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Filing taxes while in prison

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Heather2

Member
What is the name of your state? Texas

I have a nephew in jail right now and he's going to be in there till the deadline for taxes to be filed. How does he go about filing them? Even if his parents do it for him there is no way for them to get the money he's getting back because they either mail a check (which obviously he can't cash) or have it direct deposited but his parents don't have access to his bank account. Will he get in to trouble for not filing his taxes? Do they cut him some kind of break for being in jail? They want to get the money he's getting back to put in his account to buy necessities in jail. Any insight would be great.
 


LdiJ

Senior Member
What is the name of your state? Texas

I have a nephew in jail right now and he's going to be in there till the deadline for taxes to be filed. How does he go about filing them? Even if his parents do it for him there is no way for them to get the money he's getting back because they either mail a check (which obviously he can't cash) or have it direct deposited but his parents don't have access to his bank account. Will he get in to trouble for not filing his taxes? Do they cut him some kind of break for being in jail? They want to get the money he's getting back to put in his account to buy necessities in jail. Any insight would be great.
If he will definitely have a refund coming, then its not a huge problem to file late. There would be no interest or penalties.

If he gives his parents power of attorney to both file his return and access his bank account that might resolve the problem.
 

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