We got a letter from the IRS that under what they call the "Withholding Compliance Program" they have instructed my employer to set my tax withholding status to Single and dependent allowances to 0.
According to the IRS the purpose of the program is to
"The mission of the Withholding Compliance program (WHC) is to ensure taxpayers who have serious under-withholding problems are brought into compliance with federal income tax withholding requirements. The program uses Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, information to identify taxpayers with insufficient withholding.
The goal is to correct withholding to ensure that taxpayers have enough income tax withheld to meet their withholding tax obligations."
So in other words they want my withholding high enough so that I will get a refund and will not owe additional tax at the end of the year.
But for at least the last 15 years I have never owed taxes at the end of the year. In fact we can generally expect a couple thousand dollar refund based on the fact that i am married, my wife does not have an income and I have three dependent children.
My employer tells me my W-4 is all very reasonable and that the IRS is crazy to demand that they withhold my taxes as if I was single and no kids. It will only significantly reduce my take home pay for the year and increase my tax return from a couple thousand to possibly 5 figures but they are required to comply until I can prove to the IRS they are morons for doing this in the first place.
So now I have to send the IRS a bullshit letter with all kinds of documentation when they should just have noticed from all my previous tax returns for at least 15 years since I have never owed any tax at the end of the year.
What kind of moron at the IRS would just decide to do this based on zero reason to do so?
Eta: By the way, if i don't send a letter detailing to them that they are moron shitheads within a month they will fine me $500.
According to the IRS the purpose of the program is to
"The mission of the Withholding Compliance program (WHC) is to ensure taxpayers who have serious under-withholding problems are brought into compliance with federal income tax withholding requirements. The program uses Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, information to identify taxpayers with insufficient withholding.
The goal is to correct withholding to ensure that taxpayers have enough income tax withheld to meet their withholding tax obligations."
So in other words they want my withholding high enough so that I will get a refund and will not owe additional tax at the end of the year.
But for at least the last 15 years I have never owed taxes at the end of the year. In fact we can generally expect a couple thousand dollar refund based on the fact that i am married, my wife does not have an income and I have three dependent children.
My employer tells me my W-4 is all very reasonable and that the IRS is crazy to demand that they withhold my taxes as if I was single and no kids. It will only significantly reduce my take home pay for the year and increase my tax return from a couple thousand to possibly 5 figures but they are required to comply until I can prove to the IRS they are morons for doing this in the first place.
So now I have to send the IRS a bullshit letter with all kinds of documentation when they should just have noticed from all my previous tax returns for at least 15 years since I have never owed any tax at the end of the year.
What kind of moron at the IRS would just decide to do this based on zero reason to do so?
Eta: By the way, if i don't send a letter detailing to them that they are moron shitheads within a month they will fine me $500.
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