My fellow tax payors, would you report her to the IRS?
While DH and I have been getting along very well with BM, BM is continuing in her downward spiral and for some reason I continue to be surprised.
BM was being evicted from her apartment and desperatly seeking money. She almost egerly reported to me, in front of SD, that it looked like she was going to have to start stripping. I am happy to hear she has decided to take a job as a cocktail waitress at a restaurant instead.
So BM told me that she had this "friend" do her taxes for her to help her get her money fast and save her apartment. BM said this older male "friend" wanted to help her so he allowed her to claim two of his six children on her taxes so she would get money back after the Attorney General took out the back child support she has not been paying. He supposedly listed the children as nieces and she had to agree to give him half of what she would get for claiming them.
I admit it, I'm a coward and didn't tell her how aweful that is. I consoled myself with the fact that she had already done it and nothing I said would change that.
DH and I do feel it should be reported because it is the honest tax payors that are being screwed by her taking that which is not hers. If we do not do it ourselves, his aunt has volunteered to call.
But we are very curious what the consequences would be, anyone heard of this happening to someone else?
I appreciate anyone who would take the time to share.
Thanks,
Shell
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I have a friend
who is an accountant who reported an extreme fraud involving a divorced woman and dependents, and income to the IRS. Nothing ever came of it. He called a few times to check on the status but they never did anything.
that sounds strange
If she never put down those kids on other taxes and now she is...? that sounds like a red flag to the irs. Im not even sure she can pull that off. Sounds bizzare to me. Anyway for me I wouldnt get involved. Yea it ticks me off to no end when people cheat to get money rather than getting up off there a$$ and get a job. But in that situation id not touch it.
Well it really is dishonest,
Well it really is dishonest, I cant believe she can be so sneaky.
We live in a town where it is really hard to get a permit for anything, well BM lives in this same town. About 8 years ago she added another room to her house, without a permit.
My DH told me this in passing and laughed how he always wanted to contact the town so she can get a big fine.
Well after the hell she put us thru later I turned her in. I called 3 times to the town permit depart. They yessed me to death, My DH was the only one that knew about the room and permit. So I gather if she was fined she would of known it was us.
We never heard anything from her and it seemed to take more energy from us then it needed too.
BM just put another big extention on her house and did get a permit...I would like to think that she paid thousands in fine
So Im guess I saying is that sometimes you can get involved and you will get more upset and involved then the actual person doing wrong.
I would contact the IRS and let them figure it out and Im sure in time they will,.
Boy, if I knew
BM was doing that, I would most definitely report her. No mercy.
Yes in a heartbeat!
JamaicanMeCrazy
DISNEY LIED...THERE IS NO 'HAPPILY EVER AFTER'
As someone who works in the accounting field and as a SM who's been burned by a lying, cheating, bitchy, hateful, rude, conniving, did I say BITCHY? BM, I'd report her in a heartbeat! As Doglover said, the IRS may catch it since she's never reported those kids in the past, but it would be nice to give them a nudge. What a horrible example she's setting for her kids -stripping and cheating on her taxes...lovely.
yep...
I'd report her so fast her head would spin. I have reported BM for disabilty fraud 100 times and they never do anything! System sucks. Now, if it were a man mishandling the money, they would be all over him like stink to doody.
Yes, report her. An anonymous whistle blow to the IRS ....
should do it.
If she does not have guardianship papers or custody then she has no justification for claiming someone else's children on her taxes.
We obtained guardianship of my Wife's sister when she was 17. It cost us ~$1500.00 to get guardianship and maintain the bond required for a guardian in Williamson County TX then to get the guardianship released. We had to submit a copy of the guardianship with out Tax Return for the time we claimed her as our dependent.
In my layman's opinion what she and her friend are doing is perpetrating fraud.
Best regards,
hmm...
That is definitely something I understand wanting to report..I'm just not sure it would do enough good to make it worth it. You maybe should call your lawyer and see what he/she thinks...they might be able to let you know what, if any, the outcome might be. Seems like it might help if you're trying for more custody!
Thank you everyone
WE haven't made a move as of yet. WE did have our taxes done and asked what his opinion was of what she did and sadly he said as long as no one else claims the same kids she'll probably get away with it.
To be honest, we were really thinking Tax fraud would be serious enough for her to go to jail, but in the research I've done it looks like the IRS is really more interested in the bigger fish.
Supposedly the child support came out of her tax rebate, but no sign of it on our end.
Thank you for all of your input,
Shell
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I---
I took the one less traveled by,
and that made all the difference. -Robert Frost-
Report her
Especially if you are not receiving your child support. It doesn't matter if she knows who it is, she is committing fraud against the federal government, which equals you and me (taxpayers)!!
"A lie told often enough becomes the truth." - Vladimir Lenin