A few months ago we got a letter in the mail from an IRS informing us that we were being audited for 2005. As in, the year we married, moved states, had more than four jobs between us, and changed dependent status. We weren’t surprised to hear that something might have slipped through the cracks, but we were hoping H&R Block would cover us, since they were responsible for our taxes that year.
Turns out, however, the IRS just wanted to repay us for the extra taxes we paid in. Thank you! The check just arrived (and was cashed), so it appears auditing really can run both ways.
Apparently New York is cracking down and doing thousands more audits for 2006, since they have reason to think underpayment is costing them millions. That would be the year in which I tried doing our taxes (my first encounter with any tax documents whatsoever), so we’ll hope for the best!
Erin
Alan Schmierer