Tax whoops

Today when clearing the desk off today I discovered my 2013 W-2 under some papers on the desk with all the tear offs in place, I thought that was odd as I put all my tax paper work away last week. I decided to take a closer look and pulled the folder out, inside I found my 2012 W-2 (in the 2013 folder) missing the tear off portion that I had to staple to the 2013 tax returns. I did used the correct information from the online (ADP pay roll) so nothing will change.

Now how do I unberkeley this? Should I just resubmit all my paperwork with the correct W-2 or should I contact the IRS and state (MD) about fixing this.

Thanks Paul B

Move to South America and hope they don't find you?

Rio de janeiro sounds nice this time of the year

Did you make more this year than you did last year?

Yes, but I was only with this employer for three month's, 2013 W-2 is for the full year. The amounts used to calculate the 2013 taxes are correct when compared to the correct paper W-2.

I think the only answer involves hiding in the Amazon rain forest until you develop some hideous tropical disease that will slowly kill you.

The alternative is to attempt to find the right person to talk to at the government, and then convince them to fix your very simple mistake.

What Datsun1500 said. I forgot to attach the forms (in my case 1099's) a couple years ago. I never did get a request for them. I assume that since all that stuff is computerized now and they have the W2's and 1099's on file electronically they don't really need he paper copies.

Now that I use TurboTax and E-file I never send in any papers.

You might be surprised at how helpful they are if you contact them. It's easy to think "it's the government, they are too big to care", but my recent dealings with the Maryland MVA proved that they A.) actually understood the problem at hand and B.) were really flexible in working with me through e-mail since I don't have a phone out where I am for the next few months. I gave them what they needed to prove the sale of a car happened at a certain date and--BAM!--issue resolved. No fees, no late charges, just an e-mail from a human being saying, "This issue has been resolved. Thank you for your attention."

Good luck!

For I don't know how many years, I do my taxes, send it in, the irs changes it, and sends me what they think it should be. This has been going on this way for something like 20+ years now.

At this pint in the game, it seems like the irs just fixes whatever they think I did as a mistake, and we all go on merrily. If I were in your shoes, I'd wait and see if the irs simply corrects it, using their own copies of you w2, which they already have.

+1 to what Datsun1500 and Foxtrapper said. Several years ago we typed the wrong number from a provided form and sent our return in. The IRS made the adjustment and sent us a letter saying what the number should be. No nasty letters or any thing like that.

It's almost like they know what are taxes should be even before we do.

I have talked it over with a few other people and most of them agree with you guys saying "let it ride" , if the IRS ask I will just tell them I am human.

Thanks Paul B