<prompt> Human: Hi all-Quick question. Im an independent contractor for a company that paid me 72k for 2017When I got my 1099, there was an additional 8k, and my total was 80k on the form. When contacting them, they told me thank you for finding the error and that they had contacted their accountant. Accountant says that theyll cut me a check for 8,000 this year for some work Im doing for them now, pay the rest regularly, and that Ill have to pay taxes on the 8,000 for last year. With the thought being Ill have to pay 8k less in taxes this year. Could I be getting screwed here at all? Anything I should worry about? Is this illegal? Can it come back to bite me?Assistant: This seems a very convoluted workaround to just correcting the 1099.Paying taxes on 8,000 for 2017 is going to cost more than paying taxes on 8,000 for 2018 because the tax rates went down. Human: They said that correcting the 1099 is tough because the already filed all everything on their end. Is it difficult to do?  <response>: Its not tough. They just think its inconvenient. 