The city of detroit sent me a letter saying they made adjustments to my return resulting in more money due and sent me a bill and added late fees to it. Is this legal?

[darkluvu]

I already paid them 1644 and now they want another 1600 dollars....how can they just "adjust" my taxes and say I suddenly owe more

[Mike9241]

yes, it's legal to send you a bill if they think they've found an error.  the letter should say what they changed. we have no access to it. sometimes the taxing agency is wrong. the letter should provide a means of objecting to the change and what to submit if you do.  if not there is probably a phone number on the letter to call. have the state return in front of you and supporting documents for items on the return.

or if you don't want to handle it yourself

 The Audit Defense service is provided by TaxResources, Inc., also called TaxAudit.com, in partnership with TurboTax. If you paid for Audit Defense and you received an notice, call TaxResources, Inc. at 877-829-9695, or report your notice on their website at http://intuit.taxaudit.com/. Do not contact them until you have spoken to TaxResources. They may contact them on your behalf. if you did not pay for AD there will likely be a fee.

if the state is right you will owe the taxes penalties and interest. 

act immediately because there probably is a deadline after which more penalties and interest. 

[SweetieJean]

Do you have proof that you paid the $1644?  The city might not have received or credited it.

[SweetieJean]

@Mike9241 OP is referring to a city (not state) tax return.  Does TaxResources handle that?