<prompt> Human: During this time I have worked for corporations, which of course make the matter of handling taxes easy. But a large portion of my income over the past decade has come through self employment and ownership of various small businesses.I have never filed a return for any of these due to a combination I can only describe as procrastination and laziness, but primarily because I never properly practiced withholding for my own income.I want to pay the piper and get everything right with the IRS. Ive never received notice from the IRS or other organization that they want to audit me, I just want to get everything handled before it would ever become an issue in the future.I have terrible records, but at least 70 of my lifetime income has passed through my bank accounts.What are your suggestions on how to move forward?  <response>: Not sure how helpful this is but good information to know: But, if you never file a return for any given year the IRS can come after you at anytime. The statute of limitations does not run and therefore your are technically always liable to pay them until you do. 