Can you get an attorney to help with IRS problems when the amount owed is less than $1000.00?
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at
12:53 pm
Always Curious asked:
A friends 21 yr old son had the only income in 2007. His step father was waiting approval for Social Security disability. Finally his year income was 611.00. The son supported the entire family (3 brothers). IRS says he can claim them for earned income credit but was not allowed to claim them (the brothers) as an exemption. He has sent letters from Social Security stating the 611.00 income of the boys father and still this is not taken into consideration. He can not file his 2008 taxes until this is cleared otherwise he will get no return and feels IRS will never return funds if the decision is ever made to allow the deduction claiming their support. They are financially having very hard times as any others today are but can’t he get help from somewhere? I mean here is an upstanding person paying his taxes from a reputable job. He attends college and maintains good grades. He is not out selling drugs and/or partying what do they want. Common sense would tell them if the father was disabled someone supported the children. Please help if you can!!
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A friends 21 yr old son had the only income in 2007. His step father was waiting approval for Social Security disability. Finally his year income was 611.00. The son supported the entire family (3 brothers). IRS says he can claim them for earned income credit but was not allowed to claim them (the brothers) as an exemption. He has sent letters from Social Security stating the 611.00 income of the boys father and still this is not taken into consideration. He can not file his 2008 taxes until this is cleared otherwise he will get no return and feels IRS will never return funds if the decision is ever made to allow the deduction claiming their support. They are financially having very hard times as any others today are but can’t he get help from somewhere? I mean here is an upstanding person paying his taxes from a reputable job. He attends college and maintains good grades. He is not out selling drugs and/or partying what do they want. Common sense would tell them if the father was disabled someone supported the children. Please help if you can!!
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Yes, you can get an attorney, but it would be a bad decision, because the attorney would charge more than the amount in dispute.
It is not enough to show that the father is disabled and must have been supported by someone. The son must be able to show the HE is the person who provided the support. There are literally millions of other persons in the country who could have done so.
To avoid being charged a late filing penalty, if the IRS is unwilling to accept an e-filed return on which he claim an exemption for the persons in question, he should file a paper return with the claim that he believes to be correct, prior to the filing deadline. The IRS may not issue the refund check, but he will at least satisfy the filing date.