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Can a tax preparer report someone to the IRS? I asked a tax preparer to look over a tax return amendmend and she freaked out saying that I was acting odd and threatening to report me to the IRS. Can she?
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Asking someone to look over your tax return to see if it needs an amendment or whether another tax preparer did it the best it could be done is Not acting oddly. It is not uncommon to go to a tax person when you believe some things were left out. My ex used to do taxes for a living and never did he consider a person to be acting oddly for looking over any past returns.
While a return may have been done correctly and the IRS has no issue with you, many preparers who do not know you may not know some of the not as ordinary questions to ask that may pertain to your situation and bring you a greater refund. If an error was done, where you didn't pay all you owed due to a tax persons error, that can be taken care of as well. These things happen more often than you would think.
So I don't know what was really going on, and whether you with held some important info from us, but just based on what you say, the tax person has no reason to believe you were acting odd in asking her to look over a tax return that was amended or to see if it needs to be amended.
Yes, they can report you. Even tho the hubby saw one business owner just once. The IRS began sending letters to him years later asking if He has any knowledge of the whereabouts of that one time client, cus the person stopped doing tax returns after that. So I know they enlist the help of tax preparers. Maybe if you can clarify what was actually going on, why you went to see her, if she's your regular tax person or someone new, what the status was with the return, what you were concerned about to go seek her out in the first place, that sort of stuff.
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Unfortunately she can if she so desires and thinks you are cheating on your taxes. The IRS pays a Bounty on reports of tax cheaters to those that report them.
If this person makes her living preparing taxes I would think it would be bad for her business to report people to the IRS. Then again it is her business and her livelihood that is at stake. IF you have nothing to hide and she does report you because of what you said, nothing will come of it. You could also be called in for an audit. Here again it does not mean you have done anything wrong and you may not have. The IRS audits a certain number of returns each year for accuracy.
If you are called in for an audit your rights will be spelled out in the letter you receive from the IRS. If the lady reviewed you taxes and signed off on them you can request she appear with you to explain how she reviewed then and any changes she made. This is what you pay for when you have someone prepare or review your taxes for you.
As I said to begin with if you prepared an honest return you have nothing to worry about.
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