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re: Payroll Screw-up...need Advice

Posted on 7/1/14 at 2:19 pm to
Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
12775 posts
Posted on 7/1/14 at 2:19 pm to
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I would go with option 3.
No you wouldn't.
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and sent it in as an estimated tax payment to both the IRS and whatever state you are in.

For what? That's silly. That's why we file returns at YE. Would you send in your estimated taxes early if they gave you a $2k bonus check that didn't have the taxes taken out?
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I say this because I would not necessairly trust the company to get it right with option 2, and option 1 *might* cause a headache down the road.

Like what? You're just complicating the issue even further.
Posted by Croacka
Denham Springs
Member since Dec 2008
61441 posts
Posted on 7/1/14 at 2:25 pm to
Couldn't he face an underpayment penalty though if he waits until year end?
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
37157 posts
Posted on 7/1/14 at 3:24 pm to
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No you wouldn't.


Actually, I would not have suggested it if I would not have done it myself.

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Would you send in your estimated taxes early if they gave you a $2k bonus check that didn't have the taxes taken out?


Yes, I would. I'd rather play it safe and not risk forgetting about it, or causing a problem down the road.

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Like what? You're just complicating the issue even further.


Not at all, I'm actually making it very simple. I don't know the dollar amount involved here, or, what the taxpayer has dealt with in the past. I'm choosing the safest option.

But then again, I'm not one that worries about the piddling amounts of interest I would make by saving the money and paying it later. To me, the knowledge of eliminating any potential issues (that may or may not actually occur) at tax time next year is more than wotth the tiny amount of interest to be gained by saving it now.
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