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Some Real and Really Bad Excuses for Not Filing Taxes
|Tax Attorney · Villanova University School of Law · Admitted in Delaware, New Jersey, United States Tax Court|November 6, 2018|1 min read
- I couldn’t complete my tax return, because my husband left me and took our accountant with him. I am currently trying to find another accountant.
- I work for myself, but a colleague borrowed my tax return to photocopy it and lost it.
- My tax return was on my yacht, which caught fire.
- A wasp in my car caused me to have an accident and my tax return, which was inside, was destroyed.
- I suffer from late filing syndrome.
- My child scribbled all over my tax return, so I wasn’t able to send it in.
- My religious beliefs preclude my income from being taxable.

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Gregory McCauley Jr., Esq.
Tax Attorney · Villanova University School of Law · Admitted in Delaware, New Jersey, United States Tax Court
Gregory McCauley Jr. is an experienced tax attorney who has personally represented more than 1,000 clients in matters ranging from civil tax controversy and IRS examinations to criminal tax defense, U.S. Tax Court litigation, and complex business disputes. His practice is built on a foundation his c...


