KimACady t1_jduyjii wrote on March 27, 2023 at 11:58 AM

Reply to comment by YogurtclosetActual75 in TIFU By offering to do my ex's taxes for her by Greninja7872

I was wondering about that. I can't see the IRS auditing her, either. However if she were to take that 3500 bonus off her income wouldn't the IRS immediately flag the discrepancy between her W2 and what she reported as income. I mean, that has to be automated by now!

One time several years (when I still did my taxes completely by hand) ago I mistakenly flipped two digits when I adding my wife's and my W2 taxable income. Within about 1 month I got a notification from the IRS notifying me of the discrepancy along with a check for the additional refund that resulted from my error. I'm confident that the IRS would handle her return similarly.

YogurtclosetActual75 t1_jduz174 wrote on March 27, 2023 at 12:02 PM

I think you're probably right. I didn't think about the discrepancy between the return and the w2. If she e-files, the return might get rejected from the get-go. Either way, none of it is OP's problem.