Why TurboTax's Mistake Led to a $10,000 IRS Bill and 50% Penalty

Becoming Financially Confident · Sep 24, 2026 · 59m · transcript

Hosts: Ralph Estep Jr, a licensed public accountant of over 30 years + Juliet, a first-time entrepreneur.

Here's what we got into today:

A fake bank login scam that's cost people $262 million since January, and the bookmark trick I use to stay out of it

Why card surcharges up to 3% are pushing more shoppers back to paying cash

A new prison bail scam where inmates use smuggled phones to trick families, including one case where someone sent $12,000 over Cash App

Juliet and I go back and forth on whether Kalshi and Polymarket are just gambling with better branding, then she puts me through a…