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
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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 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, 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, when I checked on my last payroll, I realized that I pay more in taxes than I do in house bills. FML
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, 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
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 finally was able to complete my taxes and I had a look at the IRS website to check my refund. They changed it from 1K to $10. FML
Today, I got my tax return. I was really excited. Turns out the government does take the time to send out a tax return for $1.36. 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
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Top comments
rickAUS 22
Do you not get payslips? While it is your employers responsibility to remove taxes, how are you not checking to make sure you are being paid correctly?
kricket5 19
This is 100% your fault. You should be checking your paystubs. Submit a new W-4 to update your tax withholding with payroll/ HR.
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Comments (34)
onceuponatime456 16
How could you go an entire year and NOT notice your employer was not deducting any taxes from your check? This is a huge fail on your part!
hollunation 11
Wtf? 🙃
Powerage66 16
You are responsible for checking to make sure you have enough coming out in withholding, Sorry, YDI, from a former tax pro.
Darcie Kleino 5
If he only owes $500 in taxes for an entire year he’s probably a teenager with a part time after school job making a few thousand dollars. Most teens aren’t checking pay stubs to make sure their withholdings are correct. All they care about is how much the pay check is
TxKitten79 10
Contact them and set up an installment plan. I work for a CPA, and believe me, it could be WAAAYYY worse.
kieralumina 30
This might be my situation because the job program I'm in doesn't pull taxes since it's an educational stipend. But now they say it's taxable income.
caviboy 5
I feel that. AutoZone did the same to me
fde2blknimout 18
You got greedy. You know how much you make and you see your check stubs. Man up
lj2000 5
Dude. How are you like an adult. 1. You don't have $500. 2. You don't check your pay stubs. Did you think you just didn't have to pay taxes. U know how many hours you work and how much you make. Math isn't hard on your smartphone.