Last week my mom helped me file my taxes. I know how to do them but she's done them for me since I was 18. This year was the first year she couldn't claim me (I made over 20k, didn't live with her at all and wasn't in school) and I filed head of single no one could claim me. I got a small return and thought that was that.
Just a little while ago my mom calls me panicked and crying. She's gonna owe $5,000 if she can't claim me. She wants me to file an amended tax return. She says that I'll owe next year but she'll pay whatever I owe. Is there a downside to me doing this? Other than the fact that my mom and step dad are not stellar with money and there's no 100% that they'll be able to pay me back next year. I need to know all the downsides before I give her an answer, I don't want to feel guilty and say yes and it fuck me over.
EDIT- just check my files I filed single not HOH. My bad. Also I don't know why I didn't realize it was tax fraud. Obviously I'm not the brightest when it comes to this. I'll be telling my mom no obviously. Thanks to everyone.
Edit 2- just talked to my mom. She hung up on me and wouldn't listen when I told her it was tax fraud so there's that. Not gonna be letting her do my taxes anymore. Seriously thank you to everyone who helped me see how colossally stupid this was and not making me feel like an idiot for not seeing it.
Edit 3- Follow up question...I'm thinking of going back to school this August...can she claim me? I really don't want her to but I'm also going to have to use her taxes for FAFSA...is there a way I can avoid this?
Edit to edit 3- I'm 21 and not quite ready to get married and not gonna go into the military. u/fortunado09 gave the good suggestion to consider using my dad (my parents are separated) and I called him and he said I could use his taxes! So that solves that problem! Thank you for all your advice!
Submitted February 22, 2018 at 01:42PM by waytobookish http://ift.tt/2otTST9
