I just had this happen too!!!! only mine was for about seven bucks...

Yeah, your life sucks.

To be fair, I've seen President Obama doing more things from his own agenda (health care, ect.) than fixing Bush's mistakes. As a matter of fact, he has continued those mistakes even though he ran on the platform of reversing them (the Patriot Act). *shrug*

I agree with many above. Why bitching about doing your taxes well. I would have been happy to hear this.

To the morons who don't understand how a tax refund (and yes, it's a tax refund... the "tax return" is the paperwork you file, the refund is money you get back) could be received in October, it works like this: Tax returns are due April 15. But you can file your return any time before or after that date. If you file after, and you owe money, you will be penalized for filing late. But if you don't owe (or are getting a refund) and you file late, there is no penalty. Some people file years late and owe no penalties because they were due a refund. Some people file their returns in October and are due a refund of $1.36. And they get it a few weeks after filing.

Riiiight... IRS will audit you for owing one dollar. That makes sense. If you've been audited, it's because you either have a high income, were randomly selected, or you did something very stupid with your tax return. It has nothing to do with how much you owe. In fact, if you admit you owe a lot in tax, they WON'T audit you! They don't need to, because you already admitted you owe. The IRS depends on people being ignorant of how they operate. It makes their job easier when people are afraid of them.

my brother got a penny once

a dollar's a dollar. Imagine if the government didn't waste paper and time to send you that dollar. You might have had to go without a dollar cheeseburger from Mcdonald's and wouldn't that have just been awful?

i'm failing to see the FML...you got $1.36

Don't spend it all in one place.