Comments on: Ask the taxgirl: My Ex-Employer Committed Fraud http://www.taxgirl.com/ask-the-taxgirl-my-ex-employer-committed-fraud/ Paying taxes is painful... but reading about them shouldn't be. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:55:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Kevin Rhoden http://www.taxgirl.com/ask-the-taxgirl-my-ex-employer-committed-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-25027 Kevin Rhoden Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:16:45 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/?p=4516#comment-25027 I got a construction loan to build my house back in 2007. In Texas you cannot build your own house through a construction loan so my cousin offered to be the "builder" and used his company as the prime contractor. I paid for everything including all the fees required for him to get a contractor license. The bank account was in his name with me on the signature card. I had complete control of everything and he did not do anything. My wife and I received a 1099 for close to $30,000 from him a year later knowing he never paid us and had no reason to because we were not employees and he had no way of showing that we were. We contacted the IRS and they sent him a request to change his taxes but he left them alone without correcting them. We received a letter stating a lien was being put on the house because of us not paying so after contacting the IRS again they gave us a 180 day extension to get this resolved. This is family and very delicate but I feel it is fraud on his part. The IRS bill is now almost $20,000. When I get a lawer can I make him pay the lawer fees because I still think it is his fault for being fraudulant and what kind of trouble will he be in for this? I got a construction loan to build my house back in 2007. In Texas you cannot build your own house through a construction loan so my cousin offered to be the “builder” and used his company as the prime contractor. I paid for everything including all the fees required for him to get a contractor license. The bank account was in his name with me on the signature card. I had complete control of everything and he did not do anything. My wife and I received a 1099 for close to $30,000 from him a year later knowing he never paid us and had no reason to because we were not employees and he had no way of showing that we were. We contacted the IRS and they sent him a request to change his taxes but he left them alone without correcting them. We received a letter stating a lien was being put on the house because of us not paying so after contacting the IRS again they gave us a 180 day extension to get this resolved. This is family and very delicate but I feel it is fraud on his part. The IRS bill is now almost $20,000. When I get a lawer can I make him pay the lawer fees because I still think it is his fault for being fraudulant and what kind of trouble will he be in for this?

]]> By: Roth & Company, P.C. http://www.taxgirl.com/ask-the-taxgirl-my-ex-employer-committed-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-13334 Roth & Company, P.C. Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:37:34 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/?p=4516#comment-13334 <strong>What do you do if your old employer is a tax cheat?...</strong> TaxGrrrl, who finished a respectable 5th place in ABA voting for Practice Specific law blogs, takes on a perplexing problem...... What do you do if your old employer is a tax cheat?…

TaxGrrrl, who finished a respectable 5th place in ABA voting for Practice Specific law blogs, takes on a perplexing problem……

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