@vthottat
I forgot to mention the “accepted“ issue as well. When a tax return is accepted for processing, that only means that it has past basic checks for security and quality control — that it is being submitted by the person named, and that the tax return is complete, and there aren’t any required forms or calculations that are missing or incorrect.
Acceptance is not an endorsement that the return is correct. The IRS has three years to audit tax returns, or six years in the case of deliberate fraud or a deficiency of more than 25%. If you want to play the IRS lottery, you could do nothing for now, and wait the six years to see if they catch the mistake. On the other hand, if they do catch the mistake, you could be saddled with substantial interest and penalties, in addition to the tax owed. The IRS might also audit the employer if they begin to wonder why some of the employees are not paying Social Security tax.
anyway, you know you owe the tax, so start setting aside some money and you can prepare an amended return with form SS8 in a couple of weeks.
