IRS More Aggressive in Finding Non-Filers
The IRS has recently stepped up its non-filer program and is more aggressively seeking to bring delinquent taxpayers into compliance.
Non-Filing is a Crime
Many taxpayers are unaware that it is a crime not to file a tax return. Non filers often make the mistake of assuming that if they dont have the money to pay their taxes they are better off not filing.
This couldn’t be further from the truth.
Not being able to pay your taxes is not a crime, but not filing your return is.
Complying Before the IRS Finds You to Avoid a Criminal Referral
The basis of any criminal prosecution for non-filing is that the taxpayer intentionally failed to file his tax returns.
This means that the non-filing must have been more than a mere oversight or the product of disorganization and procrastination.
But the longer the non-filing continues, the easier it is for the IRS to prove that it was intentional.
This is why we require, as a condition of our representation, that our clients commit themselves to filing all of their delinquent tax returns as quickly as possible.
The voluntary filing of the returns, even several years after the due dates of those returns, makes it very difficult for the IRS to prove that the non-filing was intentional.
We Can Help
The lawyers, CPA’s and enrolled agents at Pappas & Associates have over fifty years of combined experience getting non-filers and delinquent filers current with their taxes and back in good standing with the IRS.