I did not have any taxes withheld from my 2007 and 2008 paychecks. I owe about 2K from 2007 and 3K from 2008 just for Federal. I live paycheck to paycheck.
What legal route should I take to setup some kind of payment method with IRS for Illinois and Federal?
Also I checked and I did set my W-2 dependents up properly with my employer and they have that on record. Is there any action I can take with regards to that matter as well?
I know I should have checked my statements and now am going to pay the price for not doing so. I get direct deposit and never bother to check online to verify my withholdings.
What should I do?
What are the required and recommended steps?
I asked this question to a friend with some legal knowledge and they told me that I should not contact the IRS directly because I will get burnt and that I should seek legal help.
Help!!