LSLGuy
April 22, 2026, 10:15am
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For sure taxes, and especially tax payments, are easier to get right the first time than to repair later. Here’s a story from long long ago about that:
About 15 years ago I paid my quarterly FUTA payment of $56.00 Their bank mis-deposited my check as $0.56, meaning I had underpaid by $55.44.
Over two years later we finally got it straight, sorta. From their first request I sent them the missing $55.44 because they truly were short the money.
At first they wanted to charge interest and penalties, then after much fussing by me they waived that since they agreed it was their bank which FUBARed my check.
Everybody was real nice to deal with, j…