my tax prepareris being indicted for "aiding and assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns"...?
Now I am being called as a witness for his upcoming trial. I did retain a lawyer but I will more than likely get audited and have to pay back any money that was not owed to me since 2002 until 2008. He filed my federal tax return for 2008 but then i never heard back from him . problem is he never filed for state return (thank god!). How do i go about re-filing my taxes from 2002 until 2008? Can I just go to H&R Block or do i need a CPA? Another tax preparer??? help..... Yes he did all my returns and apparently padded them along the way. I met him when it was time for me to file my very first taxes when I first came to the US and now apparently I was not entitled to all the money that I got back. i never looked at the returns because i trusted the guy (stupid me) but apparently so did 17 other people since he is charged on 17 counts (!!!). Apparently he was arrested back in May of 2008 and STILL continued with the scams...
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- You would need to file a 1040X for each year. Here are the previous years' tax forms and instructions. http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/article/0,,id=98339,00.html It's your call whether to do this yourself or whether to farm it to either H&R Block or someone more competent/specialized. Maybe you ought to take it on yourself, it'll be a great educational experience and you'll be able to spot ignorant tax preparers in the future.
- Why do you have to amend your tax returns? Did the preparer file false income tax returns for you? Read http://taxipay.blogspot.com/2008/04/list-of-articles.html
- "apparently padded them along the way" You can't put all of the blame on the preparer. YOU signed the return and YOU had ample time to review the returns either at his office or at your home. If you saw padding on 2002, you should have amended the returns immediately and started looking for another preparer. But no, you went back again and again and never questioned the fact that your schedule A was outrageous. You may discover that 2002 through 2008 are audited (there is no statute on fraud) and you get hit with civil penalties as well. You only defense is that you are from another country--the NRA rules and transitions to US returns is a complicated area.
