Divorcing Women: Don't Fall Victim To Your Husband's Tax Shenanigans

Divorcing Women: Don't Fall Victim To Your Husband's Tax Shenanigans Divorcing Women: Don’t Fall Victim To Your Husband’s Tax Shenanigans It’s that time of year again: Americans everywhere are gathering their tax documents, visiting their accountants, filling out the proper forms, and submitting their income tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service. The process isn’t necessarily “easy.” Every year, the tax code seems to get increasingly nuanced and complicated, and if you’re a divorcing woman, you could be facing additional unique challenges, as well. The potential tax trouble for you as a divorcing woman primarily lies in filing a joint return with your husband. It’s could be dangerous financially, because if it should come to light later that taxes have been underpaid, it won’t matter to the IRS which of you was responsible. If the return was filed jointly, the government can go after you both… even if you didn’t personally earn one dime of the reported income! What’s more, you will still be liable for errors and omissions in joint tax returns even after your divorce.