Deliberate Sin mentioned in Confession

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I deliberately left out information on my tax return. It was a sin because. I knew it was wrong. It was deliberate and in doing so it enabled the IRS not to charge me but give me a refund. I knew this was completely wrong when I did it. (I will most likely get audited). But I went to confession right after filing my taxes and I told the priest that I deliberately did what I did and that I had pre-mediated to go to confession right after. I even mentioned in the confession that I was abusing the sacrament and that I am asking for God’s mercy and forgiveness. The priest told me that He was not sure how absolution worked with Tax Sins but he asked me what I planned on doing. I mentioned that once I get my finances secure that I planned on paying back my debt to the IRS. He told me that I should begin with donating my money to the poor. He then gave me a penance and absolved me…etc…

My question is this. Is my confession sacrilegious? There were other mortal sins that I committed and my biggest BIGGEST fear is that I i gave a sacrilegious confession? Am I in state of grace?

I am mortified and I know I should not have done what i did with my return, but I am going through a hard time financially right now but that is not excuse.

Honest kind responses please!
 
Yes I mentioned all other sins in the confession. I held nothing back and I did state that I knew that I was abusing the sacrament by already pre-mediating to go to confession while I pre-mediated my IRS dishonesty.
 
Yes I am very sorry for what I did…i just am not in a good place right now…i really truly did not like what I did at all…when you say “most likely” i hope i am ok… I might just go to another confession just in case. But you are right when you stated

“The only way you can be absolved of your sin of deliberately planning to abuse the sacrament requires USING the sacrament, right…?”

Thank you for your kind responses…
 
Isn’t the first thing you should do: file an amended return?
 
Get BACK to confession and ASK Father

It COULD have been a Mortal sin???

Do so ASAP
 
i already knew it was thats why i went to confession in the first place
 
Unless I’m missting something, you confessed what you did (including that you committed the act with the intention of going to confession afterwards). Your pastor offered absolution. I think the only thing to worry about at this point is making things right with the IRS. File an amended return ASAP.
 
okay. will do… thank you…if i can’t file an amended tax return because i can’t afford to pay them back right now…does that invalidate my confession?
 
Speak to a lawyer or financial adviser regarding practical advise. I suspect that even if you can’t pay in full now, you’ll end up owing less if you file sooner and pay what you can. But again speak to an expert.

No one is obliged to do what is not reasonably possible. If you cannot pay right now, that isn’t a sin.
 
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