<prompt> Human: Hello PF,My wife and I were married on April 16th this year. Obviously, this was a very busy time for both us and our accountant.My wife pays estimated quarterly taxes, as a self-employed attorney. She hired an accountant to handle her year-end work, as her K1 from her law firm wasnt in yet and she knew shed need to navigate through extensions and whatnot.The accountant offered to pay her taxes while we were on our honeymoon and said that we could pay them back when we got back in town. Shes just been transitioning back into private practice and hasnt made much yet, so we were only anticipating a tax bill of around 4k.When we got home we found out that the accountant had paid 17k. He forgot to take the quarterly payments into account. At no point during this process did he or anybody from his office ever mention to my wife that they were paying a 17k bill -- my wife would have known something was wrong and put the brakes on that immediately.The accountant is now saying that we are responsible for cutting him a check for the full 17k right away. That doesnt seem fair as it was his mistake in the first place that made the payment so high, and that their failure to confirm the amount with my wife would have stopped the problem as well.We are meeting with the accountant tomorrow morning. What are my options here? Why cant he just get the overage back from the government? My wife and I werent exactly prepared to be paying a year of taxes in advance.  <response>: When we got home we found out that the accountant had paid 17k.Well that just doesnt make any sense. The accountant tells you how much to pay the Fed, they dont do it themselves, and certainly not out of their own money. So unless youve got some massive escrow account with this guy, something is very fishy here. Perhaps hes ready to flee the country and needs some walking around money? 