Today, I found out I owe the IRS over $2,000 because of a mistake they made. Their "apology" basically amounted to "Oops, our bad. Now pay up or you're gonna be Bubba's new bitch." FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I got a letter from the IRS informing me that I owed a debt of $80 dollars from 4 years ago, and that it has now grown to over $800 dollars, and it's due this month. FML
Today, getting home from a long day at work, I checked the mail and saw three envelopes from the IRS. Apparently I now owe over $4,000. I only have $2 in my bank account. FML
Today, I found out that I owe the IRS money due to my previous job not taking enough taxes out. I am broke, unemployed, and was counting on a big refund so I could pay for my divorce. FML
Today, I sat down to do my taxes. As I was going over my forms, I found my employer only took $1.72 out the entire year for my Federal Income Taxes. I now owe the IRS over $500 that I don't have. FML
Today, I found out that my employers apparently haven't been taking enough money out of my paychecks, and now I owe thousands of dollars in taxes. I already live paycheck to paycheck despite doing nothing but work. FML
Today, I found out that I owe the government money and that the amount will increase if I miss the deadline two months ago. FML
Today, as a tax preparer, I had to deliver the bad news that a lady owed a very large sum in taxes. I even had my supervisor check my work as this was serious. Apparently she has been claiming exemptions she doesn't qualify for for years by going to another local tax office that closed down last year, due to fraud. FML
Today, I found out that my tax filing status was never changed after my divorce. This means I haven't been paying enough and now the government wants its money. FML
Today, I had a bit of good news with a letter that stated we were owed money by overpaying Council Tax. I phoned them, announcing myself. However, it turns out we actually owe THEM money, due to an error they made giving me and my husband a discount we weren't entitled to. FML
Today, I woke up to find both of my bank accounts frozen. My bank informed me that the IRS had ordered a freeze on my assets because of back taxes owed, and would not unfreeze them until the money is paid. The amount? $2.47. FML
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EnderNutt 16
'Murica. Land of the free and home of the oversized ***** we call the IRS.
tigerisabelle 31
The IRS is the single greatest thing to ever oppress a human population so completely without the humans being aware it is happening
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Comments (45)
booksellerchic 4
Are you sure it isn't the IRS Scam that is going around?
kellyem2 20
Probably a good thing to check out. Remember, the IRS will only ever contact you in writing. So if you get a phone call from someone claiming to be an IRS agent, just hang up.
soulreaper12296 28
Could be possible. I got a call from the "IRS" like a month after I paid my taxes (in full) that they were filing a lawsuit against me. "They" also called my dad last year trying the same thing.
ShawnieMichael 2
Call a lawyer and get it straightened out!
kfchicken 31
lawyer costs more then $2000 so don't !
redskyontherox 15
they won't send you to jail but eventually they will place a tax levy on your bank accounts. I've seen tax levies for 10 times that amount on people's bank accounts
dkane 12
Make sure it's not a scam, if it was a letter odds are it wasn't, but call the IRS just in case
Ms_Monster 6
that happened to my mom and me. they overpaid her ~$2000 ssi money that she was receiving for me because my dad was on disability, and they wanted her to pay it back. so when i started working, since its under my name (i guess?) they kept my tax refund on my first year of work but didn't keep my refund from last year. even though i only was supposed to get ~$400 the first year and got like $800 on my second year.
anaheimangels40 11
I Called out the IRS on a mistake they made for this years taxes and within 30 days I got a refund in the amount of the mistake!!! I did provide proof of their mistake, and they did not argue one bit, they apologized and said you will be getting your money back, it was our error!
GreatAmerican 7
The IRS is known to abuse their power. Better get a lawyer.
naviajack626 16
I find it funny how ordinary people get in big trouble for this stuff, but when it's a corporation skipping out on millions they get penalized with a fraction of the cost and skip away free.
memesmakedreams 3
Be careful. There is a scam saying the same exact thing. if the original contact was not by letter, odds are, it's the scam.
buck16 9
That honestly sounds more like a scam than anything. If this is truly the IRS and it's a mistake of charging you on something you didn't owe then you wouldn't have to pay it back. I'd talk to a lawyer if I were you.