Took the wrong deduction and now I owe - what now?
My wife and I file separately. I started a couple of online businesses and work as an independent contractor for another job. So, we were under the impression we had to take the itemized deduction in order to "write off" some of the work expenses.
Filing standardized would've given me a refund of a couple of hundred bucks, but filing itemized made me owe $1900! Now I'm basically giving away money to the IRS. I have not filed, but she has already filed and received her return. Is there any way to fix this or do I just have to bite the bullet and pay the $1900??