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I recently got rejected for affordable housing due to "incorrectly reporting income to the IRS". I was working as a babysitter and was paid cash. Has anyone had any luck appealing something like this? Or does anyone have any advice regarding the appeal process?
What is the basis for their saying you incorrectly reported your income to the IRS? Did your cash deposits in your checking account not match what you reported on your tax returns? And since they probably have a tax return that's almost a year old now, how do they know your situation this year? Can't really advise until that's clarified.
Last edited by Moving415; 11-28-2017 at 01:09 PM..
Thanks so much for your reply. Basically, when I applied for the apartment (3 years ago!) I was babysitting at the time, and included that information in my application. I'm no longer babysitting (I quit very early this year), but when I went in for the interview, they asked me when I had quit. Thinking I needed to count that babysitting $$ to bump up my income to get into the "window" for last year, I told her the truth, which is now screwing me over...because I didn't claim that money. And,as I now understand it, I don't think it would have mattered that my income was "too little" last year, as long as it's in the proper window this year.
Bottom line, my tax returns are not matching up with what I'm telling them I made. What's the best way to get out of this jam?
Thanks again! This forum is amazing--I only wish I had found it a few weeks ago!
Just be aware that if they find inconsistencies with your tax return and with what you tell them that you make, they may report you to DOI (New York City Department of Investigation) for fraud.
In fact, the marketing handbook states that developers have to report inconsistencies with the IRS. So before you pursue this, make sure you have all of your facts in order. Just saying.
Usually an appeal has to be that the marketing agent made a mistake and you are trying to correct it.
So how would you appeal this? The only mistake made is that you talked about unreported income. (I'm just being cynical, sorry.)
I guess you could file an amended tax return for 2016 and add the income. You obviously didn't file taxes for 2017 yet. When you do that, count the babysitting income. If you do that, will you qualify, or will you be over?
At least with corrected tax returns you're not making yourself vulnerable to fraud charges, as Stormgal pointed out, above. And that would serve you in good stead for future lotteries, methinks.
I see what you're saying (fully admit this was my mistake!) but I feel like people have been rejected for things like poor credit scores, etc, which they've then appeal and have the opportunity to go and fix (by paying something off, etc). Am I wrong?
With babysitting income for 2017 I would be RIGHT at the top of the income bracket, but should still be okay...
Appealing will never hurt your chances for future lotteries. What *will* hurt your chances is your unreported income/ and mismatches. Once you're reported to DOI, and the DOI investigates and finds out that you were inconsistent with reporting income, they'll put you on a blacklist of sorts and ban you from all future lotteries.
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