pbiancardi
Returning Member

How to clear up back tax issues?

I am trying to help a friend out of some financial difficulties and one of the things we have to deal with is back / unpaid taxes.  She filed a return, owed money which she couldn't pay so then stopped filing for the next 2-3 years.  My questions are -

 

1. For Tax Year 2023 can I just TurboTax to file as normal though a couple of years have been skipped?

 

2. What do I have to purchase to file previous years returns?  Do I just file them as usual also?

 

3. How do we find out what she currently owes the IRS?  None of this is crazy but it is to her, she is low income and might owe a total of $1,000.00 or something which I can handle just not sure logistically how to attack.

 

4. Is this possible to do ourselves or should we be going to a tax service / attorney?  Seems like we should be able to knock it out quick, all she has are W2's and a child there are not mortgage deductions, investments, or anything complex.