Client's son is incarcerated. Any risk to me filing his return? Wouldn't want my preparer number associated with questionable client. More importantly, risking my other clients filed under my number. Am I tax season closing crazy?
Now that is very true. Scary but true.
There are a lot of innocent people sitting behind bars (along with a lot of guilty ones). I would ask the parents what he is in for and then decide from there if you still want to proceed. Like Susan referenced you may have prepared returns for a lot of folks that may have done worse things than the kid currently sitting in jail.
I had a client that robbed a bank.. not kidding. he got put away for years.. the wife still came in we did the taxes.. we filed separate.. guy got out of prison a few months ago.. called me asking for his 2022 AGI so he could file online for free.. nice guy.. he was very cordial to me.. they were able to find him after the bank robbery from a car bumper that fell off in a crash during the escape and they matched that to his car.. The wife has since remarried. The End.
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