{"id":846,"date":"2019-11-12T17:54:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T17:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taxreliefprofessional.com\/?p=846"},"modified":"2023-09-26T22:08:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T22:08:23","slug":"do-you-qualify-for-innocent-spouse-relief-7-important-things-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taxreliefprofessional.com\/tax-debt-relief\/do-you-qualify-for-innocent-spouse-relief-7-important-things-you-need-to-know","title":{"rendered":"Do You Qualify for Innocent Spouse Relief? 7 Important Things You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Fun fact: 79% of people<\/a> think lying on tax returns is morally wrong… which leaves 21% who don’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Coupled with this is the not-so-fun fact that the IRS does not always forgive,<\/a> even honest, mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This makes tax evasion penalties a relatively common occurrence. One which can have devastating effects on your budget… if the person who has attracted this debt is your spouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you and your spouse file return jointly, you are as liable for his or her debts to the IRS as your own. This means that come tax time, you could be in for a payment for their wrongdoing or evasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The good news is that there is something you can do about it. It is called Innocent Spouse Relief<\/a>, and we are going to reveal the 7 things you need to know about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read on to find out what these are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To qualify for innocent spouse tax relief, you will need to prove without a doubt that you had no knowledge of any tax irregularities on your joint return. Coming up with concrete proof can be hard, considering that filing your tax return with your better (or worse) half is a private affair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fortunately, there are a number of things that the IRS takes into account when evaluating your appeal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n All of these factors will play a role in determining if the IRS deems you innocent of the tax infringement. For example, if a spouse embezzled funds at work, and lumped them together with his or her paycheck, the other spouse could reasonably claim that they had no knowledge of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As with all cases of getting out of tax debt<\/a>, time is of the essence. The IRS gives innocent spouses two years in which to submit an innocent spouse relief form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This time period begins at the initial IRS collection attempt. You have two years from this date to file the IRS form 8379<\/a> to appeal for relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If your tax refund will be affected for multiple years by the debt, you must file the form every tax year that you wish to get innocent spouse tax relief.<\/p>\n\n\n1. You Need to Have Proof to Claim Innocent Spouse Relief<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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2. Time is of the Essence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n