McFerran Law, P.S.
Practicing Real Estate Law in Western Washington since 1986
March 20th, 2017
Bankruptcy Update:
4 Compelling Reasons to File Your Tax Return Even If You Cannot Pay
Although you are receiving this email from our bankruptcy department, it is not exclusively or strictly a bankruptcy matter. See last week’s email to see how it applies to bankruptcy.
Should you file the tax return if you can’t pay the tax?
You got to the bottom of your tax return and the amount you owe is bigger than your checkbook balance.
Scared of filing the return for fear of immediate collection action?
Scared of even calculating how much you owe? think an extension of time to file looks good?
Fearful that you’ll be hanging a sign around your neck: squeeze this guy?
Nope. It doesn’t work that way.
The IRS does not start harassing nonpayers for money on April 16th. Or even September 16th. They haven’t even posted the returns that have been filed by then.
Relax, breathe deeply, and file the return. There are far more advantages to getting the return on file than risks in admitting you owe money you can’t pay.
Easy tax payment plans available
If you can’t pay the full amount of the tax owed, send a partial payment with your return. Reduce as much as you can your debt to the tax folks.
Nothing requires that you enter into an agreement for payment. Simply send money regularly toward retiring the tax.
Put your name, social security number and the tax year you want the money credited to on the check.
If you feel the need for a formal payment agreement with the feds, you can set up a payment plan, online, if you owe less than $50,000. (https://www.irs.gov/individuals/online-payment-agreement-application).
Separate penalties for failure to file
If you fail to file a tax return and don’t get an extension, you expose yourself to a separate penalty for failure to file the return.
That’s on top of the penalty for failure to pay as required.
So, it’s expensive to try to drop out of sight.
Filing returns start clock ticking on escape options
Taxes don’t live forever. There’s a collection statute of limitations (generally 10 years with some exceptions) that makes taxes uncollectable. Bankruptcy laws permit the discharge of taxes of a certain age.
But both escape routes for taxes you can’t pay start counting from the filing of your tax return. (More precisely, the SOL starts from assessment, but filing the return is a self-assessment).
Last year’s figures drive this year’s withholding
The most important reason to prepare last year’s tax return now is to get your withholding right for the current year.
Extensions to file are seductive, but dangerous. It puts off squaring up your withholding for the current year, so this doesn’t happen again.
If you put off calculating just how much you owe for last year until October, you have only a few months before next April to get this year’s taxes paid in.
Closing your eyes to an under withholding problem won’t make it go away.
Calculate what you owe, make a plan to pay it if possible, and fix your withholding or quarterly payments so you’re OK next year.
If you are facing significant financial strain and want to explore how bankruptcy could provide you relief, then we invite you to contact McFerran Law, P.S. Our legal team has accumulated more than thirty-five years of bankruptcy law experience and is ready to help you explore your financial options during this difficult time. Call us at 253-284-3838 to schedule a FREE one-hour bankruptcy consultation at any of our offices in Tacoma, Seattle, Everett, Kent or Silverdale.
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