Fillable Form 8857 - Request For Innocent Spouse Relief (Page 3 of 7) in pdf

Form 8857 (Rev. 1-2014)

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Note. If you need more room to write your answer for any question, attach more pages. Be sure to write your name and social security

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Part III

Tell us if and how you were involved with finances and preparing returns for those tax years (Continued)

What was your involvement with preparing the returns? Check all that apply and explain, if necessary. If the answers are not the

same for all tax years, explain.

You were not involved in preparing the returns.

You filled out or helped fill out the returns.

You gathered receipts and cancelled checks.

You gave tax documents (such as Forms W-2, 1099, etc.) for the preparation of the returns.

You reviewed the returns before they were filed.

You did not review the returns before they were filed. Explain below why you did not review the returns.

You did not know a joint return was filed.

Other

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Explain how you were involved

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When the returns were filed, what did you know about any incorrect or missing information? Check all that apply and explain, if

necessary. If the answers are not the same for all tax years, explain below.

You knew something was incorrect or missing, but you said nothing. Explain below.

You knew something was incorrect or missing and asked about it. Explain below.

You did not know anything was incorrect or missing.

Not applicable. There was no incorrect or missing information.

Explain

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When any of the returns were filed, what did you know about the income of the person on line 5? Check all that apply and

explain, if necessary. If the answers are not the same for all tax years, explain.

You knew that the person on line 5 had income.

List each type of income on the lines provided below. (Examples are wages, social security, gambling winnings, or self-

employment business income.) Enter each tax year and the amount of income for each type you listed. If you do not know any

details, enter “I don’t know.”

You knew that the person on line 5 was self-employed and you helped with the books and records.

You knew that the person on line 5 was self-employed and you did not help with the books and records.

You knew that the person on line 5 had no income.

You did not know whether the person on line 5 had income.

Explain why you did not know whether the person on line 5 had income

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When the returns were filed, did you know if the returns showed a balance due to the IRS for those tax years? If the answers

are not the same for all tax years, explain.

Yes. Explain when and how you thought the amount of tax reported on the return would be paid

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No. Explain why you did not know the return showed a balance due.

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Not applicable. There was no balance due on the return.

When any of the returns were filed, were you having financial problems (for example, bankruptcy or bills you could not pay)? If the

answers are not the same for all tax years, explain.

Yes. Explain

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No.

Did not know. Explain

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(Rev. 1-2014)

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