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Once the IRS has finished recalculating returns and issuing refunds, I assume the IRS will provide guidance regarding those returns that fell through the cracks, which will probably be early fall. All we call we can do is wait.

"Congress introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at changing the estimated tax payment deadlines to a uniform, quarterly schedule. Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Arizona, and Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, introduced the Tax Deadline Simplification Act on Tuesday. The legislation would set the estimated tax installment deadlines to 15 days after the end of each quarter, moving the deadlines to Jan. 15, April 15, July 15, and Oct. 15. It would affect individual taxpayers, small businesses, estates, and trusts." This makes a lot of sense!

All you can do is calmly explain the situation and tell her to be patient. Telling her it's a mess doesn't help.

I also have a client in the same situation. For now all I could tell her was to go ahead and pay the small amount owed and hope IRS takes the payment into consideration when refunding. My fear is it will take them way to long to straighten this out that she will keep getting letters and finally IRS helps themselves to her money. All I can say is what a mess!

And, my clients don't get the dates, no matter how I remind them.

And there's the problem. None of my few gamblers have any interest in keeping detailed logs.