The last chance to claim a 2009 Tax Refund Was April 15, 2013, but you can still file 2009 Taxes with RapidTax.
Yes, you can still file your 2009 taxes. However, the IRS has a statute of limitations that only allows you to get a refund for three years after the original due date of a return.
In other words, you can file your late 2009 tax return, but you won’t be able to claim your 2009 refund. The last day to file and get a 2009 refund was April 15, 2013. After this date, the government stopped issuing 2009 refunds, even though you’re technically still required to file a 2009 return.
If you weren’t expecting a 2009 refund and instead, have tax due, you’ll want to file your 2009 taxes as soon as possible.
IRS Statute Of Limitations
Unfortunately, though you only have three years to get a refund, the statute of limitations on the IRS collecting taxes due is ten years. So if you owe money, don’t think that you’ve successfully evaded the IRS. They still have 5 years to collect your tax due.
If you do owe the government money, you may have to pay a failure-to-file penalty, a failure-to-pay penalty, and interest. These penalties get larger for every day that your return is late, so it makes sense to file as soon as possible.
How To File 2009 Taxes Today
Many people who are late on their taxes automatically assume that they’ll be punished for it. However, if you were entitled to a refund, you won’t be facing penalties. After all, not being able to claim your refund is a punishment in itself. However, you should still file.
Unfortunately you won’t be able to e-file your 2009 return. E-file is only available between January and October for current year returns. This means that you’ll have to paper file your 2009 return.
You can still prepare your return online with RapidTax. To do so, create an account and enter your tax information. Then, we’ll do the hard work for you. After your return is prepared, you’ll simply print it out, sign, and mail it to the IRS yourself.
If you have any questions along the way, the RapidTax team is available via phone, chat and email!
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also, will i have penalties? or owe any money?
Hi! I didn’t filled taxes for the past 5 years, but i did paid them in W2’s each time i got paid… in 2013 i was unemployed, do I still have to fill for 2013? Can I only fill the taxes for 2012 and 2011 instead of filling for 2012 2011 2010 and 2009?
Do the IRS has anyway to find my W2’S since i lost it? thanks a lot. waiting for you answer 🙂
Hi JKG,
I suggest taking a look at the IRS website page titled, “Do I Need to File a Tax Return?”. This will ask you for your filing status, federal income tax withheld and basic information to help determine your gross income and let you know if you need to file a return for each year.
I filed my taxes for 2009 in 2010. I e filed my federal afterwards amended my state and federal. I am from NC. I was told to send my amended forms to the state of GA. I did not send my state taxes to NC it all went to GA. When I didn’t receive my refund for my state taxes I called the NCDR and they informed me that they had sent me the check, so I never pursued trying to retrieve another check. Now, it’s 2014 and I received a notice that I did not file any state taxes on 2009 and that I owed them. The problems is now my copies of my W-2’s was destroyed in a fire. I two jobs, one jobs said that they couldn’t go back that far to retrieve my form, the other one no longer exist. I tried contacted the IRS to retrieve a duplicate copy of the forms that was sent to the IRS. I having no luck with that because they say that they could go back that far. How can I get a duplicate copy of my taxes so that I can file again so that get suck paying for these Taxes, penalty/fee/interest and interest?
Hi Felica,
You should be able to order copies of your prior year Forms W-2s from the IRS. They will provide you with transcripts that should suffice.
So my ex filed his tax return on april 15th for 2012 and filed 2013 as well. He owes me money but when I got money I only got the return from 2013 and he gets back money still for 2012 I was wondering when I can expect that money. He owes it to me because of child support
Hi Jessica,
I suggest checking the IRS tool, “Where’s My Refund”, to find out an estimate time frame of when your ex will receive this refund.
I need to file for 2011, 2012 and 2013. however, i’m living overseas and i’m not making much money.
can i use your softwar to do all the filing?
how many forms should i fill for each year? is Form 2555 one of them ?
Hi Ali,
You can file prior year returns with our website. Based on the information you have provided, you may want to reach out to one of our tax professionals to speak directly about using our website. I know that you mentioned being overseas so we do have a live-chat option available from our website since calling may be a bit difficult.