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If a preparer filed a false return for you
The order that limits the damage.
Do not contact the preparer; it warns them to destroy records.
Gather your true source documents: real 1099s, mileage logs, receipts.
File Form 14157, the Return Preparer Complaint, to start a paper trail.
Engage a legitimate preparer to rebuild and amend the return.
Accept that you stay liable for what is on the return, whoever filed it.
Check that any preparer signs the return and shows a PTIN.
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