Warning

Info

Warning

Info

Warning

Info

LSDefine

Simple English definitions for legal terms

innocent spouse rule

Read a random definition: periculum

A quick definition of innocent spouse rule:

The innocent spouse rule is a way for someone to get relief from having to pay taxes, interest, and penalties that resulted from their current or former spouse reporting wrong information on their joint tax return. If the innocent spouse didn't know about the wrong information and it wouldn't be fair to make them pay for it, they can apply for relief. They have to fill out a form and meet certain requirements, like not participating in any fraud. The rule is meant to help people who were unaware of their spouse's mistakes on their tax return.

A more thorough explanation:

The innocent spouse rule is a type of relief offered by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to individuals who filed a joint tax return with their current or former spouse and are seeking relief from joint and several liability for tax, interest, and penalties resulting from erroneous items reported by their spouse on the joint return.

Erroneous items can include unreported gross income, incorrect deductions, credits, or property basis claimed by the spouse. The innocent spouse rule provides total or partial relief to the applicant if they had no knowledge or reason to know of the erroneous item.

For example, if a husband and wife file a joint tax return and the husband fails to report income from a side job, the wife may be eligible for relief under the innocent spouse rule if she had no knowledge of the unreported income and did not benefit from it.

To qualify for relief, the applicant must meet three requirements:

  1. The joint return has an understatement of tax due to erroneous items reported by the spouse.
  2. The applicant did not know and had no reason to know of the understatement of tax at the time of signing the joint return.
  3. It would be unfair to hold the applicant liable for the spouse's understatement of tax given the facts and circumstances of their situation.

Additionally, the applicant and their spouse must not have participated in a fraudulent transfer of property. If the applicant meets the requirements, they must file Form 8857 with the IRS within two years of the first attempt to collect the increased tax.

Overall, the innocent spouse rule provides relief to individuals who were unaware of their spouse's erroneous items on a joint tax return and should not be held liable for them.

innocent | innuendo

Warning

Info

General

General chat about the legal profession.
main_chatroom
👍 Chat vibe: 0 👎
Help us make LSD better!
Tell us what's important to you
THATS SO FUNNY
i cant i would go crazy
JumpySubsequentDolphin
20:50
i need to know who decided to do that.
JumpySubsequentDolphin
20:50
omg im on a plane weeeee
the devil
youre on a plane??? LSD made the mile high club??
20:50
yo splitterus are you in school already
20:50
it says ur c/o 2027
JumpySubsequentDolphin
20:51
@SplitterusClitterus: HAHAH yes
ur user is hilarioussss and no i just graduated this may and am now applying ---also im out of messages so ill take a lil
20:52
roger dat. see u in heck
im back, r u applying this cycle too
JumpySubsequentDolphin
21:32
this child fell asleep on me
JumpySubsequentDolphin
21:32
im so uncomfortable
just push him off the entire seat
JumpySubsequentDolphin
21:34
LMAOOOO
JumpySubsequentDolphin
21:35
no he’s literally like 8 and he fully just put his head on my bicep and slept
JumpySubsequentDolphin
21:35
he has since moved
22:12
@SplitterusClitterus: me yesterday
gulc baby pls text me back... i miss you ...... :(
22:23
i just went into a discord vc and yelled "YALL I JUST GOT INTO J.M. SCHOOL OF LAW"
22:24
people were getting excited :sob:
22:25
then someone was like "what does jm stand for" and i was like .. well
AHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH
@JumpySubsequentDolphin: wait this is so cute, also where r u going
JOE MBIDEN
JumpySubsequentDolphin
22:39
@splitty Oregon!
oh yay for what thats so random
JumpySubsequentDolphin
22:45
haha my brother and sister in law live there
so cutie oregon is beatiful
LSD+ is ad-free, with DMs, discounts, case briefs & more.