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| Authored by: tknarr on Tuesday, January 15 2013 @ 01:43 PM EST |
Bear in mind that the fraudsters won't file a real return using your
information. They'll file a return using fake information showing a large
refund, eg. by using a larger number of dependents, tax credits and so on,
betting that the refund'll hit their bank account before the IRS gets around to
investigating the return. You then become the easy target for the IRS when you
file what they see as the second return conflicting with the first one. You'll
have to fight to prove both that a) you're the real taxpayer and the second
return is legitimate and b) you aren't the person who filed the first
fraudulent return trying to cover their tracks. How hard that'll be depends
basically on which IRS agent you get and how bad a week they're having. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: OpenSourceFTW on Tuesday, January 15 2013 @ 02:32 PM EST |
I heard the IRS does not like it when you end up with a balance due several
years in a row. Might make you pay estimated taxes (I forget exactly what).
All I know is that the IRS would rather cut you a refund check (and get 100%
payment) then have you owe and possibly not be able to pay. Sad, but true.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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