It's kind of funny. I saw an option to allow the IRS to do my math for me with the caveat of no direct deposit, or I could do it myself with direct deposit.
I did it myself so I could get my refund sooner; apparently, I also did it wrong so the IRS corrected it for me and sent me my extra money--about $600 extra. It's kind of funny, even if you do the math yourself, the IRS still does the math for you and corrects any mistakes. This is the second time I messed up my 1040xx and got a better refund because the IRS has better math skills than me. Now if only I didn't owe Virginia every year. It makes me want to move back to Texas sometimes. Unless they re-instituded income tax back there.
When I was in the navy I'd tease my roommates. State income tax? What's that? In virginia I hate it. I might not hate it so much if I didn't end up having to pay extra every year while the US goverment keeps sending me money. It also annoys me that my taxable income for Virginia is much more than for Federal.

For the last few days I've been biting my nails over the extra $600 that was deposited into my bank account. Should I spend it or will it be taken out just as quickly? I wondered. Today I get my explaination letter.
Basically, I misread line 26. It started. "If you were displaced by katrina" or something to that effect, so I stopped reading. Apparently I shouldn't have, because at the end of the line it said, "otherwise, multiply $3,300 by the number of exemptions clamed on 6a."
*blush*