SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Internal Revenue Service has sent letters to taxpayers throughout California telling them they owe money — and hefty penalties and interest — for their 2021 taxes even though they had already paid everything they were obligated to pay.
Tax preparers throughout the state have heard from anxious clients about the written notices, clients who generally have paid on time for years and view any such formal IRS correspondence with dread.
Jason Russell, a Sacramento certified public accountant, got one of the letters himself. So did many of his clients and others.
