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YogurtclosetActual75 t1_jduqu9s wrote

Reply to comment by KimACady in TIFU By offering to do my ex's taxes for her by Greninja7872

Exactly. All you need to do is nothing. You didn't submit a false return. You've done nothing wrong. Let her do whatever she pleases. The bummer is that she'll likely get away with it. The IRS is unlikely to audit her.

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other_usernames_gone t1_jdvtasx wrote

Isn't there a scheme where you can report someone to the IRS and get a cut of any extra tax money they get?

Depending how petty he is he could do that.

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lucky_ducker t1_jdwmr21 wrote

When you are breaking up with someone you want to **DE-**escalate, not escalate.

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YogurtclosetActual75 t1_jdvwfxx wrote

He'd still be on the hook for what he owes.

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other_usernames_gone t1_jdw1y4e wrote

But he doesn't owe anything. He'd still do his taxes correctly. It's just he can pass the tip on to the IRS that his ex has committed tax fraud

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KimACady t1_jduyjii wrote

I was wondering about that. I can't see the IRS auditing her, either. However if she were to take that 3500 bonus off her income wouldn't the IRS immediately flag the discrepancy between her W2 and what she reported as income. I mean, that has to be automated by now!

One time several years (when I still did my taxes completely by hand) ago I mistakenly flipped two digits when I adding my wife's and my W2 taxable income. Within about 1 month I got a notification from the IRS notifying me of the discrepancy along with a check for the additional refund that resulted from my error. I'm confident that the IRS would handle her return similarly.

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YogurtclosetActual75 t1_jduz174 wrote

I think you're probably right. I didn't think about the discrepancy between the return and the w2. If she e-files, the return might get rejected from the get-go. Either way, none of it is OP's problem.

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