Fraud Problems

[temple]

Texas.

Ok, here I am needing your expert advice again, as my atty does not have any solution and believes I should sit by and do nothing.

Two ppl purchase a home together...both on deed and note since inception...and after 7 years of living there, man decides to file ch 7 and move out. Man has been discharged from the ch 7, and yes, the darn case is STILL open (but that is another forum).

Since his departure 3 years ago, man has not paid anything or been back to the house. Co-owner (me) has been paying it all and trying my best to keep everything current.

Once again, this January, as he has the past two Januarys, man calls the mortgage co just before they go to send the 1098 forms out and has the mailing addy changed to HIS NEW home. Man has never homesteaded his new home, and we will assume that the his girlfriend and co-owner of their new home is taking the deduction on that one.

Meanwhile, man continues to take 100% deduction on his taxes for his home he left 3 years prior, and has not paid a dime on since. Each year man is reported to the IRS for doing same, and I ALSO take 100% of the deduction on the home, as I am the only one entitled to it.

My question is, since the IRS has obviously decided to let man get away with this year in and year out, is there any OTHER way man can be stopped?

It really burns me up that the honest taxpayers in this country get cheated by someone like this, over and over each year....surely there is another way?

 

[TinkerBelleLuvr]

http://www.irs.gov/publications/p936/ar02.html#d0e1705

More than one borrower.

If you and at least one other person (other than your spouse if you file a joint return) were liable for and paid interest on a mortgage that was for your home, and the other person received a Form 1098 showing the interest that was paid during the year, attach a statement to your return explaining this. Show how much of the interest each of you paid, and give the name and address of the person who received the form. Deduct your share of the interest on Schedule A (Form 1040), line 11, and print “See attached” next to the line.
Similarly, if you are the payer of record on a mortgage on which there are other borrowers entitled to a deduction for the interest shown on the Form 1098 you received, deduct only your share of the interest on Schedule A (Form 1040), line 10. You should let each of the other borrowers know what his or her share is.

Reporting fraud:
http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=106778,00.html

 

[temple]

Thanks for your response. I have been using the recommended procedure to report this for the past three years, yet in all of this time, he has never even been questioned, much less audited.

I have heard that the IRS does not even begin to investigate a case until after the taxpayer has been reported three years in a row?

Could that be a possibility?

Thanks again