Tax Return...what happened?

[Voncaster]

Okay I filed my tax return on time and by my calulations I should have gotten around $2000 in taxes from them. I filed to get my return electronically. So I checked my back account today and I got $300 from the IRS.

Will I be getting an explanation on why there is such a discrepency? Does anyone know how I can get a better explanation from the IRS on why $1700 is missing from my return?

[Naldo]

Okay I filed my tax return on time and by my calulations I should have gotten around $2000 in taxes from them. I filed to get my return electronically. So I checked my back account today and I got $300 from the IRS.

Will I be getting an explanation on why there is such a discrepency? Does anyone know how I can get a better explanation from the IRS on why $1700 is missing from my return?

If it's a matter of $1700 it may be in your best interest to hire an accountant. Even if it's an H&R Block type. You can have your returns audited by your accountant for the last several years even. So it may pay off to spend the $100 or so for H&R Block (or some such entity) to get you the missing $1700.

Hope it works out for you! :)

[mattbib]

Are you sure that wasn't your state refund?

What exactly does your direct deposit say?

[Forefinger]

Okay I filed my tax return on time and by my calulations I should have gotten around $2000 in taxes from them. I filed to get my return electronically. So I checked my back account today and I got $300 from the IRS.

Will I be getting an explanation on why there is such a discrepency? Does anyone know how I can get a better explanation from the IRS on why $1700 is missing from my return?
Some asshole forgot a zero?

[Dreadstar]

Call them. I got about $100 less one year, so I called. Seems that on the bottom of the first page is the number you put at the top of the next page.

I transposed the two numbers in the 2nd and thrid position when I copied it. They catch that stuff. If you made a mistake in a calculation, they catch that, too.

Just call and ask.

[Voncaster]

Are you sure that wasn't your state refund?

What exactly does your direct deposit say?

Nope I have my state refund and that was exactly what I asked for. Which makes my federal return seem even more suspect. I will definitely give them a call or track down an explanation. Thanks for all the replies folks :)

[Sean Walsh]

Okay I filed my tax return on time and by my calulations I should have gotten around $2000 in taxes from them. I filed to get my return electronically. So I checked my back account today and I got $300 from the IRS.

Will I be getting an explanation on why there is such a discrepency? Does anyone know how I can get a better explanation from the IRS on why $1700 is missing from my return?

Next time you go to the hospital emergency room, look around you at all the people getting free treatment and coverage.

Or go down to the welfare office sometime.

Heck - if you see a homeless person asking for spare change, look in their cup.

THAT'S WHERE IT WENT.

[f. chong rutherford]

Okay I filed my tax return on time and by my calulations I should have gotten around $2000 in taxes from them. I filed to get my return electronically. So I checked my back account today and I got $300 from the IRS.

Will I be getting an explanation on why there is such a discrepency? Does anyone know how I can get a better explanation from the IRS on why $1700 is missing from my return?

Start here--

https://sa.www4.irs.gov/irfof/lang/en/irfofgetstatus.jsp

You'll need the exact total from the return you filed. Once you log in with the proper total, you'll get a pop-up with the IRS reasoning behind your reduction. It won't be specific to your case, but it will reflect the general categories. Use this as a guide to recheck your calculations in the areas the IRS claims to have found.

Once you've got your ducks in a row, call the IRS. If you don't get anywhere, go to a tax professional--you can refile up to 7 years from the date of your original filing.

H&R Block (not recommending them, just using them as an example) has made a thrifty business out of doing free examinations of people's returns, correcting favorable errors, then taking a commission.

good luck!