Q: This is going to be a real run on sentence but what if husband and wife are married filing jointly and the husband...
left his wife with a lot of tax debt that he lied to his wife about by saying he had paid it all off already, like 20 years ago, but really he just kept filing offer and compromise and bankruptcy but never went through with it anytime he did it and so the statute of limitations just kept pausing for about twenty years and never expired and he hid this from his mentally ill wife because he was a control freak then what can be done to make the wife only responsible for her share of the tax debt and not his share of it? This wife, a teacher’s aide, paid her taxes through payroll tax but the husband put his wife on his self employed business to save himself from paying extra money in taxes even though the wife was never involved with that business beyond having her name on the business because her husband wouldn’t stop telling her sign off on it quickly so he could send in his tax return and yet he didn’t bother to pay any of those taxes anyways?Innocent spouse was rebuked by the IRS.
A: If you tried innocent spouse and do not have any appeals rights then the only thing that you can do is set up a collection alternative with the IRS. You need the assistance of a good tax lawyer. Most of us offer a free consultation and after speaking with you can offer you advice based on your financial situation. Just stay away from the places you see advertised on TV.
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