My friend is incarcerated and asked me to file his federal taxes so he could receive his stimulus payments. I did so before really doing any research and created a new account on turbotax and successfully completed the process.
I listed my home address as his so that his check would be sent to me and then I could send it to him. I received a letter from the IRS essentially asking for additional information, which is understandable considering he's been incarcerated for many years and hasn't filed taxes for a while seeing as he didn't have any income. At that point I reached a dead end on how to help him.
So after doing a little bit of research I found out about form 2848, sent it to him to fill out and received it back.
I have a few questions:
-What do I do w/ the completed form 2848 since I already filed his taxes on TurboTax?
-On Part II of form 2848, it lists options on my relationship to the taxpayer (ie. family member, employee, attorney etc). But I don't think any of these qualify as I'm just his friend. I think I would write in the choice for 'unenrolled return preparer'?
-I read in a previous answer that when sending checks, the IRS does not included the inmate's ID # on the envelope (which is required) so most checks get returned to sender. Is there a way they could send ME the check (maybe form 56?) or maybe when I submit the form 2848 I include his inmate ID in his address like normal so they'll include it?
Thank you!
