text: tax question - earned income credit overpayment? my wife and i filed our taxes with the 1040 form. we dropped this information off to our tax consultants.  when we picked it up they told us we are getting $4870 back.  yesterday i was filing and i noticed that she left out a w2 for $10,775.  i checked online and the eic should have been $2219.  that is a $2,651 difference.  we already received our return and spent it.  i am very concerned because we dont have the money to replace this.  i was wondering what the irs usually does in this siutation.  i was told that sometimes they will just take it out of next years return. can some please help me answer this question? the tax consultant should be responsible for the mistake.  go back to them and have them rectify the situation.  it might mean repaying the over-payment, true, but the irs is good about payment plans.