Reply #10: something is wrong

[amazona]

If she earns less than $25,000, they can only go back 3 years. If she earns more than that, they can go back 6 years.

No way they can go back to 1997 much less 1994 and start making up all sorts of penalties and interest.

This is what I was talking about in my last post -- they target poor people because they lack the confidence to do the research themselves yet can't afford to hire a tax attorney.

Sure, the IRS can be big and afford to negotiate. Quite likely, this woman doesn't owe a dime and will end up paying hundreds for lack of knowledge. I won't say thousands -- she would have to be the world's worst negotiator to end up paying $3,000 in a case like this.

Unless there is more to it than we have been told?