<prompt> Human: I need some advice on the best way to handle this situation. Im 25 years old and havent been in a situation like this. Last year, my wife and I filed for taxes as one. We emailed our W2s to the company that was doing our taxes for us. My income was 128,000 and hers was 23,000. The company did their thing and emailed us back the summery for us to sign and submit. I am HORRIBLE at reading any instructions or terms and conditions, so I just quickly glanced at it and made sure names, address, SSN..etc was correct, then signed it and emailed back. So a year later today I get a letter from IRS saying we owe an additional 6,000 after fees. After reviewing, the company that did our taxes filed a joint 1040 for my wife and I, but for some reason put her occupation as house wife instead of dental assistant, and 0 income instead of 23,000. So IRS corrected our summery from 128K to 156K. It was my first time making that much money, so I think I saw the 128K and thought it was our combined income.. so there was that mistake on my part by seeing it and still signing. But the company did in fact mess up and leave 23,000 off. So can anyone please advise me on what to do here? Or at least what step I can take  <response>: The IRS are not violent tax payer eaters. They are actually easy to work with, for the most part. So give them a call. They can help you work out a payment plan, if you need to do that.Also, many tax preparers give some kind of guarantee. If yours has a guarantee, you might pursue that. However, by not catching the mistake before you signed the return, you probably forfeited any rights you had.Tax firms make mistakes and include deliberate falsehoods on returns all the time. You cannot depend on any business firm absolutely, because they are all composed of fallible humans like you and me. So next time, get yourself and your wife a drink, sit down together somewhere comfortable, and make sure you both read every page. As an adult, she is equally responsible, and it is a burden you both need to bear together. 