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Anyone else dislike the IRS as much as I do right now??? I've been on hold for more than an hour with them now...still haven't talked to a person...just responded to a computer.
They are trying to disallow a deduction for 2008...want me to send them $1424 more!!! They tried this about 20 years ago...I beat them then...I'll beat them again. I think they're still pi$$ed off after all these years!!!
They are trying to disallow a deduction for 2008...want me to send them $1424 more!!! They tried this about 20 years ago...I beat them then...I'll beat them again. I think they're still pi$$ed off after all these years!!!
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Just got off the phone...about an hour and a half. Before I hung up...one of the denied deductions was reversed...and...once I send in receipts for the other two...they will be dropped also.
I guess I win round 2 also!!!
I guess I win round 2 also!!!
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You know Andy...what really annoys me about you is that you never take a stance...you always pu$$y foot around an issue...you're always on the fence!!! 
Reps to you for that response!!!
Reps to you for that response!!!
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In a good, 'brotherly' way, man........
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Good for you Ken!
And yes, we are all behind you in hating the worst ogre of all the federal departments.
And yes, we are all behind you in hating the worst ogre of all the federal departments.
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Hating the IRS because we have to pay taxes is like hating the police for arresting you for a crime. It's the elected officials who write the tax laws we should hate. And yes, I do hate them for it.
But, here is a reason to hate the IRS....
Frills, not jobs, filling posh IRS digs - BostonHerald.com
This stuff makes me sick to my stomach.
But, here is a reason to hate the IRS....
Frills, not jobs, filling posh IRS digs - BostonHerald.com
This stuff makes me sick to my stomach.
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Ray, it's not just hating the IRS for our paying taxes, it's their means of doing business. They put the onus on you to prove everything, and all they need is an accusation to extract funds from you.
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I don't disagree with you except to say that they are doing their jobs and acting with the powers given to them by the tax laws.
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I'll give a nod to Ray's comments.
The whole system sux. Politicians created it. The people at the IRS are forced to deal with it and try to work within it. The rest of us suffer UNDER it. It's an impossible job for an impossible system.
Revenue is revenue. Even under a FairTax, there would likely be a small IRS presence at the Fed and the State level, but NOTHING like it is now....(no need).
The whole system sux. Politicians created it. The people at the IRS are forced to deal with it and try to work within it. The rest of us suffer UNDER it. It's an impossible job for an impossible system.
Revenue is revenue. Even under a FairTax, there would likely be a small IRS presence at the Fed and the State level, but NOTHING like it is now....(no need).
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Here's a little IRS story from a few years ago. I have a habit of moving around a lot - as anyone who pays attention to the little "Location" thing in the header of my posts has probably noticed. The IRS was trying to get in touch with me for a tax bill that I didn't know about because they disallowed a deduction from a return a few years back. They thought that I owed them a few thousands bucks. I did not hear a word from them at all about this. Except when they garnished my wages two weeks before Christmas. It wasn't small, either - they took about 75% of my paycheck without ANY warning whatsoever. I was traveling for work at the time and so I didn't have access to any of my returns, records, or anything else. I called them up and their answer was, well that's just too bad. They were completely unhelpful and unresponsive. They did not care one bit what kind of hardship they caused for me or my family for the holiday season.
**** the IRS.
**** the IRS.
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My last run in with the IRS was in the 80s...the very last year of "Income Averaging". My income had taken a substantial jump due to a promotion at work and a couple real estate transactions. My tax return...which was about an inch thick was screaming "Audit Me" as I dropped it into the mailbox on April 15th along with my check.
Sure enough...a few months later...I got the dreaded letter inviting me in to face an examiner for a formal audit. To make a long story short(er)...after about $1400 for my CPA...the IRS agreed that I was right. No apology...no nothing!!!
Sure enough...a few months later...I got the dreaded letter inviting me in to face an examiner for a formal audit. To make a long story short(er)...after about $1400 for my CPA...the IRS agreed that I was right. No apology...no nothing!!!
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Andy....I might be speaking out of my you-know-what, but I think they have a statute of limitations of 7 years to try to garner money from a taxpayer from a past tax form......
And in my case, in 2006, they sent a letter telling me about money I owed from 2000 (6 years.....).
Doesn't give you much time to work it out before garnishment, does it?
I'm with ya, man. It's a rotten system. The personal income tax is a whisker under 1-trillion in revenues for the governmet (out of a 2-trillion + revenue from all sources....). I wonder how many billions the government wastes just chasing revenues from that sector of their income?
It's a burden on all of us, and it's a needless justification for expanded government (by requiring a huge Internal Revenue Service), and it's just an out-and-out waste of money and resources.
And in my case, in 2006, they sent a letter telling me about money I owed from 2000 (6 years.....).
Doesn't give you much time to work it out before garnishment, does it?
I'm with ya, man. It's a rotten system. The personal income tax is a whisker under 1-trillion in revenues for the governmet (out of a 2-trillion + revenue from all sources....). I wonder how many billions the government wastes just chasing revenues from that sector of their income?
It's a burden on all of us, and it's a needless justification for expanded government (by requiring a huge Internal Revenue Service), and it's just an out-and-out waste of money and resources.