What If You Don’t File Your Tax Return? One thing is for sure with the IRS, your non-filing will eventually float to the surface and you’ll be found out. What happens if you don’t file? Tell the truth, most people–and rightly so–are too frightened to find out. Warning: Never mess around with the IRS. Depending [...]
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When a case is opened, it is assigned to IRS special agents from the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the IRS. Usually, there is a joint investigation, utilizing revenue agents (auditors) who might already be familiar with the case as well as CID. Joint investigations usually arise from revenue agent audits that are accepted as [...]
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Very few people are put in jail for not filing a tax return, but it can happen. A willful failure to file a tax return is a misdemeanor if you owe taxes. You can be sentenced for “up to a year in jail and a $25,000 fine” for each year of non-filing. (Internal Revenue Code [...]
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