My first Christmas card of the season! CRAP!

[chrisinhouston]

Actually I already faxed a copy to our accountant (best money we ever spent!) and she said the amount in dispute was claimed so she is writing them a letter about it. I do fine it interesting that the letter is dated the 7th and they give you a flat 30 days to settle up or face the consequences.

There was a time when this kind of thing would have really upset me but now I just figure, "what have I got that you want so bad, well you can just have it because in the end it's just stuff..."

[chrisinhouston]

By the way, the Philadelphia office of the IRS is one of the main ones for sending out these kind of notices. I live in Texas and there is a huge facility for the IRS in Austin but this went to Philadelphia. When my mom and dad were still alive(and filing in Atlanta) and I was overseeing their finances they got the same kind of bullshit letter from the same office saying that they owed like, $60,000 because somewhere at the IRS they lost half of the return. In the end we owed them something like $26.00 due to improperly figuring some profit on a stock sale. Same accountant handled that one!

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

I do fine it interesting that the letter is dated the 7th and they give you a flat 30 days to settle up or face the consequences.

Their attitude is, we may be reviled, and we may be challenged, but we will not be ignored.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

Actually I already faxed a copy to our accountant (best money we ever spent!)

[Elspode]

Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

There was a time when this kind of thing would have really upset me but now I just figure, "what have I got that you want so bad, well you can just have it because in the end it's just stuff..."

Spoken like a man who has several bitchin' cameras, instead of just one.

[xoxoxoBruce]

You'll change your tune when they come for your drill press.

[chrisinhouston]

The saga continues.

After the IRS contacted me I got another letter about 2 weeks later asking for me to submit some financial work sheets as to how we computed the amount we owed on our return. So my accountant sent it to them via certified mail. Nothing was heard back until early May of this year when they sent me via certified mail what is known as the dreaded 90 Day Letter which basically said they had determined that I did owe the tax and I had 90 days to contest it in the US Tax Court of which there are branches in most major cities. No explanation of how they came to their conclusion or why they disallowed my calculations on my 2008 tax return; just a Send us the Money or else letter and the fact that it is the only thing they have sent me by certified mail made me a tad uneasy.

So, once again my accountant told me not to worry and sent them another certified letter with copies of the return and our worksheets and a request for them to read over everything and get back to us. She even got back the RRR post card from the Post Office with the signature of receipt and dated 5/17/2010.

Today (6/24/10), about 5 weeks from the receipt of my last letter I get a new letter from the IRS saying "Thank you for your correspondence and we will look over everything and get back to you within 60 days." How f--king hard can it be for someone there to actually pull up my return, look at the forms we submitted and the backup we sent in explaining how we came to the conclusion of what taxes were owed and actually make a decision? The letter also says that if I am not completely sure I don't owe the taxes then I should submit them now or interest will continue to be added. Like, they think I am going to send it in and then try to get it back later and with no interest paid to me for letting them bank my money.

NUTS!