By requesting innocent spouse relief, you can be relieved of responsibility for paying tax, interest, and penalties if your spouse (or former spouse) improperly reported items or omitted items on your tax return. Generally, the tax, interest, and penalties that qualify for relief can only be collected from your spouse (or former spouse.) However, you are jointly and individually responsible for any tax, interest, and penalties that do not qualify for relief. The IRS can collect these amounts from either you or your spouse (or former spouse.)

1. Innocent Spouse Relief
By requesting innocent spouse relief, you can be relieved of responsibility for paying
tax, interest, and penalties if your spouse (or former spouse) improperly reported items
or omitted items on your tax return. Generally, the tax, interest, and penalties that
qualify for relief can only be collected from your spouse (or former spouse.) However,
you are jointly and individually responsible for any tax, interest, and penalties that do not
qualify for relief. The IRS can collect these amounts from either you or your spouse (or
former spouse.)
You must meet all of the following conditions to qualify for innocent spouse
relief.
You filed a joint return which has an understatement of tax due to erroneous items, defined
below, of your spouse (or former spouse).
You establish that at the time you signed the joint return you did not know, and had no reason
to know, that there was an understatement of tax. See Actual Knowledge or Reason to Know,
defined below.
Taking into account all the facts and circumstances, it would be unfair to hold you liable for
the understatement of tax. See Indications of Unfairness for Innocent Spouse Relief, below.
You and your spouse (or former spouse) have not transferred property to one another as part
of a fraudulent scheme. A fraudulent scheme includes a scheme to defraud the IRS or another
third party, such as a creditor, ex-spouse, or business partner.
Indications of Unfairness for Innocent Spouse Relief
The IRS will consider all of the facts and circumstances of the case in order to
determine whether it is unfair to hold you responsible for the understatement.
The following are examples of factors the IRS will consider.
Whether you received a significant benefit (defined next), either directly or indirectly, from
the understatement.
Whether your spouse (or former spouse) deserted you.
Whether you and your spouse have been divorced or separated.
Whether you received a benefit on the return from the understatement.
If you need help with IRS tax problems or need help with the innocent spouse
relief process contact Advance Tax Relief today: (800)790-8574
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