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Posted: 8/12/2007 5:48:18 PM EDT

The wife just handed me a letter from the IRS stating we still owe a few thousand $$$. Just looked up the check online with our bank and the check cleared on 4/19. Why does that date ring a bell?

F-ing IRS!!!!

Posted: 8/12/2007 5:49:32 PM EDT

[#1]

Do your taxes earlier?

Posted: 8/12/2007 5:50:29 PM EDT

[#2]

Your to blame. The IRS is a well oiled machine

Posted: 8/12/2007 5:51:27 PM EDT

[#3]

April 19 eh.

Do you mean the Branch Davidian compound burning down, or the Oklahoma City bombing, or the day before Hitlers birthday, or the day before 4/20.

April is one f'ed up month.

Posted: 8/12/2007 5:51:32 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Do your taxes earlier?

It was mailed on 4/13. Why should I give them my hard earned money any damn sooner than I have to? Besides, that's not the point. The checked cleared and it's August. I know the gov't is slow but not that damn slow.

Posted: 8/12/2007 5:52:37 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Do your taxes earlier?

It was mailed on 4/13.

The day before the Titanic sank!

Posted: 8/12/2007 5:54:19 PM EDT

[#6]

An illegal stole your identity, and that's the taxes that HE owes.

Posted: 8/12/2007 5:56:50 PM EDT

[#7]

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An illegal stole your identity, and that's the taxes that HE owes.

That would be even worse. However, what they say we owe is exactly the amount that the checked cleared for with the exception of the fine and interest.

That's the other thing that gets me. I owe them interest if I don't pay on time but they don't return the favor?

Posted: 8/12/2007 6:00:15 PM EDT

[#8]

Time to get on the hotline... They should be able to figure it out with the information you've got. Maybe something got keyed in wrong.

Posted: 8/12/2007 6:00:46 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
The wife just handed me a letter from the IRS stating we still owe a few thousand $$$. Just looked up the check online with our bank and the check cleared on 4/19. Why does that date ring a bell?

F-ing IRS!!!!

I'm confused. Does the letter refer to before the check cleared? If so, why did it take them 4 months to send the letter?

Posted: 8/12/2007 6:00:57 PM EDT

[#10]

Send me another check and I will take care of it for you.

Posted: 8/12/2007 6:07:24 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Do your taxes earlier?

It was mailed on 4/13.

The day before the Titanic sank!

The Titanic sank on April 14? Wow, that explains a lot...

My ex's birthday is April 14.

Posted: 8/12/2007 6:13:55 PM EDT

[#12]

Man, don't lose the plot. They make mistakes and I bet it won't take too much effort to clear it up.

Call them.

Posted: 8/12/2007 6:13:58 PM EDT

[#13]

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... Maybe something got keyed in wrong.

...the votes on the 16th Amendment?

Posted: 8/12/2007 6:14:47 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:

Quoted:
The wife just handed me a letter from the IRS stating we still owe a few thousand $$$. Just looked up the check online with our bank and the check cleared on 4/19. Why does that date ring a bell?

F-ing IRS!!!!

I'm confused. Does the letter refer to before the check cleared? If so, why did it take them 4 months to send the letter?

No, it refers to what is owed before 8/27 of this year.

Posted: 8/12/2007 6:15:04 PM EDT

[#15]

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The Titanic sank on April 14? Wow, that explains a lot...

My ex's birthday is April 14.

April is cursed I tell ya! CURSED!

Virginia Tech massacre, April 16th!

Posted: 8/12/2007 6:16:09 PM EDT

[#16]

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Man, don't lose the plot. They make mistakes and I bet it won't take too much effort to clear it up.

Call them.

Dude! I've called them everything I can think of...oh, you mean on the phone?

Wife is going to take care of it tomorrow knowing how I feel about them.

Posted: 8/13/2007 12:40:23 AM EDT

[#17]

Oh, that's just a love letter in disguise.

IRS is the nicest group you'll ever deal with - they'll let you pay it out for the rest of your life and you probably will, just like the rest of us.

You do realize you can't deduct your gun purchases, right ? LOL

Posted: 8/13/2007 4:27:00 AM EDT

[#18]

I had the same kind of letter from the fuckwads @ the IRS. I simply made a photocopy of the cleared check and mailed it to them with a "Dear IRS, you fucked up, correct your error" letter.

Posted: 8/13/2007 4:31:55 AM EDT

[#19]

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www.fairtax.org

Amen brother! I have supported that idea even back when the CATS was active in promoting it.

CATS = Citizens for an Alternative Tax System.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the method of taxation is but a detail. The real issue is spending. As long as spending remains at the Drunken Sailor level, they'll get the money to fund it, one way or another.

the best way to right this ship is first reform the method of taxation first followed by the spending. Also the Fairtax is the best way for someone to opt out of the system. Just don't spend any more than what you need.

Posted: 8/13/2007 5:06:00 AM EDT

[#20]

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April 19 eh.

Do you mean the Branch Davidian compound burning down, or the Oklahoma City bombing, or the day before Hitlers birthday, or the day before 4/20.

April is one f'ed up month.

Well, in 1775 in a couple of towns in Massachusetts called Lexington & Concord...

Please tell me you were joking with the recent history...

Posted: 8/13/2007 5:12:20 AM EDT

[#21]

The government! Do what we tell you to do or we will make you do it.

Posted: 8/13/2007 6:07:36 AM EDT

[#22]

thats why you should send it certified return receipt to have a paper trail. you could have shown them the postmark and said to take a leap

Posted: 8/13/2007 6:31:40 AM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
the best way to right this ship is first reform the method of taxation first followed by the spending.

Except they won't cut spending.

Posted: 8/13/2007 9:08:15 AM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:

Quoted:
the best way to right this ship is first reform the method of taxation first followed by the spending.

Except they won't cut spending.

Thus, reform the method of collection.

But wait, that means they have to stop using taxes as a weapon of class warfare.

Yep, guess that won't happen either.

Posted: 8/13/2007 9:32:20 AM EDT

[#25]

The govt does such a great job with the IRS they should also be given all control of healthcare in the USA. They have earned that.

Posted: 8/13/2007 9:46:57 AM EDT

[#26]

Have you called the IRS to discuss the issue?

Is the IRS saying you never paid the money? Or, is it saying you paid it late (i.e., after the due date)?

Under the "mail box rule," if you mail your return/check no later than April 15th, and the IRS receives it after April 15th, the date you mailed the return/check is generally the date that it is treated as received by the IRS. See 26 USC 7502(a).

If the IRS is merely saying it never received payment, but you have the canceled check for the amount due, it should be pretty easy to make this go away. You may have to write a short letter to the IRS and include a copy of the canceled check. If it is something else, it may be a little more difficult. Make sure you keep notes of any discussion with the IRS (names, dates, stuff discussed) and also keep copies of anything you send to the IRS to get this resolved. Sometimes it takes more than one letter.

As one of the other posters said, it is always a good idea to send anything to the IRS by certified mail with return receipt requested.

Please email me if you have more questions. Good luck mate.

Posted: 8/13/2007 11:57:02 AM EDT

[#27]

Simply mail a letter explaining that you filed timely and that you paid what you owed. Enclose a copy of the cancelled check.

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