Posts Tagged ‘california tax refunds’

California Will Not Allow Madoff Victims to Claim Tax Refunds for Income Paid on “Phantom Profits”

Monday, April 27th, 2009

I’ve blogged before about the investment fraud loss and deductibility rules outlined in Internal Revenue Code 165, and how the tax code can help victims of investment fraud recoup their losses. Now Madoff victims are hoping to get refunds on past state taxes paid on income from Madoff that they might never have received.
The Los Angeles Times reports that hundreds of Californians, many of them elderly and nearly broke, are
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$1.3 Billion in Unclaimed Tax Refunds Awaits Millions of Taxpayers Who Neglected to File 2005 Tax Returns

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

The government estimates that unclaimed refunds totaling approximately $1.3 billion are waiting to be claimed by about more than a million taxpayers who neglected to file a federal income tax return for 2005 and are eligible for refunds. However, to collect the money, a return for 2005 must be filed with an IRS office no later than Tuesday, April 15, 2009.
The IRS also estimates that about half of the taxpayers
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