# I think I messed up my taxes **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 31, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-messed-up-my-taxes/1013682 "2025-01-31T16:15:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-messed-up-my-taxes/1013682/21 "2025-06-10T00:27:44Z")
Got a letter from the IRS today. Oh shit! It read: you said you owed us $55 with your amended return and you paid us $55 so we’re all good. Whew. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-messed-up-my-taxes/1013682/22 "2025-06-10T11:52:28Z")
Yaay! We all told you this’d be easy. Best of all, you avoided the dreaded 55.44 error: > [@The IRS lost my payment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-irs-lost-my-payment/501396/5): > > 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… The rest of that short thread is kinda fun to read. Now that you’re safe. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-messed-up-my-taxes/1013682.md?page=1)