Comments on: What is an IRS CP2000 Clarification Letter?

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:44:41 +0000

Yeah. I’ve never encountered the IRS since I’ve never left the Vault.

By: joshua

joshua — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:02:23 +0000

All I got out of this was Fallout 3 is greatness.

By: thomas

thomas — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:12:07 +0000

I would wet myself twice if I got a letter from the IRS.

By: savvy

savvy — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:27:36 +0000

We got one of these last year in reference to our 2006 return. It turns out I had reported the wrong W-2 income (used 2005 instead of 2006, not sure how I did that).

Once I figured out the problem, I responded to the IRS with a copy of the correct W-2 as well as what I thought I owed. They agreed and because it was an honest mistake and I responded promptly (and paid the agreed amount), they waived the penalties.

Note that, generally speaking, anything that affects your federal return will probably affect your state return as well. I filed an amended state return and got back a whopping $8