Hi! So I fell chronically ill and was not able to work for an entire year (since August 2022) so now I have no money to pay last year's 2022 taxes on freelance independent contract work I did (no taxes were paid from it yet). I filed my taxes but was unable to pay anything for Fed or State (all taxes still owed). I am still out of work /have no current income, and I am on Medi-Cal and EBT. This is the first time ever I have not been able to pay.
Questions:
1) Do I qualify to settle my tax debt with an offer in compromise?
2) How do I apply for this settlement / who should I call or what do I fill out?
3) When I went on irs.gov/offers to see if I qualified they asked "Have you made all required estimated tax payments?" --can you tell me what that means? If I say no (because obviously I cannot afford to pay anything) it says that disqualifies me, but that makes no sense! Because the whole point of settling an offer in compromise is exactly because I cannot pay anything.
Would you mind explaining how a settlement works and what you think my best options are/what I qualify for in my situation. Thank you so much!!
