u/candleelit

Puppy, dad and mom in first picture.

I pick her up August 4th! Bi minimal white Australian Shepard. Thank you and have a great 4th of July.

I don’t have any questions. I am just letting you know my experiences and the mistakes I made. Please don’t come for me in the comments. I didn’t know the sun was a star until ninth grade astronomy.

I filed my taxes in January because I’m 30 years old and know nothing about life still.

I just really needed the money and figured if filed sooner than it would get processed sooner. Well, that was my first mistake.

I have kids and I’m claiming the credits for them so there’s really no point to file before February 21 or whenever.

My next mistake was when I filed my W-2 with my employer. I asked them to take out taxes plus an additional $80 a paycheck because I wanted a big refund so when I went to file my taxes early, I added up the two numbers which was the federal income tax withholding as well as Social Security tax withheld. I thought SS meant additional tax… I don’t know what I thought.

But no, SS meant Social Security so when I filed I was worried that I would be looked at for fraud or a frivolous refund since I was expected to get back 12,000 instead of the proper amount of 10,000, so I amended on February 13.

Turns out my employer was ONLY taking out $80 a paycheck so there was no two numbers…just the one federal income tax withheld number.

And it’s looking like the processing time is about 16 weeks! And I got $50 in interest from the IRS WMR only says return received for both refund and amended refund.

Since the new amended amount is showing as a positive does this mean the system thinks it already gave me the original refund and I will owe? I never got the original refund. Or will it correct itself?