r/TaxQuestions

Hello,

I want to start off by saying I take full responsibility for what happened to me.

I grew up as a foster kid. Both parents were in and out of the prison system. When I turned 20, my birth mother was released and we started building our relationship. She took H&R Block classes and became a tax … doer? She has lots of clients. She offered to do my taxes… technically for free but she would take whatever came after the comma. (She said that was her payment for helping me throughout the couple years we’ve been in contact. Let me include it’s been $20 here and there for gas. $50 for groceries etc) so if I got $1900 back in taxes, she’d deposit $1000 in my account and $900 into hers. For the last few years (maybe4/5) she says I don’t get anything back and I actually owe. I got a better paying job and I literally don’t know Jack 💩 about taxes so I just sent her the money and moved on.

We end up disagreeing about me owing $700 and I said I’ll pay the website but she wanted me to Apple Pay her but idk. Something didn’t feel right and she just goes haywire and lets me know she’ll call the cops on me because I haven’t paid taxes in YEARS.

I’m not sure what to do or where to start. I NEED to get back on track. There was a point where I was carefree and made poor decisions but now I am a law abiding citizen and I’m trying to do the right thing. We are no contact. I don’t want revenge. I want to never speak to her again and get my life back in order. I never should have trusted her

Where do I begin? I probably owe like $3k plus the daily interest. I just need to get back on track and show her she’s a monkey and monkeys don’t stop shows. My life WILL go on. Better than ever. But seriously, I do not want to go to jail and I’ve been thinking about it daily.

So, I lost my job in 2025 and took a year off from work. I’d gotten kicked out of the employee payroll system, which is how I got my W-2s. I’d signed up for electronic documents only, so I wasn’t able to get my 2025 W-2, and they never mailed it to me.

Instead of reaching out to my former employer, I just…didn’t file.

Basically, how fucked am I? How do I resolve this? I still don’t have the W-2. I see you can reach out to the IRS if you don’t get your W-2 from your employer, but it’s a little late for that, and I don’t want to tip them off that I didn’t file taxes. Help?

Hi. I am a new business owner. 9months/partnership. This is my first year having to file business taxes.

A. Do I need to file two returns? One personal one business?

\-I am 45, single no kids. No personal income. So in theory, I wouldn’t file for me, at all.

B. Do I need a pro to file for the business? Or is it something I could do. I do have a pile of receipts.

\-I’ve always filed my own personal taxes (when I had a job), but they honestly take 30mins.

\-I have some accounting skill, in case that helpful.

I feel pretty lost, so I’d greatly appreciate any helpful direction. I’d also love any write off tips, or tax strategy for a small business. Thanks so much!

So I owe a decent amount to the irs, and someone told me I should call a tax relief company and get their opinion before I set up a plan with the irs. I called optima tax relief and heard everything I wanted to hear. I agreed to make a payment Friday to them. After I got off the phone I did some investigating, and feel like it’s a scam. I’ve seen good and bad reviews. Has anyone had good experiences with this company?

I'm located in Minnesota, USA.

I received a corrected 1095-A from my state's marketplace without any explanation for why, what any of its changes mean or what to do next. I called them for more information and they didn't know anything and couldn't help me. It was recommended I approach the tax preparation services I used and ask them about it instead.

After some further research I contacted them because the info on the IRS website and elsewhere didn't make things clearer about whether I need to amend my taxes or not. After getting past a firewall of AI chatbots I finally got to a human who would reply to me once every few hours. I explained the situation and told him that the numbers on the original and corrected form were identical considering what they needed to calculate my Premium Tax Credit. If that was the case, did that mean amending my taxes weren't necessary?

It was at this point that he said he wasn't a tax professional and couldn't help me with this after all... which has brought me to Reddit. I know this may be a softball question and open me up to a barrage of abuse for all I know. This is Reddit, after all. I'm just trying to do my best.

If I need to add more (non-compromising) information or anything else, let me know.