Yeah. I think the tax prep companies try to spread the image of the IRS as some giant evil fiend who will steal all your money and/or apply the death penalty to

Yeah. I think the tax prep companies try to spread the image of the IRS as some giant evil fiend who will steal all your money and/or apply the death penalty to you if you file your taxes wrong. But no, they just want what they're owed, no more and no less. Some years back, I accidentally used the "single filers" tax table instead of the "married filing jointly" tax table, and the IRS actually mailed me a check returning my overpayment amount out of the blue some weeks later.