3 yrs tax returns not filed

[Terry O]

Ok - -I have a client who had not shown up for the past 3 years, and I figured - - he went elsewhere.

But NOOOOOOOOOOO - -he had some personal problems and never filed his 1120S or 1040, or IT-201 or CT3S .

My questions is - - -would anyone suggest sending ALL the Federal returns in one envelope with a letter begging forgiveness or separating them out and sending in 6 different returns.

Not only do we have this problem - - no NYS tax returns were filed either. I'm guessing there will definitely be penalties on the state Corp side.

The "good" news, is that they are all years with losses - - again, due to the tragic personal issues.

Thank you for your help!

Terry O

[joanmcq]

Never send multiple years in the same envelope. They will often staple everything together and just process the one on top.

[Don in Upstate NY]

Your other option is to hand carry them to the Buffalo walk-in office along with a cover sheet listing all the individual returns. Have them receipt stamp the cover sheet for your records. NY works the same way. (At least they did in Syracuse with a six year stack of unfiled returns.)