There is no way to avoid paying your taxes and every year we must cough up our fair share. Unfortunately, you might get a tax bill that you might not be able to afford. This can be due to a number of reasons, like an increase in your tax bracket or perhaps you didn’t take into account your total taxable income. While you won’t go to jail, you might have to pay a penalty for being late, but often times the IRS will be lenient. There are a number of options for people that can’t pay their total tax bill and as long as you make the right arrangements you should be able to avoid the stiff fines. Here are some different options that are available when you can’t afford to pay your taxes.
First things first, you always want to send in your return. You want to do this because the penalty for filing your taxes late is far greater than the fines for not paying your taxes on time, especially if you don’t make an arrangement with the IRS first.
When you are looking for some money to pay your taxes, you want to search high and low. Chances are that you will find some money somewhere so that you can start paying off your taxes. This source of cash can be from friends and family, and even credit cards, or cashing in on your paid time off at work. In the end, you will free up your financial burdens by taking care of your tax bill, sooner rather than later.