Being a former IRS agent and tax instructor a question that I am asked frequently is the following:
” If I need to file back tax returns should I file them separately or in the same envelope to the Internal Revenue Service?”
Short answer; File them all at the same time.
Taxpayers have an innate fear that if the Internal Revenue Service sees multiple returns that that send up a red flag and the IRS will come looking for them, start an investigation or become very suspicious.
That simply is not true.
As a matter of fact the Internal Revenue Service is just happy you’re filing your back tax returns and that you are going back into the system.
This happens so much that it is commonplace with the Internal Revenue Service.
The Internal Revenue Service does not have enough people, manpower to go ahead and keep up with everybody who has not filed their back tax returns.
File all your back tax returns and get back in the system and stop worrying.
We’ve been filing back tax returns for taxpayers since 1982 and to date by the grace of God we have not had one taxpayer audited as a result of multiple back filings. If in fact a person did go through the audit process because of back tax return filing it was simply because their tax return fell out of the national standards or norms.
When FST files back tax returns we do everything we can audit proof your tax return so this never becomes an issue between you and the Internal Revenue Service
Other Information – Full compliance check
There is absolutely no reason not to file these tax returns at the same time in the same envelope.
The reason is simple.
Anytime the Internal Revenue Services processes your case and the case goes to the ACS unit or the collection field unit the Internal Revenue Service and the IRS must conduct a full compliance check.
A full compliance check is a computer-generated review of your tax history. It lets IRS know how much you owe and what your tax returns  have not been filed.
As a former agent when I see taxpayers that file tax returns year-by-year in separate envelopes I became very suspicious.
It was not that they were doing anything wrong but I felt as though they were trying to sneak back in the system. If they are trying to sneak back in the system I would ask myself what else are they trying to sneak about.
If you will owe back taxes as a result of your back tax return filing call us today  and we can work out some sort of tax strategy tax settlement that you will be able to financially live with.
Being former IRS agents, managers, and teaching instructors we know all the protocols, systems and all the exit strategy so you can live in peace without worry.
 
Back Tax Returns to File ?  File Tax Returns at the Same Time, Former IRS