New client coming in tomorrow to prepare 2010 taxes. Owes for several years so any possible refund would go to pay back taxes. He has since remarried. What would be the procedure in filing the 2010 return? Just file it (MFJ) and let them take any refunds? File MFS? Any suggestions?
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Try MFJ and Form 8379 Injured Spouse Allocation- Check TTB on p. 15-11. -
...if the spouse has income the options, I believe, would be up to the spouse who does not owe.
MFS from the beginning will insure that the spouse will not get caught up in the liability of the TP that owes. Filing MFJ with is not a guarantee that the IRS will accept the injured/innocent spouse form.Believe nothing you have not personally researched and verified.Comment
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Injured spouse and innocent spouse are two completely different concepts. There is no such thing as the injured/innocent spouse form.Originally posted by taxea View Post
BP has posted correctly - use 8379 for your situation if the couple elects to file MFJ.Comment
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Your posting states that you are located in Minneapolis, which I guess is in Minnesota that is not a community property state. The wisest procedure for injured spouse quite possibly is different in community property states such as California.Originally posted by zeros View Post
EA in Calif.Comment
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My question is why would any two people who had gotten a divorce remarry?
DIdn't they learn their lesson the first time?ChEAr$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LAComment
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duh!!! My comment was to say whether either is used not that there is one form which covers bothOriginally posted by New York Enrolled Agent View PostBelieve nothing you have not personally researched and verified.Comment
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