<prompt> Human: Ive never told anyone this. Not my family, not my friends. Only you guys. deep breath Ok, so here it goes.26 year old male, filed my first and only return in 2004, for my measly part time job working at Walgreens. Next summer, I am offered a very lucrative position as a commercial fisherman in Alaska. Sweet! 17 year old me hops on a plane with dollar signs in my eyes. Summer goes by, and I make FANTASTIC money, close to 35k in 3 months. Im hooked.Everyone kept warning me about the tax man, but I paid no heed. Commercial fisherman are self employed, and as such must file and pay their own taxes. No one really sat me down and explained it to me in detail. Fast cars, faster women, booze and drugs were on the brain. I pissed away my money, with no guidance from the parents, and when March rolled around, I lied. I lied and said that I paid my taxes, and all of it went away.I kept doing that, for 6 years, with decreasing pay each year. I have never once been contacted by the IRS, even to today. After I quit my commercial fishing gig because it was no longer lucrative enough, I picked up a blue collar job, making 14 bucks an hour, 40 hours a week, where they deduct the taxes for me. 4 years later, I am at the same job, making 20 dollars an hour, same schedule, same taxes being deducted. I have still yet to file my taxes, or even ask anyone about them. And at this point, Im too scared.I know Im probably going to owe a shitload. By rough guesstimate, I probably made 115k in the 6 years I fished, but I have absolutely no paperwork. I have all of my W2s from my current job spanning back the past 4 years, equaling out to about 135k.I really need some help. Googling has lead me nowhere. Every post I read here says FILE YOUR RETURN NOW, which doesnt really help me.Should I hire someone? And if so, who should I be looking for? CPA, or an attorney? Or do I go straight to the IRS, fess up, and let them have their way with me? Im so lost, and tired of being scared of this giant shadow behind me that could pop out of nowhere at any time.Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.  <response>: You can do all of this on your own. I recently went through this, check out my post history. Begin by filing the last 4 years otherwise you might miss out on refunds that can go toward whatever back taxes you owe. All you need to file the last 4 years is your W2s. Then, for the older years, visit IRS.govs get transcript page or simply call the service and ask them where things stand. PM me if you need help. 