...and I don't want to end up owing interest on the amount they gave me or other nasty IRS consequences!
Basically the story is this: I filed electronically through TurboTax on the 6th, got my refund on the 28th, happy early bird over here--except they gave me ~$1800 back instead of ~$300 back. Finally got to talk to a person after going through various phone menus this morning and she said "you'll be receiving your notice in the mail, basically this is your refund plus a return of the overpayments you made throughout the year."
I can't figure out why they think these are overpayments. I have been paying my estimated tax every quarter since I've been a graduate student on a grant, which means that taxes are not taken out of my paycheck and I have to pay estimated quarterlies, I did this last year and the year before and it was totally fine. I have a W2 from my university for the ~$14,000 I have been paid from them since the grant ended in September, and I didn't and will not receive a W2 for my salary paid from the grant (~$16,000) since I didn't last year (total income ~$30,000), I guess grants are weird.
I don't want to be charged interest on this money or be audited about it in the future! But the lady I talked to over the phone kept saying "these are overpayments you made in 2018, your account balance is now zero" and wouldn't acknowledge anything else I said about them not computing my income correctly!
Sorry if I left out any info, this is my first time posting here.
Thanks for any help you can give me!
Submitted January 30, 2019 at 10:21AM by uvreactive http://bit.ly/2Bb9mSV
