# Ugh, I hate gift horses and their damn mouths!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 7, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-hate-gift-horses-and-their-damn-mouths/1001237 "2024-05-07T20:38:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-hate-gift-horses-and-their-damn-mouths/1001237/21 "2024-05-08T00:06:50Z")

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I had something similar happen with my CA state taxes once. I filed my taxes and ended up owing, paid what I owed, and then a few months later got an unexpected refund of $50 and change. Once I got access to my online account (Which in CA requires signing up, and then waiting to receive your initial password _in the mail_ – the Franchise Tax Board’s website is incredibly clunky) I figured out what had happened. In CA you can contribute various charitable funds on your tax form, which I did. Except for some reason my contribution to that fund didn’t get processed, and they treated the amount I contributed as an “overpayment” and refunded it to me. And they paid me interest on my overpayment, which is why the refund was $50 and a few cents rather than an even $50.

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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-hate-gift-horses-and-their-damn-mouths/1001237/22 "2024-05-08T00:48:50Z")

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Did the OP buy a used electric vehicle from a licensed dealer in 2023? The federal tax credit (as part of the Inflation Reduction Act) for that tops out at exactly $4000. The paperwork would likely have been submitted by the dealer.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-i-hate-gift-horses-and-their-damn-mouths/1001237/23 "2024-05-08T00:50:13Z")

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No.  
Or, at least I hope not 🙀

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