I Fought the IRS for Over $12K and won

13 Apr 2025 This is a story about how I overpaid my 2021 taxes due to an error in TurboTax and spent nearly three years trying to recover more than $12,000 from the IRS! I began writing this back in 2022, in the midst of frustration with TurboTax and the IRS, but waited to finish writing and publish it until I knew the ending. And I’m happy to say that although I had nearly given up hope, I successfully recovered my $12K tax refund, with interest, in 2025! I want to share the story not only because I think it’s fascinating, but because I also hope it helps anyone else who finds themself in a similar situation. The Error The story begins in back in March, 2022. Although I’d always disliked Intuit and knew they lobby to make taxes worse, I’d been using TurboTax to file my taxes for many years. Every time tax season rolled around, I just wanted a quick and cheap solution to get my taxes done. TurboTax was always the easy answer and, like always, I filed my 2021 taxes with TurboTax. My ... Read full article.