So I just get a letter from New York State that I was audited and owe them like 2300 bucks which includes about 800 dollars worth of interest/penalty fees from my 2006 return.
They say they never received a 2006 tax return from me.
I'm staring at an email from CompleteTax which was an e-file service which states that my return was "accepted by New York" (and yes I have a separate email for my federal tax return being accepted so I'm not confusing the two).
It doesn't look like I can log into CompleteTax at present, however, and I very much doubt I have any printouts anymore, which is my own fault admittedly. What the hell do I do? I don't even know where to start looking for proof. This is asinine.
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Contact CompleteTax by phone or email and ask them if/what did the fuck up. Contact NY State tax people and tell them you have an email from CompleteTax saying it was successfully submitted.
If you got a tax return or paid that year look for the bank records showing that. Call the tax board and ask them to look it up to see if it was a fluke. Call the e-file company you used and ask for a paper copy of your return.
Do you have bank records from 2006? Like, can you login to your account and check to see if you paid it?
Call the NY Franchise Tax Board and have them double-check to make sure it's you. It could easily be a name thing, or a wrong social security number thing.
Do you have bank records from 2006? Like, can you login to your account and check to see if you paid it?
Call the NY Franchise Tax Board and have them double-check to make sure it's you. It could easily be a name thing, or a wrong social security number thing.
No...I don't have that ability. I received a physical check from them. Sigh.
The AGI certainly looks correct. Can't get through to the audit department and CompleteTax doesn't have a contact number. They might not even be staffed right now.
Do you have bank records from 2006? Like, can you login to your account and check to see if you paid it?
Call the NY Franchise Tax Board and have them double-check to make sure it's you. It could easily be a name thing, or a wrong social security number thing.
No...I don't have that ability. I received a physical check from them. Sigh.
The AGI certainly looks correct. Can't get through to the audit department and CompleteTax doesn't have a contact number. They might not even be staffed right now.
You received a check from the state of NY?
Call the bank. Ask them to pull up your records from whenever you deposited the check.
Do you have bank records from 2006? Like, can you login to your account and check to see if you paid it?
Call the NY Franchise Tax Board and have them double-check to make sure it's you. It could easily be a name thing, or a wrong social security number thing.
No...I don't have that ability. I received a physical check from them. Sigh.
The AGI certainly looks correct. Can't get through to the audit department and CompleteTax doesn't have a contact number. They might not even be staffed right now.
You received a check from the state of NY?
Call the bank. Ask them to pull up your records from whenever you deposited the check.
I don't have a bank account. I didn't then, either. I cashed it at a check cashing place. So none of this is an option.
Also, I'm not even sure how much finding the return is going to help, really.
That is, let's say they find the records of the return where they sent you a check. If you actually owed $1500 on your taxes, you would now owe $1500+however much the check was for, right? I mean, if they are saying you owed money and they sent you a check, either:
1. Aside from being wrong about you filing, they are also wrong about your income and taxes paid, and you don't owe money.
2. You were wrong when you filed and you are still screwed.
Also, I'm not even sure how much finding the return is going to help, really.
That is, let's say they find the records of the return where they sent you a check. If you actually owed $1500 on your taxes, you would now owe $1500+however much the check was for, right? I mean, if they are saying you owed money and they sent you a check, either:
1. Aside from being wrong about you filing, they are also wrong about your income and taxes paid, and you don't owe money.
2. You were wrong when you filed and you are still screwed.
No, no...they are claiming that don't have a return on record for me. They are just noting my AGI from my federal return and saying "hey, guy, you never filed in New York." Which is false. They are saying that my income taxes, based on my AGI for 2006, amounts to $1500 (which I more than paid throughout the year).
Also, I'm not even sure how much finding the return is going to help, really.
That is, let's say they find the records of the return where they sent you a check. If you actually owed $1500 on your taxes, you would now owe $1500+however much the check was for, right? I mean, if they are saying you owed money and they sent you a check, either:
1. Aside from being wrong about you filing, they are also wrong about your income and taxes paid, and you don't owe money.
2. You were wrong when you filed and you are still screwed.
Also, I'm looking at the letter again, and they have a breakdown of my AGI, standard deduction, deductions they assess I am eligible for, and whatnot. At the bottom it says "Total Tax Withheld...0.00" which means they don't have any of my payments on file for the year. So, yeah, according to this they just don't have any of my shit on file.
This is so bizarre and so not-fun to receive on New Year's Eve.
Yes, I assume that would help somewhat, however, my debt to them is a laughable $2307 which is partially interest and mostly penalty due to "negligence" for not filing. So let's say I prove I paid the $1500+ during 2006. I assume I still have to prove I filed or I'll owe 800 bucks.
Though that gets a little more confusing. If you don't owe, are you obligated to file a return? I can't remember that rule. Either way, I did file.
Yes, I assume that would help somewhat, however, my debt to them is a laughable $2307 which is partially interest and mostly penalty due to "negligence" for not filing. So let's say I prove I paid the $1500+ during 2006. I assume I still have to prove I filed or I'll owe 800 bucks.
Though that gets a little more confusing. If you don't owe, are you obligated to file a return? I can't remember that rule. Either way, I did file.
They can't assess penalties for taxes you didn't pay if you paid them.
Your 2006 W2 would be very helpful, if you could get it.
Yes, I assume that would help somewhat, however, my debt to them is a laughable $2307 which is partially interest and mostly penalty due to "negligence" for not filing. So let's say I prove I paid the $1500+ during 2006. I assume I still have to prove I filed or I'll owe 800 bucks.
Though that gets a little more confusing. If you don't owe, are you obligated to file a return? I can't remember that rule. Either way, I did file.
They can't assess penalties for taxes you didn't pay if you paid them.
Your 2006 W2 would be very helpful, if you could get it.
My old employer should be able to get that for me, right? I mean their payroll department should have it? I might even have it somewhere too.
Also, I'm not even sure how much finding the return is going to help, really.
That is, let's say they find the records of the return where they sent you a check. If you actually owed $1500 on your taxes, you would now owe $1500+however much the check was for, right? I mean, if they are saying you owed money and they sent you a check, either:
1. Aside from being wrong about you filing, they are also wrong about your income and taxes paid, and you don't owe money.
2. You were wrong when you filed and you are still screwed.
If they sent him a check, then he filed.
They don't send you a check when you don't file.
Where did I say he didn't file? I suggested that he didn't file correctly, and actually owed them money instead of getting money back. But they are apparently didn't know about his payments throughout the year, which is odd. They probably didn't sync his income from his federal returns with his payments throughout the year because they lost his file.
Yes, your 2006 W2 is what you need to figure all this stuff out, and your employer should have it.
I wouldn't be too concerned. Between the CompleteTax letter and your W2, this will be squared away soon enough. Just make sure you act without delay. Start the phone calls on Friday. Contact all three groups and don't wait for one's response before contacting another; sure you may have to make multiple calls, but at least you won't be delaying. I imagine CompleteTax has some sort of guaranty about their services which will cover any additional costs that might actually pop up from this (ask about this when you call them).
While it is an important issue, it is not one to cause undue worry and concern; you will simply get the information and politely supply it to the NY tax agency.
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Call the NY Franchise Tax Board and have them double-check to make sure it's you. It could easily be a name thing, or a wrong social security number thing.
No...I don't have that ability. I received a physical check from them. Sigh.
The AGI certainly looks correct. Can't get through to the audit department and CompleteTax doesn't have a contact number. They might not even be staffed right now.
Call the bank. Ask them to pull up your records from whenever you deposited the check.
I don't have a bank account. I didn't then, either. I cashed it at a check cashing place. So none of this is an option.
That is, let's say they find the records of the return where they sent you a check. If you actually owed $1500 on your taxes, you would now owe $1500+however much the check was for, right? I mean, if they are saying you owed money and they sent you a check, either:
1. Aside from being wrong about you filing, they are also wrong about your income and taxes paid, and you don't owe money.
2. You were wrong when you filed and you are still screwed.
No, no...they are claiming that don't have a return on record for me. They are just noting my AGI from my federal return and saying "hey, guy, you never filed in New York." Which is false. They are saying that my income taxes, based on my AGI for 2006, amounts to $1500 (which I more than paid throughout the year).
They don't send you a check when you don't file.
This is so bizarre and so not-fun to receive on New Year's Eve.
Though that gets a little more confusing. If you don't owe, are you obligated to file a return? I can't remember that rule. Either way, I did file.
Your 2006 W2 would be very helpful, if you could get it.
My old employer should be able to get that for me, right? I mean their payroll department should have it? I might even have it somewhere too.
Where did I say he didn't file? I suggested that he didn't file correctly, and actually owed them money instead of getting money back. But they are apparently didn't know about his payments throughout the year, which is odd. They probably didn't sync his income from his federal returns with his payments throughout the year because they lost his file.
Yes, your 2006 W2 is what you need to figure all this stuff out, and your employer should have it.
While it is an important issue, it is not one to cause undue worry and concern; you will simply get the information and politely supply it to the NY tax agency.
Murphy's Paradox: The more you plan, the more that can go wrong. The less you plan, the less likely your plan will succeed.