With the new surge in IRS enforcements, you could find yourself in serious IRS trouble if your tax returns are falsified—even if you hired someone else to file your taxes for you. Be careful about signing your tax returns to ensure that you will not be audited and penalized for false returns prepared by someone else.

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Question: I just received a letter from Maine Revenue Commission asking me to file amended returns for the years 2003-2006 with a 60 day deadline and threatens to audit me for those years if I don’t.

I was married and filed joint returns with my now “ex” wife during those years and she now lives in Tennessee.

The reason I think that I was flagged by the state revenue service is in the years that are in question, I had my taxes prepared by Robert Grover who has since been fined $75,000 and sentenced to a year in jail for falsifying tax returns.

I fear this will have a snowball effect and lead to the federal IRS also auditing me. I am on a fixed income and barely make ends meet now. What advice if any, can you offer me in this matter?

Answer: Firstly, I would comply with Maine’s Revenue Commission and file or amend the years in question. Secondly, I would also strongly urge you to retain a professional Certified Tax Resolution Specialist (www.taxresolution.com) who can represent you and protect your rights, and not take this endeavor on without assistance.

Unfortunately, the contents of any income tax return (regardless of whether the preparer is a crook or not) is the responsibility of the taxpayer. However, you have a very strong case to get the resultant penalties abated/removed.

TRS can help prepare amended returns and then represent them in the case of an IRS audit.

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