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How does bankruptcy affect filing taxes if you are in bankruptcy?
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Can you put 4 year old income taxes in a bankruptcy?
Federal income taxes due in an amount certain 3 years or more before the bankruptcy filing date can be discharged along with other dischargeable debts. You cannot just file to discharge the taxes, unless you have no other unsecured debt.
Can you avoid tax evasion by filing bankrupt?
No! Most definitely not. Bankruptcy is not an allowable defense against a charge of income tax evasion. However, if what you meant to say is whether or not you can avoid paying delinquent taxes through the filing of a bankruptcy petition then the answer becomes yes, with certain limitations and rules.
Can the IRS come after you when the taxes were discharged in a Chapter 7 two years later?
The question is NOT whether taxes are dischargeable in a bankruptcy. The question that has been asked is whether the IRS can still pursue you for taxes that were discharged in a bankruptcy (which would obviously confirm that some taxes are dischargeable in specific circumstances).If your taxes were discharged in a bankruptcy, the IRS cannot come after you for those taxes after the bankruptcy has been discharged. If they are doing so, they probably did not enter them as discharged correctly on their computer system.To correct this, you should call IRS collections and explain to them that the taxes should have been discharged in your bankruptcy. Ask them to send a referral to the IRS Insolvency Unit, and the Insolvency Unit will be able to pull the bankruptcy records and confirm what should have been discharged.Note that any liens that were filed before the bankruptcy will survive the discharge process. So, although the IRS debt has been discharged a lien may continue to exist. This lien only attaches to equity that was exempted in the bankruptcy process (so if you had $20,000 of equity in your home that you exempted under bankruptcy homestead exemption, the lien continues to attach to that equity). It does NOT attach to any equity that builds in your assets after the filing of your bankruptcy petition.
Can you file bankruptcy on back taxes?
NO
How can you find out if your husband is filing his taxes?
Your husband would have to be the one that would have to tell if he is filing his income taxes or show you his copy of the one that he is supposed to have filed.
Does having a car in repo effect filing for bankruptcy?
No - having had a car that was re-possessed will not affect the filing of a Bankruptcy.
Will your credit rating be affected by your partner filing bankruptcy?
If your partner files for bankruptcy and you don't then the bankruptcy will not appear on your credit report. But you will be partly responsible for before bankruptcy filing. Generally filing bankruptcy will affect the credit rating of the individual who filed it.
Do have to file taxes if you are filing bankruptcy?
Yes, you do. And any tax refund may have to be given to the trustee.
Can a person work legally if he file bankruptcy?
Yes. Filing bankruptcy does not affect your work status generally speaking.
Which taxes are not eligible for bankruptcy?
Payroll taxes and penalties for fraud are not it is not eligible for bankruptcy. If the debtor filed a tax return for the relevant tax years at least two years before filing, then it is not eligible for bankruptcy. If the tax debt is from a tax return that was originally due at least three years before filing for bankruptcy then it is not eligible for bankruptcy. If the IRS assessed the tax debt at least 240 days before the debtor filed for bankruptcy, then it is not eligible for bankruptcy.
My brother is thinking of filing bankruptcy. If he filed for bankruptcy would this also take care of the back taxes he owes on his property?
It depends on a number of circumstances; often it isn't possible to discharge back taxes in bankruptcy, but it is in some cases if the back taxes are over 3 years old.
If you are about to get married and you are filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy will this bankruptcy affect your spouse in any way after the marriage?
It will only affect the non-filing spouse if the couple apply for some type of joint credit, such as a home mortgage. It will not affect the new spouse's credit report/score.
Does getting divorced change filing bankruptcy?
No, your relationship status does not affect your bankruptcy proceedings but if you filed as a couple (as opposed to one individual to the marriage filing) things can get complicated when it comes to debts, etc.
If you dont pay your property tax will that affect you in filing bankruptcy?
Well they just don't go away if you ignore them if that's what you mean. The taxes will be a claim, a secured claim, in your BK. It will affect what is availabel to pay others and may well affect your chances to save the property they are on.
If the IRS and State are taking money from your checking account and payroll check for personal taxes will declaring bankruptcy stop this?
In general, Federal tax lien are not able to be discharged through bankruptcy. You didn't mention what state you are in, but whether or not state taxes would be exempt would depend on applicable law. You should consult a bankruptcy attorney for exact answers to this question.The short-term answer is yes - filing bankruptcy will stop a garnishment and IRS bank levy from continuing. However, if the taxes are not going to be discharged in the bankruptcy then this only a short-term solution.I would recommend checking with a tax firm who specialize in debt resolution. There is probably a better way to fix this than filing bankruptcy, preferably a way that will not affect your credit rating any further.
Will filing bankruptcy affect your car insurance?
I have file for Chapter 7 twice and it has had no effect on my car insurance.
Can you file tax debt on a chapter 7 bankruptcy State and federal?
No on state taxes, yes on federal income taxes if the filing date or the date on which the IRS determined the tax due is more than 3 years prior to filing.
