What is the process they will take to make my ex file his taxes??

My ex owes me plenty in child support that he refuses to pay.. they started to garnish his wages so he quit his job and didnt file his taxes so I would not get his refund they would garnish also... I reported him and they said they would make him file... will I still get the refund and what kind of trouble could he get into for not filing???? and what would be the process they take to make him file??

If he has no job, he has no income. What refund can you get? The only process they can take to make him file is for the IRS to file a return for him and say this is what you owe us. But that would only be if he was self-employed, and not paying taxes to the IRS. If he has no job now, and they would owe him a refund on his tax return, there's really nothing the IRS can do to make him file. He loses out on a refund, and you lose out on child support. My sympathies go out to you in the child support issue. I am married myself, but there is no way I would ever hurt my kids by not paying child support, as that is what your ex is doing. He's not hurting you, he's hurting yours/his kids.

CRA will send him letters telling him to file his taxes.
They will start making phone calls after a so amount of time.

Depending what his income level is they take what they think is appropriate action.

If it looks like tax evasion, he will be either be arbituary assessed or picked up and sent to jail.

Under Tax Law and charged with tax evasion, you have no rights, no phone call, no lawyer, you are pretty much S.O.L.
You are guilty till proven innocent.

Do you want child support, or do you just want to see him get into trouble? Make sure there is not so much vengeance on both sides here, that nobody is looking out for the kids.

My ex did not pay either. He stayed unemployed from 1986 to 2004 and did not file taxes. Beyond filing with Child Support enforcement, it's none of my business whether he gets in trouble or not. We just lived our lives without him.

When my son turned 18, my ex got a job, probably thinking he would not have to pay. So now I am getting back child support, but don't count on your ex being that dumb.

It's time for plan B, mom.
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If it looks as if he has a refund due, the IRS will not force him to file a return. Sadly the IRS has a vested interest in keeping that money. Your only likely hope of success is to take him to court over the arrearages and ask the judge to order him to file any outstanding returns. Even so, if he manages to delay it long enough any refunds due will be lost to the 3 year statute of limitations on refund claims.

If he's working and his income is reported to the IRS and he doesn't file, then they can just prepare a return for him, essentially file for him based on the info they have - if he's due a refund, it would be taken for the child support. If he's not working, there's nothing to file, so there isn't a refund to take for the child support.