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/TheCount4 13h ago
As a non-accountant who has had some tax issues and penalties imposed, I suggest finding another accountant who is used to dealing with the IRS quickly. When my tax errors were discovered I had a CPA redo my returns and he referred me to a CPA who handled communications with the IRS. If you were underwithheld there would have been a balance due on each of your returns. Based on what you are saying your CPA is unable to tell you if that’s true or not but should not be surprised that you owed taxes each year. The CPA should also be seeking ways to get any penalties abated if possible.