What are the repercussions of not filing by the 17th if you have a return coming on federal taxes?
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There are no penalties or interest charges if you do not file your taxes by April 17, 2006 when you have a refund coming or due you.  You have three years to file that return or forfeit your right to the refund, so I guess that would be a repercussion.  If you don't file the return within 3 years of the due date, you lose your refund!
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You have to file last years taxes and this year's taxes.  Unfortunately they won't be able to process this year's by e-file because you didn't do last years.  You have to file the paperway, but if you do it early like by this weekend, you could probably see a refund by early april.  They don't usually charge a fine for filing late but they won't pay interest either if they owe you money.
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If your waiting on a paper check, then yes, it's probably still in the works. However, if your concerned to make sure they got the return, or to make sure the check or direct deposit has not gone wrong, go to IRS.gov and find out the contact number for calling about your refund.\n\nEach state is completely responsible for collecting it's own taxes or doing refunds and completely disaggregate from the Federal IRS. Sounds like your state is on the ball.
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No penalty.  The government only cares about late tax returns if you owe them money.  If they owe you money, they're very gratefull for the interest free loan.  Expect to get your refund later than everyone else who filed their returns on time (maybe an extra week).
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Some of your answers posted are incorrect.\n\nMost states work off a system similar to the Federal/IRS system.\nThis means you have three years from April 15 of the year following the year you are reporting.\nFor example, you have until April 15, 2008 to file a return for tax year 2004 (originally due on April 15, 2005).  Since most states share electronic information with the IRS, if you are in good standing with them, the state will notify you by letter of any amount due.\nIf they owe -you- money, they will -not- notify you.  You only have three years to claim an amount owed to you.\n\nState penalties for tax avoidance are in most cases much less than Federal penalties.\n\nMost employers automatically withhold the proper amount (within a few dollars) of your state taxes owed.  If you had federal taxes withheld from your check and filed a federal return, you should really not worry about it at all.\n\nIf you are self-employed, or had employees working for your business, it is a whole other story.  You should then consider hiring a tax expert or attorney as in these cases the possibility of severe fines and penalties can be real.\n\nOtherwise, don't worry about the state issue unless they contact you.\n\nI hope this has been helpful.
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Technically you could file an amended return (1040X) once you receive it, but I don't think waiting until next year is wise.  This is income that employer has reported to the IRS, and it will likely raise a red flag if it doesn't appear on your return.\n\nBy law, W-2's are to be given or mailed to employees no later than January 31.  I know my employer waited until the 27th to make them available.  Since your husband no longer works at the Food Lion, they'll have mailed it.  It's fairly likely it hasn't gotten to you yet.  I would wait a little while, then contact the employer to see if it was mailed.
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If returns are still not prepared please get extension from IRS and enjoy extended honey moon\n   \n \n The U.S. Postal Service® has long provided you with a convenient, reliable way to get your taxes delivered on time. We’ve extended hours on tax day at some locations to make things easier for you. \n\nThis year when you mail your taxes with the U.S. Postal Service your return is considered filed if postmarked by April 17—or April 18 if you live in Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, or the District of Columbia. \n     \n Please visit usps.com
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2006 taxes are not due until April 15Th, 2007, State and Federal. 2005 taxes are due by midnight tonight, unless you filed for an extension before the deadline, which was today. I believe you can go to jail for not filing your tax returns but in some cases, you can arrange payments of $ due with your local IRS. So, file or mail your returns on time even if you don't have all the $ you owe.
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The deadline to file taxes is April 15, but that is for income earned in the previous year.  For example, April 15, 2006 is the deadline to file taxes for income earned in 2005.  If you did not earn income in 2005, then you do not need to file a tax return by 04/15/06.
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IRS charges a Failure to File Penalty of 5% per month for 5 months.  So if you are one month late it is 5% more, 5 months late 25% more.  You only get the penalty if you owe.  If you have a refund, you must file within 3 years of the due date or you lose the refund.  If you earned more than $400 self employment income for 2005 or more than $5,000 in wages, you really should go ahead and file.
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you pay money or get a return.\n(don't worry, the IRS doesn't have their sh*t togther enough to notice that you have not filed for years.)
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Yes, if you are talking about tax years 2002 and forward.  However, you only have until April 15 to file an amended return for 2002.\n\nIf you are talking about tax year 2005, then I would wait until next week after the regular filing period to file the amended return, 1040X.  Give the IRS time to get the incorrect return in the system before you correct it.  Otherwise, you are liable to confuse them and make matters worse.\n\nYou will have to wait 8 to 12 weeks for the IRS to finish processing your amended return.
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Did you receive them after 2/15?  By law, all your employers must have your w-2's done by 1/31 and have sent them to your last known address by 2/15.  If the didn't get it to you in time you can report them.  But all you have to do is amend your return you can do this easily by getting the form from the IRS or any accounting service.  You'll only go to jail if you KNOWINGLY filed a false return amend it with the reason and you'll be fine.
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its amazing how many people dont know this, There are NO penalties for filing late when you are due a refund, NONE. ;-) you have until April 15, 2009 to file and that isnt a joke, its for real, if you are due a refund.
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There will be penalties for failure to file / late filing, but there is unlikely to be any criminal consequence, unless you were intentionally hiding income or something.  Fortunately, those filing penalties reach maximums pretty quickly, and your refunds may be enough to cover them.  Like one respondent said, though, you're likely to be facing some more serious problems if you actually wind up owing taxes.  Don't panic, though; the IRS is usually rougher on businesses than on individuals, in my experience.  There are lots of ways to handle a tax debt, if it turns out that way, so do not ruin your life with worrying, okay?\n\nYou will probably want to get a CPA to do the old taxes for you, just because some CPAs (not all) will have kept the tax software around from years past for situations just like yours.  The CPA is going to need documents to try to re-create your finances from those years, though, so start gathering your bank statements and other records.  (You might have to ask the bank for copies of the old records, in which case they may charge you a fee for the trouble.)  I know some CPAs who specialize in this sort of thing, if you have no one else to turn to.\n\nRemember, for any situation you get in with the IRS, there's a good chance someone else owes 10x as much, has done 1/2 as much about it, and cares too little to even ask a question like yours.  Don't lose sleep over this or anything, just get started handling it.  And remember to file your taxes from now on!
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You may need to ask your question with some additional details.\n\nI assuming here, but it appears that you failed to files returns on which you were due a refund.  You most likely received a demand for return notice within the first 18 months.  You filed a return well after three years from the original or extended due date.  And you were denied your refund as a result of statute.  You requested an administrative appeal based on their decision. They are asking you for the grounds of your appeal.\n\nIf so, here is what happened.  The statute of limitations runs for three years from the date of the filing of the return.  If you don't file a return, the statute never stops running, and the IRS can come after you to prepare a return at any time.\n\nHowever, if the IRS has money due to you, and you do not request it back within three years of the original due date, or extended due date, they are not permitted to continue to hold your money ad infinitum.  No government agency is permitted to hold your money if they cannot find you and follow set proceedures in order to reach you.\n\nAs the IRS cannot hold your money after the time allowed by statute, they submit the money to the deparment of unclaimed property.  The Federal government and every State has a department of unclaimed property, which makes the money available for government use until you file sufficient claims.\n\nIf my summary is close to correct, and the IRS followed ALL required proceedures in order to notify you of their intent to submit your property, then you have no grounds for administrative appeal, and instead need to focus you efforts on the department of unclaimed property.  If the IRS failed to follow ALL required proceedures, then that is the grounds for your appeal.  And you will need to specify which proceedures were not followed under statute.
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If you haven't filed, you should file at your earliest possible convenience. You have three years from the original due date of the return to file a tax return (or amended return) to claim any tax refunds. That means as of right now, you can file your 2004, 2003, and 2002 tax returns and still get a refund. What about 2001 and earlier? You should also file those as well. If your return shows a refund, you won't get that refund check. Sorry. If you owe, penalties and interest will be added.\n\nAs a practical matter, you will still need various documents to support your tax return -- such as W2s and mortgage interest statements. Those records are generally kept for 5 to 7 years by the IRS. So you can get copies of your supporting documents if need be.\n\nAs for tax collections, the IRS can collect on tax debts for up to 10 years from the date you actually filed a return. If you never filed, they can collect tax debts indefinitely. Just another benefit of filing at your earliest possible convenience.\n\nYou can find all the IRS time limits (or "statute of limitations" as they are called) from my web site at the link below.\n\nAll the best,\n\nWilliam Perez\ntaxes.about.com