It could have been a lot worse of course, but it turns out that I had forgotten to show some mutual fund earnings in our 2009 returns and the IRS added other items to it and asked us to respond. Well, as my astute MIL pointed out, we actually lost money on those funds, and now the government owes us some money.
IRS Tax Shelter
photo credit: JD Hancock
So something good came out of the bad. Not a lot of money mind you, but some to spend on a nice dinner and a toy for Lucien.
