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Do you have to be caught up on taxes in order to file for social security or medicare? |
these questions are for my dad.....he really needs some help SSI is a based on need program meaning it's a welfare program. I believe that your dad need to file for Retirement benefits, if he worked and paid into Social Security taxes. If he is over 65 years old and he paid into Medicare taxes then he is eligible to file for Medicare Part A and B. Part A is for hospitalization and Part B are for doctors visits. If your dad does not enroll in Medicare Part B right away he could be paying a higher premium based on surcharge. For every 12 months he did not enroll in Medicare he could be possibly be charged 10% for every 12 months he did not enroll. Unless, he was enrolled in a Group Health Plan based on work he possibly does not have to pay the surcharge. There is one good news about him waiting though, if he is eligible for retirement benefits his benefits will not be reduced based on age and his benefits will be higher than if he filed when he was first eligible when he was 62 years old. If he did not pay any taxes a probability that no earnings will show in his Social Security records, but SSA does not tattle tell to the IRS, so ask him to call 800-772-1213 to make an appointment to file for benefits. Good luck to your dad. No. Owing the IRS doen't stop you from applying or receiving ss or medicare benefits. If he was an employee, the answer is no. If he was SE then there might be a problem because he has never filed the tax returns showing the SE taxes paid. Then the returns would need to be filed to show taxes actually paid. Generally not! The only exception I can think of would involve him being self employed for all of those years in which he did not file taxes. The only way SS has any record of Self Employed folks is from their tax returns. If he did not file he would not have paid into SS for those years. At this point if they are no6t beating down his door there is a good chance that he does not owe any past tax or at least the IRS does not know about it if he does. He needs to get his returns done. Any refunds for years 2003 and earlier are already lost and 2004 is coming up fast. Your dad doesn't need to be caught up on taxes in order to file for social security or medicare. But if he is self-employed, and has not filed tax returns since 1996, he's possibly cheating himself out of social security money. Social security income is based on what you have paid into the system, so if he hasn't paid into it for the last 10 years he may be cheating himself. If he's not self-employed, but instead is a W-2 wage earner, then him not filing taxes will have no bearing on filing for and receiving social security or medicare. He should file his tax returns for the missing years though, to find out if he owes for any of those years. There is no time limit for filing a tax return if you owe the IRS. There is a 3 year limit though for filing a return where you are owed a refund, so the only years that he could get refunds for are 2006, 2005 and 2004. |
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