{"id":784,"date":"2018-12-01T20:39:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T20:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taxreliefprofessional.com\/?p=784"},"modified":"2023-09-26T22:39:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T22:39:40","slug":"if-i-owe-taxes-can-i-still-get-a-refund-understanding-back-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taxreliefprofessional.com\/personal-back-taxes-tax-debt\/if-i-owe-taxes-can-i-still-get-a-refund-understanding-back-taxes","title":{"rendered":"If I Owe Taxes Can I Still Get a Refund? Understanding Back Taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have you gotten a back tax letter in the mail from the IRS? If you have back taxes with the IRS, are under audit, or have other federal debts your tax refund can be garnished. If you are asking yourself, &#8220;If I owe taxes can I still get a refund?&#8221; this article is your guide to understanding back taxes and tax appeals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can be fully entitled to a refund from your federal income tax, but if you owe the IRS back taxes they can take them out of your refund. In some cases, you can appeal the determination on your back taxes to get the ruling reversed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This article is your guide, complete with links to the official IRS sources and the necessary tax forms you need to file. Keep reading!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aMHH3-sPvKg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Understanding Back Taxes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First and foremost, if your worry was initiated by a call from someone claiming to be from the IRS, stop worrying-it&#8217;s a scam. The IRS does not make official contact with anyone, for any reason, over the phone. If you have not received a notification in writing, in your mailbox from the IRS, they are not contacting you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If, however, you got a letter from the IRS in the mail, you want to know what you are dealing with. Maybe you simply forgot to pay some of your taxes, maybe your taxes got filed incorrectly, or maybe you knowingly avoid federal income tax. Whatever the reason, the IRS has their finger on your refund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If I Owe Taxes Can I Still Get a Refund?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>So, &#8220;If I owe taxes can I still get a refund?&#8221; No, you cannot. Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/faqs\/irs-procedures\/refund-inquiries\/refund-inquiries\">IRS tax refund<\/a> is automatically put towards your back taxes. The same applies if you make regular payments to an IRS back tax installment plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you owe taxes to the IRS, they garnish your tax refund and put it towards your tax debt. This is true whether you are on a payment plan or not- it all goes to the back taxes. Even so, you have to continue to make your monthly payments regularly, regardless of your tax refund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only way to get your tax refund is to <a href=\"https:\/\/taxreliefprofessional.com\/tax-debt-relief\/how-to-get-out-of-tax-debt\">get out of your tax debt<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only circumstance in which you receive a tax refund is if it is larger than your total federal, state, child support, and student loan debt. 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Navigating to the &#8220;Appeals&#8221; page of the &#8220;Compliance&#8221; menu turns up as a broken page-&#8220;ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So it is impossible to know what you are missing from the main IRS appeals page, but there are plenty of other working pages about the back tax collection appeals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You have the choice to appeal your determination in court or within the IRS. The appeals process is different depending on whether you want to settle a dispute within the IRS, or whether you feel that the courts will better serve justice to your case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/government-entities\/federal-state-local-governments\/appeals-process\">process of appeals<\/a> within the IRS does not go through a court system, which might seem suspicious. After all, why should you trust the same party accusing you to, then, exonerate you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, actually, the IRS collections department and the IRS appeals department have legal oversight as to limit their contact with each other. Both avenues of appeal work to avoid conflict of interests on the part of the deciding body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Qualifies for a Back Tax Appeal?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can disagree with the IRS for many reasons, but an appeal must fall within the bounds of federal tax law. For example, if an auditor displays outward racial or religious bias against you, it is outside the bounds of the federal tax code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same is true with disagreements on constitutional ground. A constitutional discrepancy must be ruled on by a state or federal supreme court. Anything relating to your taxes or audit that resides outside of a designated tax code, you cannot appeal to the IRS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any tax-related action the IRS takes towards you is fair game for appealing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can appeal if you disagree with an IRS audit, examination, or determination as long as you know the tax code under which it falls. Other common reasons for appeal include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/taxreliefprofessional.com\/irs-tax-lien\">Liens<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offers in Compromise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Penalty Abatement or Removal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Levies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Installment Payment Plans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seizures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do I Need an Attorney to Appeal Back Taxes?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You are not required by law to have an attorney, and if you were then one would be provided. To begin your appeals process, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/appeals\/preparing-a-request-for-appeals\">prepare an Appeals Request Form<\/a>. If you want an <a href=\"https:\/\/taxreliefprofessional.com\/tax-attorney\">attorney to represent<\/a> your case to the court or IRS Appeals Department, fill out the form <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/f2848.pdf\">2848 Declaration of Representative<\/a> to legally specify your power of attorney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feel free to contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/p1660.pdf\">IRS Collection Appeals Department<\/a> with any questions regarding the process of appeals. The appeals department is not interested in collecting your debt. Instead, it focusses on serving those incorrectly targeted by the IRS collections department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final Thoughts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An audit, lien, or seizure may seem like it will never happen to you, but it can happen to anyone. 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