10 year statute of limitation with IRS debt question?

in aug 1999, i filed about 7 years of IRS income tax returns. i had an accountant prepare the returns but he was not a CPA and i do not remember if he signed the returns or not.





i was a non-filer for many years of income tax.





i sent the IRS my package in august 1999 for all of these years.


i owed a LOT - over $25000. i knew that.





i intended to do an offer in compromise but i never got around to it. i live in bklyn now. in around 2002, the irs started with the letters and i got very upset because i didn't have the money to pay and i was not employed on a regular basis.





somehow, in the past 5 years, i have not heard a word from the IRS.





at this point, i believe through conversations with the agent or whomever the woman was at the irs, that she was convinced i was a financial basket case and i could not deal with this debt. i also had terrible problems with the irs in the 80s and they hounded me for debt that i didn't owe but i didn't properly handle it and i got a liar of a revenue collector and i paid through the nose, about $10k although in reality, i never owed one penny (the irs assessed additional taxes in 1982 - 84 on mileage deductions i took as a part of my sales job at the time and it was totally legit). but i didn't answer their letters in the right amount of time allowed because i moved to another state and i got all kind of fees added and it became a total nightmare, and i paid back a LOT of money.





i told the agent in 2002 all of this and i think she believed me. i told her to look it up so she could see that every word i said was true. (it was).





so i thought that maybe the irs would leave me alone for the taxes owed that i sent in august 1999.





my question is that there is a federal tax lien on my credit file for over $35,000 now and it was placed there on december 2000. so the federal tax lien was placed on my file one year and 4 months AFTER i filed my taxes.





in august 2009 (which is 10 months from now), 10 years would have passed and if the IRS has not collected from me (i still don't have the $$ to pay NOR steady employment), do i owe the money still.





FIRST QUESTION: will they likely renew the lien?? i have heard that they seldom do this.





SECOND QUESTION: i have not heard from the irs in over 5 years concerning my debts. what does this mean?? it is a positive sign???





THIRD QUESTION: does the 10 years SOL start and end the day and month and year of the date of taxes that i filed (meaning my date and signature which was my name - MH HALLSTIN and the date was Aug 1999 OR





FOURTH QUESTION: is the SOL from the date of the lien that is listed on my credit report, which is actually december 2000 (which is one year and 4 months AFTER the date i filed).





FIFTH QUESTION: i have decided to file bankruptcy at any time that the irs has decided to renew this lien for another 10 years because i cannot take the stress of it. so my question is, is this old irs debt dischargable in a chapter 7 bankruptcy (what about a chapter 11???)





also, since 1999, i am again a non-filer however i probably don't owe much money and probably the irs owes ME money (which of course i will never see and i am OK with that).





ANOTHER QUESTION: i would like to file those years since 1999 and catch it all up. will filing these years trigger anything with the IRS to look at my situation again and make them renew the lien i referred to again.





or should i wait to file the back tax years AFTER the 10 year lien expires??





ANOTHER QUESTION: when does the irs renew an old lien and are there any rules about it (such as does the irs have to file another tax lien before the 10 years expires) and most importantly, as i asked above, the crux of this very long post is when does the 10 years start and end on a tax lien, when i file my taxes or when they put a lien on my credit file (or is there another factor that i am unaware of that is used as the 10 years that the irs is allowed to use).





ANOTHER QUESTION: if i ask the irs all these questions, is it going to trigger/renew their interest in me???|||1. IRS does not make a decision to renew the lien. Something has to be done to extend the statute of limitations. This can include filing bankruptcy, submitting an offer in compromise or signing a waiver to extend it.





2. Your account was probably classified currently not collectible because of hardship and your income has not increased to the point where collection efforts would be productive or as unable to locate because they couldn't find you. You should get a letter once a year stating your current balance due unless IRS does not have your current address.





3. The 10 years clock starts running on the date on the first bill you received for each year.





4. The date shown on the credit report is the date the Notice of Lien was filed. It is irrelevant to statute of limitations questions.





5. If you file bankruptcy the taxes will be discharged except as to assets that are exempt under your state law that exceed IRS levy exemptions.





6. If you file returns and have refunds, they will be applied to your outstanding debt. If your current income indicates you can make payments, IRS will have a look at you.





7. You are required to file returns on time. You won't get advice in this forum telling you not to file your returns.











|||Don't go blaming anyone for your mistakes, you are required to file your tax returns yearly and timely, due by April 15 or if you filed and extension to file then it will be Oct 15th.


The statute of limitation expires 10 years after the last assessment on your tax return.


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|||The SOL date starts the day taxes were assessed, not the day the returns are filed. If you do not do anything to extend the SOL date (office in compromise, bankruptcy, sign an extension) it will end 10 years after that date,all liens will release and you have the clean slate.





You need to see your transcripts to see when the SOL expires. Filing your other returns will not extend that.





Helen, EA in PA

Hi there, sorry for late reply, i wish to renew the domain jointtm.com, but why $34.95, and not $9.95?

Amount due: $34.95





Service period: 09/04/2009 to 09/03/2010





The Yahoo! ID associated with this account: jointtm





The domain name for this account: jointtm.com|||The domain registration could of lapsed at the end of your term. Contact Yahoo! support and they may be able to help you.

Using excel, how do you get dates to automatically update when desired?

this is a complex question.





I'm setting up a contract excel sheet at work. Some of the contracts automatically renew themselves after X amount of time (which i'll input into a cell) from when the contract begins (also another cell input).





So lets say I have a contract which automatically renews itself every 2 years and it begins 1/1/2006. so it'll update itself 1/1/2008. after 1/1/2008, its outdated on the excel sheet. can i set up a forumula so that date will automatically update itself after every two years.





Thanks a ton!!!|||The formula below should provide a renewal date that starts at 2008, increases to 2010 from 1/1/08, then to 2012 from 1/1/10, and so on.





=DATE(2006 + 2*INT(( YEAR(TODAY()) - YEAR(B3))/2)+2,1,1)





For simplicity, you may want to break it up into a couple of steps, or just do it all at once as above.





EDIT: Forgot to say, B3 in the above equation is the beginning date (1/1/2006 in your example)|||One can accomplish this via VBA. It will require enabling macros every time the file is opened to guarantee everything is properly updated if it needs to be. Goto VB editor (ALT+F11). Goto ThisWorkbook. Locate the Open event.





Suppose the amount of time for contract is in cell B1. Suppose the date is in A1. Copy the following Code into the open event...





Dim shtnam As String


Dim xlsht As Worksheet


Dim xlrng As Range


Dim dt1 As Date


Dim dt2 As Date





shtnam = "Sheet1" '%26lt;---- name of sheet where cells are


Set xlsht = ThisWorkbook.Sheets(shtnam)


Set xlrng = xlsht.Range("A1")


dt1 = CDate(xlrng.Value)


Set xlrng = xlsht.Range("B1")


dt2 = DateAdd("yyyy", xlrng.value, dt1)


Set xlrng = xlsht.Range("A1")


If Date %26gt; dt2 Then


xlrng.Value = dt2


Application.DisplayAlerts = False


ThisWorkbook.Save


Application.DisplayAlerts = True


End If





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This assume B1 is in years





If B1 is in months then


dt2 = DateAdd("m", xlsht.Range("B1"), dt1)


If B1 is in days then


dt2 = DateAdd("d", xlsht.Range("B1"), dt1)





Wasn't sure if you wanted to maintain the beginning date of the contract, if so just put it in a seperate cell, say B3. Aladou has devised a clever formula, this solution will work perfectly fine so long as whenever the contract renews the length of it remains fixed, I didn't make that assumption.|||Possibly. You would need to create an "IF" formula, and even then, I'm not positive it would work. Basically it would state this:





=If(today()="1/1/2006", "1/1/2008", "1/1/2006")





which means if today's date is 1/1/2006, change this cell to read 1/1/08. If today is not 1/1/06, then leave this cell to read 1/1/06.





This will solve the initial problem, however, it will not keep renewing every two years. What you're talking about would be a perpetual calculation, which, to my knowledge, isn't possible yet with Excel.

Must we redesign EVERYTHING made in the world to be as environmentally friendly and sustainable as possible?

Is this the only stratagy to continue the survival AND prosperiety of mankind without causing a total enviromental collapse , or completely running out of resources due to them being managed in a way that is NOT sustainible? If the enviroment could be kept healthy worldwide and resources managed in a way that they are renewed, in the amounts needed, so they never run out, wouldn't this allow for prosperiety without it being a threat to survival into the future forever? or if that's not possible at the very least would it push those two events as far into the future as humanly possible, degrading the enviroment as slowly as possible, and streching resources as far as they can go, as long as it is continueally attempted on a daily and yearly basis? Either event occouring would, of course, totally collapse civilization, also meaning the economy would cease to exsist meaning NOONE would make ANY more money, meaning capitalists have just as much vestited intrest in this as anyone, right?|||You seem to have investigated into this matter already as if it was your thesis. Is it? Well, all I can tell you is that you are completely right in your analysis. People who have studied and researched environmental science (like me) know one thing different from the general public and that is the fact that in this finite earth, resources were supposed to be depleted, biodiversity used, because the world was made for the benefit of the humans (whether you speak religiously or scientifically). It was only the very greedy (who you have mentioned as the 'capitalists') who have gone to extremes for their personal benefits and that is where the environmentalists came in and they are telling everyone over and over again, 'please stop this unfair behaviour towards the poor and underprevileged of the world, they are not capable of eating up all the resources of the world, like you are'.





I hope you understand what I mean.|||I don't think redesigning EVERYTHING should come first. That would be next-to-impossible to do at the moment, unless a major upheaval might pop up out of the blue, and compels us to regress.





What can humanly be done is learn some humility toward our finite environment, give some thorough observation to what this world is about in terms of natural processes, and then come up with sensible solutions to our needs. Greed and excess riches to some is wholly unnecessary and, in the long run lethal to us all and possibly to the whole planet. Is my SUV that necessary, or should I try coming back to living closer downtown and walk is an example among zillions? General education and common sense in managing our "sacred" lifestyle is the simplest way to reach the goal you propose, yet the most awesome and difficult to achieve, I fear.





When we reach that step, redesign will probably have followed all by itself. At least, I hope.|||It doesn't have to be over night process, but slow gradual. Things get redesign all the time, so it won't hurt if you take enviornment into a account when you redesign something. Eventually things could become 'environmentally friendly' gradually. Nobody said its fast quick fix, but gotta get started some where.|||Likely not, but we do have to considerate to the environment. We are sustaining 6 billion people on the earth...is it even possible? Not without keeping things a little cleaner.

Is the independent Gas Fitter (self employed) losing business to boiler care plans?

Every time I switch the TV on there's a ad for a care plan from British Gas, The AA and others. In fact when I tried to renew my household insurance I was offered a boiler care plan for 拢70 inc annual service. Independents surely can't compete with this small amount. As a newly qualified gas fitter I'm sure this is killing of the self employed gas engineers. Not sure if I should attempt to set up as self employed ?|||I will not pay the AA 拢109 a year for my boiler just in case it develops a fault. I would rather pay YOU a one off fee if it goes wrong. Most people feel the same.|||It is a difficult time as it is right now regardless of whether the large companies are taking away work with the service plans. Some of these firms mind you will be sub contracting out the work to reliable third parties with the exception of British Gas. Unless you already have a client base to feed off I would suggest going on the cards with a firm, have your own registration and develop customers by carrying out jobs outside of your employers working hours this way you can develop a customer base while still gaining a regular wage.|||We employ two or three Gas Safe engineers on a fairly regular basis (letting agency) but never use anyone that isn't gas safe. Most of our landlords are happy this way - they aren't keen on things like BG contracts at all.

Do I have to sign a new lease?

My landlord just sent me a new lease to sign to renew my rental and he raised the rent by 10% !!!





The thing is, he's been nearly delinquent on his end of the bargain. We have a whole long list of things that need to be fixed in this apartment that he has been ignoring despite our persistent requests.





Do I have to sign this new lease? What happens if I just continue to pay the old amount on rent? Can he kick me out?





I'm in NYC, if that makes any difference.|||You can either pay the rent or give your 30 day notice. You can not dictate the rental amount. He can legally raise it, the only way you can legally not pay it is to move elsewhere.|||You do not have to sign the new lease, but you will have to vacate the premises. You can't just continue to pay the old amount and expect to stay there. Without a lease, you are not a tenant, but are a squatter and trespassing. So, not only can he kick you out, he can have you arrested if you refuse to leave.|||You either give him 30 days notice and move out or try and negotiate a different contract with him.He might reason that he had to raise the rent to pay for the repairs that need to be done ;hence he cant repair anything without the extra income.He has the upper hand reguardless.If you dont pay he can kick you out.|||If they don't make the repairs within 30 days of your lease expiration date, i'd send them a certified letter stating you aren't going to renew your lease. you don't have to put up with a rent increase and then they won't make the repairs!|||If you don't sign the lease, he'll charge you even MORE for going month-to-month. Otherwise, you should either sign or start looking for a new place.


You CANNOT get by with paying the "old" amount.|||sure can but if they aren't fixing thingsyoushould move plan now and give the 30 days notice|||Find a new place with the ASAP.


It Varies. We call people Slack-lord

Do I have to switch birth control pills?

I currently take Sprintec birth control pills. However I have to go get my yearly pap and get my prescription renewed, and since I no longer have medical insurance, I have decided based on my amount of money I am better off to go to Planned parenthood. I have never been there before and was wondering can I keep my Sprintec, or do they only use certain brands? Also do I get my pills at the clinic or at the pharmacy as I do now?|||A really good alternative to Planned parenthood is your local county health department. Often you can get your exams and pills free of charge. Either way, they keep their supply at their facility, so if they don't have your brand they will switch you to something compatible.|||i go to planned parenthood. and they have lots of different types of birth control to try from


And different forms to take it.


you should make an appointment and talk to them about it.


call them and they will give you all the information you need to get your birth control.