First Tax Return

[Converse34 1]

Oh please. If it is a normal person who isn't the CEO of a fortune 500 company, but just a normal person, are they seriously going to be audited? The IRS doesn't care about small fish, they are too busy investigating large amount of money. Don't be so dramatic.

If you are happy to break the law do so, but why assume others would follow your lower standards.

The chance of the normal worker getting audited in 2007 was 1%. My step-son, just an ordinary working guy, got audited a few years back and he had followed your method, they won't audit the small guy. He sure as hell wished when they finished he had declared the income from his side jobs which he thought they would never find. Back tax plus penalties can be a killer, he is still paying back the money I loaned him to get out of the mess.

I'm not assuming anything. I'm just saying what I did and what worked for me. That is allowed, right? I mean people post topics on this site because they are looking for answers, not that they need to spend money on outside services. So we all offer our opinion and the OP can decide from there.

Sometimes everyone on this site recommends being 100% honest with everything and sometimes it back fires and causes more trouble then it is worth. Look at KJC's post here. Or other posts where people have admitted to using drugs and their visa has automatically been denied. Sometimes omission saves a lot of unnecessary hassle.

Not declaring all your income on your tax return isn't an 'omission' - it's fraud.

You broke the law, so no, it's not OK to advocate it to others, on this board anyhow.

This is america. I am allowed to state my opinion.

[no name 1]

Oh please. If it is a normal person who isn't the CEO of a fortune 500 company, but just a normal person, are they seriously going to be audited? The IRS doesn't care about small fish, they are too busy investigating large amount of money. Don't be so dramatic.

If you are happy to break the law do so, but why assume others would follow your lower standards.

The chance of the normal worker getting audited in 2007 was 1%. My step-son, just an ordinary working guy, got audited a few years back and he had followed your method, they won't audit the small guy. He sure as hell wished when they finished he had declared the income from his side jobs which he thought they would never find. Back tax plus penalties can be a killer, he is still paying back the money I loaned him to get out of the mess.

I'm not assuming anything. I'm just saying what I did and what worked for me. That is allowed, right? I mean people post topics on this site because they are looking for answers, not that they need to spend money on outside services. So we all offer our opinion and the OP can decide from there.

Sometimes everyone on this site recommends being 100% honest with everything and sometimes it back fires and causes more trouble then it is worth. Look at KJC's post here. Or other posts where people have admitted to using drugs and their visa has automatically been denied. Sometimes omission saves a lot of unnecessary hassle.

Not declaring all your income on your tax return isn't an 'omission' - it's fraud.

You broke the law, so no, it's not OK to advocate it to others, on this board anyhow.

This is america. I am allowed to state my opinion.

Sure, but this is a private message board, with rules.

You told the OP to break the law. Goes against the TOS here.

[Converse34 1]

Sure, but this is a private message board, with rules.

You told the OP to break the law. Goes against the TOS here.

I didn't tell him to do anything. I merely stated what I did. Surely that is allowed.

[no name 1]

I would only worry about funds you have in the US. If you have the proceeds of a UK house sale and you have in the bank in the US and are earning interest, you need to declare that income. Otherwise, I would not worry about working in the UK from Jan to July.