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Haven’t Filed Taxes in Years?

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A story about catching up

It started with a rough patch.

A job. An illness. A divorce. A business that didn’t work out.

Internal Revenue ServiceTax year 2021UNOPENED
Internal Revenue ServiceTax year 2022UNOPENED
Internal Revenue ServiceTax year 2023UNOPENED
Internal Revenue ServiceTax year 2024UNOPENED
Internal Revenue ServiceTax year 2025UNOPENED

One year became two. Then the letters got harder to open.

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Every one of these keeps people from calling. Not one of them is a reason to wait.

Meanwhile, the IRS filed for you.

It’s called a substitute return.

Internal Revenue ServiceSubstitute for Return
Wages reported$0
Filing statusSingle
DependentsNone
Business expenses$0
Credits$0
Tax, penalties and interest
$0

Illustration. A substitute return uses only what employers and banks reported, and leaves out everything in your favor. Your numbers will be your own.

Then it escalates
◆
  • 1Wage garnishment.Your paycheck shrinks before it reaches you.
  • 2Bank levy.The account is frozen. Checks bounce.
  • 3Tax lien.On the house. On your credit.
  • 4The letters.Each one makes your stomach drop a little more.

And none of it stops on its own.

Some of those years may owe you money.

But a refund expires three years after the return was due. Wait too long and it’s gone for good.

$1,840 Expired: GONE

Your refunds

  • 2021 — gone
  • 2022 — gone
  • 2023 — until April 2027
  • 2024 — until April 2028

The clock is running on the rest.

Now what?

Call us.

Enrolled Agent · Year round · Lone Tree, Colorado

4.8 on Google. Most of our clients were sent by someone they trust.

How it works

Preparing past-due returns is a process. Let’s get this handled.

1

Call the office

Tell us which years are open and what you have. You’ll talk with the person who prepares your returns.

2

We pull your IRS records

With your authorization, we get the transcripts and see exactly what the IRS has on file.

3

We prepare the returns

Federal and Colorado, prepared here, with the deductions and credits the IRS’s version leaves out.

4

File and make a plan

You see every return before anything is filed. If there’s a balance, we help arrange a payment plan.

No big retainer up front. No “pennies on the dollar” promises. A local tax office, not a call center.

Charles (Chuck) Trautman, Enrolled Agent, at his desk in the Tax Shop office in Lone Tree, Colorado
Charles Trautman, EAPrepares and signs every return
  • Realistic
  • Affordable
  • Local
  • Confidential

Income tax preparation since 1969 · Lone Tree, Colorado

303-734-1040

Free, no-obligation consultation

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