Discussion:Married clients filed single returns in the past
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Wkstaxprep (talk|edits) said: | 16 February 2008 |
| Married clients filed single returns last 3 years.
just curious, what is lieklihood IRS discovers this? the actual tax as compared to filing joint was virtually the same so luckily they don't have to file amended returns and owe big bucks, but what if that was the case? that would be an interesting amended return, changing from single and single to married?? | |
| 16 February 2008 | |
| Recommend your client ammend them, as Circular 230 states you should do. | |
| 16 February 2008 | |
| The actual tax would not be the same if one itemizes and one takes the standard deduction. The odds of an audit are one in a hundred. Getting found out in an audit depends on how intertwined their finances are and what gets audited. | |
Wkstaxprep (talk|edits) said: | 16 February 2008 |
| Wouldn't the IRS computer system generate some sort of a "bounce" when they input social security number of the taxpayer filing single when he is actually married? | |
Wkstaxprep (talk|edits) said: | 16 February 2008 |
| ok, lol ! :) | |
Taxestaxes (talk|edits) said: | 16 February 2008 |
| I had someone come in last week who has actually filed HOH for past 10 yrs and she was married (her husband apparently doesnt work or is avoiding something because he doesnt file at all); I told her I could not do this for her, because thats not how she should file;
"well, I have done it for 10 yrs and IRS hasnt said anything!"Needless to say, I dont have her for a new client now! :) So Will, what are the chances of IRS catching it???? | |
Wkstaxprep (talk|edits) said: | 16 February 2008 |
| true, i see your point.
if there was a material refund or balance due i would change the prior retruns so the client filed correctly, but i wouldn't get paid for it anyway, so... :( | |
| 16 February 2008 | |
| I would not let the fraud continue, and if the client weren't willing to pay me to amend their wrong returns, I'd consider whether I even wanted them for clients. | |
| 16 February 2008 | |
| Kevin5 is correct. They should amend the years in error. | |
