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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 4273121" data-attributes="member: 5412">I got one of those letters back in the late 80's from the IRS. I did my own taxes for years and never had an issue. Ex wife called me crying that the letter said we owed them $40,000 because of a child care deduction mistake. I wasn't making near that figure annually so knew it was a mistake. Checking and savings account were frozen. Lien on the house. Called the IRS office in OKC, went line by line through the return and was told that I was actually $1 and some change over. They owed me a refund. Told her that I always rounded up in the governments favor to eliminate any discussion. A couple of months later with hand cut checks from my employer, a letter from a CPA with a copy of the return, I got an I'm sorry letter. A little trivia here. The person cutting those checks for me in accounting has been my wife for almost 36 years now after the ex-bailed out.</blockquote>