““I have no idea what my income is. All my information was on my computer. No backup. So sorry””
If you get a wage they have it.
If you work for yourself and have poor or questionable records, they will determine what you own based on a number of inputs.
“If you work for yourself and have poor or questionable records, they will determine what you own based on a number of inputs.”
You got that right. States will do that, too, which happened to me. I had a sales tax number in case I decided to do craft shows for a couple years, wrote the state to cancel the number because I never got around to doing the shows and they just made up an income they “thought” I got and charged me $400 tax! I was forced to pay it because I just started a new job and couldn’t deal with it, but the next year they tried it again and I had it out pretty loudly on the phone with a gal and not only did they leave me alone after that, but I got my $400 back. I could not have been more pissed. Probably couldn’t use that tactic with the feds without getting a visit from the po-po.