Pending Tax

[Late_Lateef]

Hello all,
Please help me in this Taxation case:

I came to US on H1B in 1998 and after working for 5 years, left for India in 2003. I paid taxes every year. Last year in 2004, my friend in US informed me over the phone that I had recieved a letter at his address from IRS stating that I still owed some taxes from year 2000. And because I was now in India, and they must be trying to reach me, and thinking that I was evading tax, they also started adding penalities to the same.

1) Is it possible that I could talk to someone to find if I really owed tax and payoff the taxdue, and have my penalities waived off due to my being in India?

2) Also, do I need to sort this matter before my visit to US or can it be resolved once I am in US? Would it create a problem for me to get into US from the Port of entry?

Thanks very much,
Mr Late

 

[bhand11683]

They could start the process of charging you for "criminal tax evasion" and then you could be stopped at the POE for that and have problems entering US

 

[Late_Lateef]

Thanks for the information, Bhand11683.

I actually called the IRS and found that my Federal Taxes are all paidup. So it could be a problem with my state tax. Do you think I could still be held at the POE for my pending state taxes?

thanks,
Late