Posts Tagged ‘innocent spouse relief’

IRS Guidelines Help More Innocent Spouses

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

The Internal Revenue Service recently proposed new guidelines aimed at providing tax relief for more innocent spouses who request equitable relief from their income tax liability. A Forbes article entitled IRS Lowers The Bar For Innocent Spouse Relief, details how the new proposals address the criteria used in making innocent spouse relief determinations in equitable relief cases and adjust the factors used in granting equitable relief.
Since 2003, the Internal Revenue
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Tax Relief News: IRS Changes Rules to Protect Innocent Spouses

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Effective immediately the IRS will be allowing tax relief to the innocent spouses of those with serious IRS tax problems and back taxes. The new rules will help protect partners, especially those from abusive relationships, by granting relief to those who could have been deemed liable for a spouse’s tax problems. The Wall Street Journal’s Laura Saunders explains how the new rules differ from the original rule of a 2
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Qualifying for Tax Relief as an Innocent Spouse Can Help Resolve IRS Problems

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

Filing an Innocent Spouse claim with the IRS can protect qualifying taxpayers from IRS back taxes, interest, and penalties related to a spouse (or former spouse).
It may be an afterthought to many couples, but filing joint tax returns means that each spouse is 100 percent liable for 100 percent of the tax debt owed, even if one spouse has no idea about the financial activity of the other.
There are tax
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Innocent Spouse Tax Relief Not Always Applicable, But a Possibility for Some Facing Tax Charges

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

When tax problems arise in a family, it could end the marriage.  Sometimes, the spouse is truly innocent of their partner’s tax problems and the IRS realizes that this may be the case.  There is such a thing as Innocent Spouse Tax Relief and the IRS has a series of questions and Innocent Spouse Tax Relief Rules to extricate the innocent person from being responsible for the tax problem.   If
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Innocent Spouse Help: Improve Your Chances of Qualifying for Innocent Spouse Relief By Following IRS Rules

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Nobody wants to be in trouble with the IRS for someone else’ mistake.  If your spouse is in trouble with the IRS, his/her penalties will be transferred to you in a marriage. If you can prove to the IRS with reasonable evidence that you were unaware of the fraudulent activities of your spouse, you will qualify for Innocent Spouse relief.
Filing and getting approved for Innocent Spouse relief is crucial to
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