redfarmer Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Just thought I'd pass on a funny thing that happened to me. You see, this year I owed in state taxes because my job didn't take out enough in state taxes. I filed electronically but made a mistake and realized it so I immediately filed an ammended return so I wouldn't have to pay a penalty. Well, today the state sent me a check for $160, the entire amount I paid in last year! Seems they don't check over their returns well. The case could be made that they don't want to check over such a small amount very carefully but, as we all know, a well run capatalist business would check every amount, no matter how big or small. Shows you the difference between a government run organization like the IRS and a business. As tempting as it is to cash the check and as morally justified as I would be to cash it, I'm not going to since I filed the ammended return. After all, there's no sense in having them come back after me to force me to repay them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dondigitalia Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 I wish this would have happened to me... I owed almost $3000 this year b/c I had a bunch of freelance income that bumped me into a higher tax bracket. It was really painful to write those checks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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