text: need some legal info on tax return? i have a friend who had a so-called trusted friend in charge of all of his finances as well as getting his 2004 tax returns completed.  he felt he could trust this person and their decisions so he neglected to look over his returns before signing and mailing them off. well now he is into the irs fo some $7000.00 because whomever prepared his taxes "screwed him up"  and now this so called trusted friend has disposed of all of his personal belongings which included all of his important papers. does anyone have any legal advice i can provide as to what steps he can take to get this rectified with little or no problems or monitary losses. first of all get a copy of the return, you can do this by filing a form with the irs? next write them a letter and camly explain the situation. they are human and make mistakes also find out if they entered a number wrong. i have seen some instances where an employer reported wages on the wrong social and the irs went after the person with this social...did not take long to straighten this out. patience and time, you will be fine and i am sure if you friend obeys all the tax laws on the initial return there is no way that he/she should owe all of that money unless he has a major profit, capital gains, or stocks sold things of this manor! let me know how it goes?