# Employer accidentally didn't withhold any state or federal taxes - what now?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 10, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employer-accidentally-didnt-withhold-any-state-or-federal-taxes-what-now/779485 "2017-02-10T18:22:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employer-accidentally-didnt-withhold-any-state-or-federal-taxes-what-now/779485/41 "2017-02-14T14:20:01Z")

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> [@thelurkinghorror](#):
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> Ignorance is still not an excuse as far as the law is concerned.

Ignorance of the law is not an excuse. Ignorance of facts often _is_ an excuse (though not in this case).

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