oidualc415
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Tennessee
In the middle of 05 i started working for myself. I filed taxes that year as normal. The preparer i went to i trusted to aide me in filing as self employed. My return was filed and later that year i recieved a notice from the IRS that the preparer was facing criminal charges for cheating tax returns etc etc, i didnt read every detail as i was only concerned with what pertained to myself. The notice stated that nothing had been found wrong in my return but they were just notifying everyone who used the man. On to 06, i filed using someone else, and in the process of preparing i found that the man had fudged my numbers slightly on my mileage. The peparer i was using now told me to account for that in the return by subtracting what he shot me over from what i was listing for this year. Being gullable thinking these people were there to help someone like me who knows little about Taxes and depends on these people, the concept made sense to me ( it evened out in my head). I filed and was about my business. flash to today. ( yes i have filed every year since). I recieved a " notice of deficiency " for the year of 05. nothing about anything since. the best i can figure. the notice has taken all of my deductions and i mean all not some and just said " we dont recognize any of these business expenses " tools etc " and tossed them out, redone my taxes, and decided i owe them almost 5 grand. the return i filed fell inline refund wise with what i have gotten for the past 10 years, so we arent saying this guy tried to take them for the bank or something, therefore i was none the wiser. my question, Do i have legal rights because this guy cheated not only the irs but myself? and even if he did cheat them, where is the return money i would have gotten anyway, is that not subtracted from what they come up with and i owe the difference? im totally clueless about all of this and what to do next. but have learned one thing i should have done years ago, i need to better educate myself so i dont get in this situation again. Any advice from anyone who knows anything would be greatly appreciated
thank you,
The Idiot << i guessWhat is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
In the middle of 05 i started working for myself. I filed taxes that year as normal. The preparer i went to i trusted to aide me in filing as self employed. My return was filed and later that year i recieved a notice from the IRS that the preparer was facing criminal charges for cheating tax returns etc etc, i didnt read every detail as i was only concerned with what pertained to myself. The notice stated that nothing had been found wrong in my return but they were just notifying everyone who used the man. On to 06, i filed using someone else, and in the process of preparing i found that the man had fudged my numbers slightly on my mileage. The peparer i was using now told me to account for that in the return by subtracting what he shot me over from what i was listing for this year. Being gullable thinking these people were there to help someone like me who knows little about Taxes and depends on these people, the concept made sense to me ( it evened out in my head). I filed and was about my business. flash to today. ( yes i have filed every year since). I recieved a " notice of deficiency " for the year of 05. nothing about anything since. the best i can figure. the notice has taken all of my deductions and i mean all not some and just said " we dont recognize any of these business expenses " tools etc " and tossed them out, redone my taxes, and decided i owe them almost 5 grand. the return i filed fell inline refund wise with what i have gotten for the past 10 years, so we arent saying this guy tried to take them for the bank or something, therefore i was none the wiser. my question, Do i have legal rights because this guy cheated not only the irs but myself? and even if he did cheat them, where is the return money i would have gotten anyway, is that not subtracted from what they come up with and i owe the difference? im totally clueless about all of this and what to do next. but have learned one thing i should have done years ago, i need to better educate myself so i dont get in this situation again. Any advice from anyone who knows anything would be greatly appreciated
thank you,
The Idiot << i guessWhat is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?