Blanche Creek (111 Elm Avenue, Plymouth, IN 46563) has engaged your firm because she has been charged
Question:
Blanche Creek (111 Elm Avenue, Plymouth, IN 46563) has engaged your firm because she has been charged with failure to file her 2015 Federal Form 1040. Blanche maintains that the "reasonable cause" exception should apply.
During the entire tax filing season in 2016, she was under a great deal of stress at work and in her personal life. As a result, Blanche developed a sleep disorder, which was treated through a combination of pills and counseling.
Your firm ultimately prepared the 2015 tax return for Blanche, but it was filed far beyond the due date. Blanche is willing to pay the delinquent tax and related inter est. However, she believes that the failure to pay penalty is unfair, as she was ill.
Consequently, she could not be expected to keep to the usual deadlines for filing.
Write a letter to Blanche concerning these matters.
Step by Step Answer:
South Western Federal Taxation 2018 Corporations Partnerships Estates And Trusts
ISBN: 1389
41st Edition
Authors: William H. Hoffman, William A. Raabe, James C. Young, Annette Nellen, David M. Maloney