Wes and I had to pay taxes for 2007. Not such a super huge deal or a big surprise, maybe a little stressful to come up with the extra cash, but not impossible. Except that the IRS are a bunch of mathematically challenged idiots. We have a payment plan to pay approximately $1300/quarter. In August, after already receiving 2 payment checks from us, they sent us a letter saying that they kept our stimulus check and that they were penalizing us and charging us interest for having not paid our taxes. We got even another letter saying that they are penalizing us further after we sent our 3rd and final check. What the *#$(*&^@*&^!!! When you try to call to say that there is a problem with your bill they are too busy and you need to call back tomorrow. It's impossible to find someone, as in a human, to talk to. Their automated system is a ridiculous waste of time.
So I made copies of all three checks that they have cashed, and the letter about our stimulus check to send to them as evidence that we paid our taxes. I tried to say as professionally as possible that they are idiots who can't perform simple addition. Also that they should not expect any payments from us in the 4th quarter, because we're paid up according to the schedule set up by our accountant. Also that I want a letter within 30 days acknowledging that our checks have been put toward our account with the penalty and interest dropped.
In the real world, like not government world, accounting like that would get you in trouble with the IRS. You can't just cash checks and not apply them to some account!! I'm furious that there's no one to talk to about this to get this solved in a reasonable amount of time. Then again they could just hand that money back to me because I don't want our hard earned money put toward bailing out other idiots. Let them fail that's how capitalism works!! Be glad this is typed because I'm screaming in my brain. It may explode.
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When we had a problem with our taxes a few years ago, I marched into the downtown office, after several useless phone calls, and got it taken care of in 10 minutes! They apparently don't like dealing with angry PMS-ing women face to face!
"...angry PMS-ing women..." (I'm laughing hysterically!)
Do it, Andrea. Take the screams from inside your head and deal with the IRS as all IRS should be dealt with!!! The government is made up of idiots. Did you hear about the guy that writes the IRS rules, Rep. Rangel? How he "forgot" to pay his taxes? How he didn't know he was supposed to pay them? IDIOTS!!! Just tell them that if Rangel doesn't have to pay, neither do you and you want your money back!
doesn't it just make you cringe to know that these people are running the government and using our money?
yikes
You may need to meet with a CPA. They should be able to work with the IRS and have all the charges reversed.
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