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Me and my husband got married about seven months ago, and over the course of this tax

season and gathering all of our documents, unbeknownst to me, he has not paid taxes for 23

or 24 and now 25. Oh. And so, yeah, kind of a big deal going into a marriage wanting to know something like that. I'm very type A and on top of that sort of thing, I'm a W2 employee, and so it's pretty simple, straightforward every year. He's a 1099 graphic designer. And so now this year, we're in years past, I would get a return. I would get a return. We are going to owe a pretty big bill on top of owing for 23 and 24. And so I just kind of want some advice on what to do. I will say, first and foremost, the same day I found out, I contacted a CPA and we're in the process of, you know, we finalized 2025 and we're working on 23 and 24 but definitely unexpected you know going into

a marriage and now having what could potentially be up to a 35 or a 40,000 dollar debt. Wow. Okay.

So what does Mr. Creative say about his irresponsibility in lying to you? Well he is it has been a

rough couple weeks. He obviously is very apologetic. And in his words, it wasn't

intentional. It was kind of in the back of his mind and he knew it was not going to be good. But in

his mind, he didn't realize it had been that long since he had paid taxes.

That doesn't make me feel better.

Makes me feel worse. Yeah. like what else is rumbling around

in your little mind that you haven't told me about and you've forgotten didn't think it was

important yeah that was definitely my first question as well the first couple days when I

asked him to pull up the IRS website so I could gather our documents and I realized that it had been that long. Yeah, that was not a good feeling.

How long were you together before you got married?

We've known each other for seven years. We've known each other since college.

Okay. How long were you dating?

On and off for a while, but about a year before we finally got engaged and got married.

Okay.

Okay.

Well, you did the right thing by getting on the ball and getting a CPA and getting a hold

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