Wednesday, July 21, 2010

How can I get no cost help stopping post bankruptcy State and Federal employment tax demands?

We closed a small dollar stor in 2003 and finalized personal bankruptcy in early 2004. We made a lot of mistakes but tried to pay what we understood after we could not afford an accountant. The questions stem from a 2 and and 3rd quarter employment and unemployment taxes. We have records to show we filed and paid during those periods. But IRS says we had a higher payroll. we showed them what we paid employees and and they come up witha new ammount of tax owed each time we talk. State of Michigan showed a zero balence then changed it to $1400 plus 500 penalties

How can I get no cost help stopping post bankruptcy State and Federal employment tax demands?
Contact the Taxpayer Advocate Service. Ask for an appointment, take in all your backup documents.
Reply:Unless you can get the federal and state tax authorities to agree to your numbers, you're pretty much out of luck. You cannot erase payroll tax obligations through bankruptcy.


No comments:

Post a Comment