The IRS often offers people the ability to pursue an Appeal of initial audit finding before the IRS issues a Statutory Notice of Deficiency. However, Appeals will only accept the case if they have at least 395 days before the current Statute of Limitations on Assessment is set to expire; this is... View More

Unfortunately, you cannot subpoena documents from an employer unless it is in connection with a court case that is already filed. Since I assume you are speaking of an administrative appeal with the IRS Office of Appeals, you would not be able to issue a subpoena. You can request the documents from... View More

You will need to declare the income on your 2018 income tax return when you file it next year. If the money was held in a foreign bank or other account, you may also have other filing obligations such as a requirement to file an FBAR or an IRS Form 8938. I suggest you use a professional to prepare... View More

You should respond to the March 26th letter and provide the information again. Even though the inquiries are being handled by the same department at the IRS, it is quite likely that they have not associated the two years in their system and if you do not respond to the March 26th letter, they will... View More

Try calling the NYS Office of the Taxpayer Rights Advocate. They may be able to assist you with this. https://www.tax.ny.gov/tra/default.htm

You can do either an Offer in Compromise for your liability for 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 or an installment agreement for your separate liabilities (or one joint installment agreement for both your joint and separate liabilities), based on your financial situation. There are some special... View More

For 2017 taxes, you can deduct your moving expenses if you returned to the US to start a new job or to work at a new location for your prior employer. You can find more information about this on the IRS webpage for moving expenses (IRS Publication 521): https://www.irs.gov/publications/p521... View More

The problem you are most likely to encounter is if you are asked for your prior years' AGI (Adjusted Gross Income) or Tax amount. If you get these questions, simply answer "0" if you did not file for last year. Other than these, the ID verification questions are typically related to... View More

If you claim your son as a dependent on your tax return and you are due a refund, the IRS should not take your tax refund to pay his back child support ( I hesitate to say "will not" because sometimes IRS does things it should not). In collecting child support arrearages, the IRS can... View More

You should declare the $400 per month rent as rental income on a Schedule E, Supplemental Income and Loss. You will be able to deduct a portion of your mortgage interest (not the mortgage principal) and property taxes against this income. You will also be able to deduct a portion of your utilities... View More

Presumably the Form 3520 would have been filed to declare the value of the properties when you received them as an inheritance. Now that the properties are sold, you will need to include the gain or loss from the sale on your tax return for the year when you sold the properties, as you are required... View More

You should dispute this item on your credit report with Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian. The Federal Trade Commission has a web page with instructions on Disputing Errors on Credit Reports that can provide you with information on how to dispute this item on your credit report. You can find the... View More

If the 1099-C puts her above the threshold for filing a tax return, then she will need to file her 2017 tax return even if she normally doesn't need to do so. You should look into the various exemptions for having to pay taxes on the cancelled debt. You can find information about these in IRS... View More

Because your self-employment earnings are more than $400, you will need to file a tax return for the year. You may have to pay some self-employment taxes when you file your return if you are not eligible for credits that could offset the taxes owed.

You would each need to include an IRS Form 8958 with your separate returns showing how you allocated your income. Each of you would need to claim 1/2 of the wages paid to each of you. So, you would claim $500 from your wages and $1,000 from hers and she would claim the same. You can refer to IRS... View More

You should contact your employer about the situation and ask them to issue a corrected W-2. Make sure that your correspondence with them about this is in writing. If the employer refuses to issue a corrected W-2, you will probably need to use your last pay stub of the year to calculate your income... View More

When you are a US resident for tax purposes, all of your worldwide income is taxed in the US, regardless of where the proceeds are deposited. This means that, in addition to being taxed on your virtual currency transactions, you would also be subject to tax on the earnings in any Indian bank... View More

If you had no taxable income for the year in 2010, then you likely should not have any tax liability. If you never filed a tax return, it is likely the IRS prepared a tax return for you based on reporting it received from some other source saying that you were paid certain income. The other... View More

The IRS will keep his refund for the back taxes until they are paid. Also, just because your divorce decree holds you harmless for the tax liability does not mean that the IRS will not try to collect the taxes from you. If you have not already applied for innocent spouse relief (or other relief to... View More

Because you were married at the end of the year, you will have to use a married filing status - either Married Filing Jointly or Married Filing Separately. If you file Separately (understanding he won't file a US return unless he earned income in the US during the year), you will only be taxed... View More