Hello, I am new to this subreddit.
About a month ago, I received a letter from the IRS of returning the $1400 to them (I received a direct deposit of the $1400 couple months ago). However, as much as I'd like to pay back the money, I do not have enough money unfortunately to pay it back. I was thinking of calling them first but I don't know on where to start or what to do, and I'm too nervous and scared to call them. I wish I kept the $1400 instead of spending or using it to pay my cc bills.
Any helpful advice and tips would be grateful
Thank you all!
Posted by ineedtostop11
3 Comments
Contact them and explain what happened, and request that they setup a payment plan. The IRS is scary, but if you contact them and be fully honest, they are usually very helpful.
You can set up a 6 month repayment plan on their website that takes 2 minutes.
I don’t work for the IRS but I do work for a state level tax agency.
Just call them. Your case is just one of thousands like it. You won’t be yelled at or treated like a criminal.
I don’t know what options they may be able to provide to you but you won’t be dealing with angry debt collectors like it seems you may be worried about.