[Anonymous]

So this past Wednesday I filled those return that had an extension and when I am home cheking copies of the retuns I saw that one of them did not had my boss’s signature on it but had the EIN, telephone and address. I am oart to blame because is my job to take care of things like that so I am worried, is the IRS going to send a notice for 50$ penalty or this time could the IRS just send a letter requiring the signature because the return at least had the other firm’s info on it???

[FIFOisbetterthanLIFO]

No offense but your spelling and punctuation make your sentences difficult to understand. In general, it sounds like you should slow down and review things carefully.

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[Anonymous]

My apologies english is my second language. This past Wednesday I filed some client's returns. When I got home I reviewed some of the copies of the returns and I saw that one of them did not have the signature of my boss but did have the EIN, telephone and the address of my boss's firm. What I want to know is that in this case, is the IRS going to assess the 50$ penalty becuase of lack of the signature of my boss or if that in this case the IRS instead is going to send a letter requesting the signature of my boss. I am worried because is part of my job to check that everything is ok with the returns before filing them.

[Anonymous]

Can you be pre-emptive, get your boss to sign a copy and send that in to the IRS?

[ocarina]

I forgot to sign my tax returns before and was told its better to wait for the IRS to send back a notice to sign then send in a second copy. I'm sure you will be required to pay a penalty as they don't care about anything but the deadlines but that is just something to learn for the future.

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[Anonymous]

I am going to call the IRS first thing tomorrow and then I am going to see what I can do. I wanted to see if anybody here had that experience. Worst case scenario the IRS sends that 50$ penalty notice because of the no signature on the return later this month and if that is the case then I guess is better if I tell my boss now what happened.

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