I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!

[Roland ami]

If you get refunds of money for which you claimed a deduction, you simply treat it as income during the year you got the money back. You did not pay tax on this money when you paid it to the CoS - but you do have to pay tax on it now.

If you do that the IRS won't give you any trouble.

I and my wife simply put my refund into another charitable activity so it balanced out, and there is now a very pretty stained glass window in Los Angeles, care of the Cof S.

Roland

[tookmeawhile]

Hi, does any one know how far back the IRS will go? I made donations in 2003 that I will be trying to get repayments on. Will they go back 3 years or 7 years or is there not a time limit? That is, will they add that as income for 2003 and penalize me going forward?? If the Church does pay me back monies on account, will they send out a 1099? That wouldn't be right.

Also, I have about 11 hours left of an intensive that was like $4800 or something. Will I be able to get that back along with other money on account or would that be a whole separate issue?

[grundy]

Hi, does any one know how far back the IRS will go? I made donations in 2003 that I will be trying to get repayments on. Will they go back 3 years or 7 years or is there not a time limit? That is, will they add that as income for 2003 and penalize me going forward?? If the Church does pay me back monies on account, will they send out a 1099? That wouldn't be right.

Also, I have about 11 hours left of an intensive that was like $4800 or something. Will I be able to get that back along with other money on account or would that be a whole separate issue?

It's 10 years .... and it doesnt matter.

It is just a safer bet to pay the taxes on any money recieved as income - as Roland AMI suggested.

As far as the "11 hours left" theoretically, you started it. But if you ask for a repayment, you should include it.

[Dulloldfart]

As far as the "11 hours left" theoretically, you started it. But if you ask for a repayment, you should include it.

It would be fair to pro-rate it. Anyone could agree that would be a fair way to do it, assuming both sides agree you paid a certain amount for 12.5 hours of service and received 1.5 hours of it. Anyone like a judge, anyway.

Paul

[tookmeawhile]

It's 10 years .... and it doesnt matter.

It is just a safer bet to pay the taxes on any money recieved as income - as Roland AMI suggested.

As far as the "11 hours left" theoretically, you started it. But if you ask for a repayment, you should include it.

10 years? Yuk. I will include it in my repayment request. Thanks for the info!

[tookmeawhile]

It would be fair to pro-rate it. Anyone could agree that would be a fair way to do it, assuming both sides agree you paid a certain amount for 12.5 hours of service and received 1.5 hours of it. Anyone like a judge, anyway.

Paul

Fair? What does fair and the Church of Scientology have to do with one another? Sure hope this doesn't have to make it to a judge.

[Kathy (ImOut)]

Hi, does any one know how far back the IRS will go? I made donations in 2003 that I will be trying to get repayments on. Will they go back 3 years or 7 years or is there not a time limit? That is, will they add that as income for 2003 and penalize me going forward?? If the Church does pay me back monies on account, will they send out a 1099? That wouldn't be right.

Also, I have about 11 hours left of an intensive that was like $4800 or something. Will I be able to get that back along with other money on account or would that be a whole separate issue?

The IRS can only audit you for 3 - 5 years, can't remember the exact number, from when you FILED your return.

They won't audit your 2003 T/R (tax return), but you should claim any repayment as income. Just to be safe. No one worse to piss off than the IRS. They scare me more than the CofS.

Some orgs send you a negative statement. I only got one negative statement. And AOLA sent me a statement making it look like I paid them another $5000 - $6000. I was wondering why I was getting calls - you're fully paid for blah, when are you coming in to start? Duh, I was declared.

You report whatever repayments you get on the Tax Return for the year you received your money.

[tookmeawhile]

The IRS can only audit you for 3 - 5 years, can't remember the exact number, from when you FILED your return.

They won't audit your 2003 T/R (tax return), but you should claim any repayment as income. Just to be safe. No one worse to piss off than the IRS. They scare me more than the CofS.

Some orgs send you a negative statement. I only got one negative statement. And AOLA sent me a statement making it look like I paid them another $5000 - $6000. I was wondering why I was getting calls - you're fully paid for blah, when are you coming in to start? Duh, I was declared.

You report whatever repayments you get on the Tax Return for the year you received your money.

Thanks, Imout. I will report it as income but was concerned whether I would get penalized from when the donation was made. Of course, that wouldn't be fair since the donations were made in good faith. Doesn't sound like getting penalized from 2003 will be the case. Now, I just need to get the money...