It is an all-too-common issue in bankruptcy.  The bankruptcy attorney will be preparing the case for filing, and will discover that the debtor or debtors have not filed federal or state tax returns for some year or years.  If there is one piece of advice I would want to give regarding bankruptcy and taxes, it is this:  always file your tax returns in a timely way. Can’t pay the tax?  File the return anyway.  Don’t want to deal with it?  File the return anyway.  Stressed out or depressed?  File the return anyway.  Don’t want to put the effort in to get the returns done?  File the return anyway.

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