I receive a pension due on the first of each month. During
2016 each direct deposit was done on the first business day of the month (if the first fell on a weekend the direct deposit was done on Monday). I receive a monthly Earnings Statement showing each payment being on the first of the month even if deposited after the first.Reviewing my bank statement for December 2016 shows a pension deposit on 12/01 and on 12/30. That second deposit isn't supposed to be there, but it is.
Clearly as the money was received in 2016 it is 2016 income. The paperwork says otherwise. My 01/01/2017 Earnings Statement shows YTD for 2017 as the amount paid me on 12/30/2016.
It is a major Trust company that messed this up for me and I have to assume for thousands of other payees.
What am I supposed to do? Waste my time and energy trying to inform this major Trust company they messed this up big time. Or just let it go as not my problem.
I have already decided it is not my problem.
Can anyone cites cases of the IRS taking action against payers for year end messups like this?