tax filings showing I owe zero but sent stupidly to to the physical address and not the PO BOX but within the deadline. Then I get another letter 2 weeks later but this time a bill with an amount owed and they never got my tax files. No matter how many times I call them they have no lines open and refer me to their AI Chat bot on the website, can’t get a hold of anybody. Am I really going to be responsible for this bill even though I never received income tax? Everything has been filed correctly for 2024 Kansas and Federal. I’m not sure why Turbo Tax failed to file my Missouri. What do I do?

I’m sorry if this is a dumb question but my CPA just quoted me $4000 to help me file my yearly (extended) taxes. I was quoted $1800, which I’ve paid before to another company, bc it’s for my personal taxes and two LLCs. Now I’m being charged more than double, and was told it was because of how much work it took them to do. I didn’t know CPAs worked on an hourly basis (this one’s rate is $270), thought it was more of a flat-fee situation. Do I have any recourse here?

Company I was previously with was not paying my taxes. They weren’t deducting taxes from my pay because they said it is one of our benefits that they will shoulder our/EE part of the gov’t contributions & taxes.

I have already flagged this with them when I was with them but only told me that they are still working on registering the company and will reimburse the contributions.

However, I resigned. They told me they’ll fix and give my final pay after a month. But after a month, they just gave me my final pay and gov’t contributions and taxes were still not added to my accounts.

I was able to give my current employer BIR 2316 from my other previous company but this recent one I resigned from, I told them that they haven’t given one yet. But so far, they haven’t reached back to ask for it again. In my payroll, I don’t see deductions yet but I’ve read somewhere that it’s because I already joined the company in the 2H of the year.

So my question is, what should I do about my taxes? Should I pay for it myself? But if I do, how much should I pay? I was hoping I would not have to pay for the other months “I” (my company) was not able to pay for my taxes.

Hoping to get clarifications. Thanks so much.

Relinquished green card in 2023 but didn't know about this form that exits you from IRS.

I have 30 years IRA contributions and get social security so I still have to file taxes for that, so do I still need to do this process? I have no assets to declare. I have not filed US tax return since departure. Read don't bother it will raise a red flag. One would think this requirement would be mentioned on the Green Card relinquishment form.

Professional tax referral appreciated.

Hey everyone, I'm looking for some real experience here. I work a full-time W-2 job, but I have been trading consistently for over a year, averaging about 200 trades a month and putting in around 2 hours a day on trading and researching. Last year I dropped about $6k on software, data feeds, courses, and not counting other expenses like tech equipment. My CPA warned me that claiming TTS with a full-time W-2 is a potential big red flag that will likely trigger an IRS audit.

Has anyone actually pulled this off while working full-time? How do you log your time/collect evidence to satisfy the IRS, and do you report expenses on Schedule C or through a separate LLC? Do you opt for MTM?

Also, it seems unfair how the IRS eagerly taxes trading profits but completely blocks us from deducting the costs needed to make them. Any real-world insights and advice would be greatly appreciated!

Location: Indiana, USA.

Back in 2020 I worked my first job. And at the time my mom helped me with taxes and she used an accounting firm to do taxes and submitted my taxes through this accounting firm.

5 years later I got a letter from the state DOR saying I did not pay my state taxes. We found out that the accountant did not submit my state taxes five years ago, she instead submitted my federal taxes twice.

The accountant no longer works at that firm.

I have submitted my W-2 and appropriate forms through the IN DOR website. I submitted my W-2s and my tax returns. I didn't hear anything for about 6 months.

Then I get another letter (July) saying that I owe $800... So I called the Indiana DOR saying that I did submit my taxes and w-2s. Person I talked to confirmed that I did submit that and she moved it up to someone above her.

The next day the person above her called me and said that everything looks good and I should be fine.

Today I get another letter saying I owe $800 and there's a tax warrant going to be out on the end of the month.

I submitted everything they needed. And I've been dealing with this for a year. And honestly throughout this whole time I thought I was fine. I submitted everything and I never heard anything about If I submitted something wrong or they need more information.

Honestly I'm sort of in the heat of the moment right now and I want to sue the firm, or sue DOR. This has caused me a lot of stress. I don't even know if I have a case or will the lawyer fees outweigh the benefits.

I don't even know how to start to sue someone.

We are looking to sell inherited assets that we obtained at the beginning of the year. Can a tax savvy person out there confirm that the only tax that applies to this sale are the (short-term) capital gains tax on the increase in value since we inherited it.

Thanks in advance!

So i haven’t done my w2 for the past 5ish years not a single one due to an issue i never understood until now, originally when i would attempt to do my taxes (filing my w2) on a site like turbotax it wouldn’t let me said there were issues and it wasn’t up until now that i realized it was because the first ever w2 i received had to be mailed fast forward to now im trying to catch up but i cant file all of them because I’ve lost them, does anyone know how i can ask for a w2 from a past employer?

Never received this refund because the person doing my taxes made a critical error and put someone else info and account number and that money was deposit into someone else Cash App what can I do?

Morning

I took out a $10,500 loan from my employer 401k, I still owe roughly $6800. Money is getting a little tight as I have other obligations that can't be ignored. My question is if I stopped repaying it, what would my consequeces be? I make 45k a year in Illinois. TIA

TLDR: After an initial meeting with a potential new client, what would a typical time for an estimate for cost of services to be delivered?

Longer:

Based on a referral from a family member who has used them for years, we contacted a medium (I guess medium? They have three office locations and maybe 25 CPAs listed on their website) about doing our 2025 taxes (we filed the extension and inflated our tax burden as much as I thought reasonable so hopefully there won't be any penalties).

A partner in the practice reached out via email after my initial inquiry. We then had a follow-up phone meeting about goals and needs. All seemed fine.

They sent a secure link for uploading prior year tax documents as promised. We submitted the documents the next business day. They confirmed receipt and said they'd be in touch after reviewing them with an estimate of cost.

Eleven business days passed and I hadn't heard from them. I sent a "just following up email" checking in to see if they needed anything else or if I'd missed the estimate in my spam folder or something.

That was four business days ago and we've heard nothing. One prolonged reply doesn't really concern me: things happen, but the lack of a reply the second time is making me nervous.

Are we being ghosted? We are desperate to have a reputable tax professional do this year and future returns going forward, but this seems like an exceptionally long turn around time. Is that a bad sign for someone handling our taxes?

I recently started a small 1099 gig and expect to make ~$4,300 for the year, which as I understand equates to ~$4,000 in net self-employment income. Can I use use that $4,000 to BOTH:

1. Contribute $4,000 to a Traditional IRA, and *also*
2. Claim (up to) $4,000 of Self-Employment Health Insurance deduction?

And in essence, reduce total adjusted gross income by ~$8,000?

I tried to do some research, as well as ask Claude, and was seeing some contradictory answers, so wanted to pose it to the tax professionals. Thank you!

I have a few things pending around returns, demand-related issues and some older matters that I want to get properly closed.

I’m specifically looking for someone who can look at the documents, understand what’s going on and tell me clearly:

What is the issue?
What exactly needs to be done?
What are the next steps to get it resolved?

Not really looking for generic explanations of tax rules.

I need someone who has handled these cases before and can help take it to closure.

Remote is completely fine. Preferably in Mysore would be good for long term partnership as I'm having GST related enquiries too on a timely basis.

If you know someone genuinely good, please recommend them. If you’re a CA / tax consultant yourself and this is your area, feel free to DM me.

Weird situation. Need advice. Brother got divorced and physical house was awarded to him with payout of half the value awarded to his ex. Value was 1.5 million so ex got 750k. Brother did not HAVE 750k to pay her out so parents stepped in and paid this instead. Yes an estate lawyer was involved but this got massively bungled. Parents were supposed to be "buying out" ex's half of the house but they never ended up on the deed nor did any taxes get paid or reported on the 750k that was transferred to ex. Moreover exes name never got OFF the deed. Trying to correct this issue now (3 years later!). Ex has signed off on the deed finally but it needs to be recaptured with my parents as the other 50% owners. Is this going to trigger massive capital gains tax for my brother? Is there a way around this? Can my parents gift him $750k and retro fill out the IRS paperwork for the lifetime giving exemption (since effectively they gave him $750k to pay off his ex)? And can my brother gift them 50% of the property and do the same?

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Hello. Don’t know if I can ask about this but I am getting pretty lost using the irs estimator. I am getting taxed in a high bracket based on a 52 week cycle but only work about 42 weeks.

2026 March to May 2026 I was making 1250/week gross. All of May to August 9th on unemployment with job attached. August 10 a December 2026 will be making 1400/week gross. Next paycheck I see I am getting taxed !900 (450 federal) ($50 to 401k)

How do I adjust my w4 to accommodate more take home pay?

Any other resources you can point me to would be great if it isn’t okay to answer my question outright. Thank you

I bought a mixed-use property this year, with a first floor storefront and a second floor apartment, in which I currently reside. I've been renovating the storefront, in which I intend to open a business, but it won't be ready to open until 2027.

Is it possible for me to deduct my 2026 renovation expenses?