[Mr Rogers]

Except for fraud, the IRS almost never goes back more than 3 years. And you could not have claimed ANYTHING involving a house using a 1040EZ. So...what were you really doing?

[Viking2002]

I never said I used a 1040EZ for the new house in that instance. It was something that went by the state in '13 when we financed the place and the IRS got semi-involved now. Some crap about 'pay this by 1/1/2020 or we'll have the IRS pay it for you from your federal refund, if you get one'. My wife was already dealing with it when the letter from the state revenue office came and I opened it. I let her deal with that stuff because I have a typical guy brain when it comes to math and taxes. I can't even balance the checkbooks. And the prior instance was the IRS auditing itself at random and caught what they thought was a taxpayer filing error from several years prior. I wish they'd do it again because I could use an extra grand right now. 🤣