I haven't filed in years Why do I owe the IRS?

The IRS has taken the income information they received and filed a tax return for you. The filing status is likely married filing separate (highest tax rates available) or single. No dependents and no deductions will be on this tax filing. It is called an SFR. Substitute for Return. You will have a balance due. They don't file for you if you have a refund coming. If you ignore the balance due notice the IRS will begin to collect the tax and you will be subject to their collection actions. This can be solved by filing an original return for the year in question. If you don't have any records we can retrieve them from IRS with a valid power of attorney and get an original return filed. Getting the return processed by IRS can create some challenges so we monitor the status of the IRS collection efforts so we can file any collection appeals if needed or contact the IRS directly to intervene before collection actions are taken.