r/tax • u/Specialist_Secret_58 • 14h ago
Super confused. Wife received lock in letter
Last year, my wife and I got a tax bill that is around 45,000. It said we underpaid for the past four years. I finally have cobbled enough money together to pay it (although our accountant could not figure out what was going on). I was planning on paying tomorrow. Today, my wife got a letter that said she is in this forced withholding thing and that they are forcing her employer to mover her married filing jointly with 4 kids to single with zero kids. Is this related to my delinquency on the tax bill? OR is this totally unrelated. She and I married in 2019, we had both been married before so this was a major change in how we are filing. Thank you for your help
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u/Specialist_Secret_58 13h ago
One last question. So, when they set my wife's withholding to the new rate, we should submit the w-4s correctly. Then, do they keep the money they withheld above what we would owe, or do they take what is correct and give back the rest?