• CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    The 1040ez is even worse! Everything in the 1040ez the government already has on you!

    1040 with a schedule A I get. If you have some sort of situation where you need to deduct medical debt or something like that, something the government wouldn’t already have.

    But 1040ez…literally is you just sending the government the info on your W-2.

    That’s it.

    And if you get it wrong, straight to jail.

    • candybrie@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      If you just messed up, the penalty is… paying the tax you should have originally. Or receiving the refund you should have originally.

      It’s only if you are actually committing fraud (which requires intent) that you go to jail.