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The
IRS unlawfully seized and disposed of my family
Homestead, unlawfully seized wages, unlawfully seized
Social Security entitlements, unlawfully seized
bank accounts and made an attempt to seize loan
value of insurance policies. I have a file of communications
with the IRS which have been ignored or otherwise
neglected. I suspect I am a victim of the quota
"scam". I have been unlawfully raped,
pillaged and otherwise mistreated by a band of thugs
allowed to operate unimpeded in my country. IT IS
CRIMINAL WHEN AMERICANS ARE ALLOWED TO ABUSE AMERICANS.
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In
Sept., 1993, while in the midst of a divorce proceeding,
I decided to modify my withholding exemptions to
make for a smaller refund (consequently smaller
"gift" to the soon to be ex-) and submitted
such, along with proper documentation, to my employer,
a major airline where I work as a pilot. Much to
my surprise, I came home to a very reduced paycheck,
on January 1st. A call to the payroll desk said
they had received word from the IRS that I was to
be withheld at the maximum single rate, UNTIL THEY
DEEMED OTHERWISE!! A call to the IRS office in Detroit
yielded little help except for one rather inept
female gov't worker. She told me they had mailed
me a letter in October and I should have known better.
(Interestingly enough, the original letter showed
up a week later, postmarked Jan 5th, 1994.) I was
somewhat curtly informed that I could fill out some
forms, which they agreed to fax me, and I was assured
that if I faxed them back, all would be right within
days. I got the forms that afternoon and faxed them
back. Needless to say, nothing much happened, and
for another 2 months I was treated to wages resembling
those of a fast food worker, and no way to pay the
bills. After repeated phone calls to the woman's
supervisor, I was told by him that he hadn't thought
it was very important, and that he had given it
back to her to "..work on."
As
I was on the phone that day, they finally cleaned
up my "surprise" withholding adjustment,
I was referred to the original lady, and her parting
words to me were..."just remember, we can get
you anytime, and anyplace we want to." At the
time, I was just happy to be rid of them, and I
do not fear these people. Loathe them, and feel
that they are totally incompetent, but no fear!
As luck (?!?) would have it, guess who got an audit
notice for 1993, in October of 1996? This was so
far out of the ordinary audit sequence, that my
accountant (an ex-IRS Criminal enforcement agent
himself) went to the director to find out what was
going on. Nothing yet, but a coincidence...hardly.
The worst part was that I was subjected to an audit
(they wanted a field audit of my home, and I refused)
far beyond need. Then they realized they were out
of time to apply the statutes, and asked me for
an VOLUNTARY extension to prosecute me! We gave
it to them (much against my feeling) and it was
the Keystone Kops in action. The audit is another
story all unto itself, and I will provide such fodder
if you feel it would be useful. Suffice it to say
that it cost me another $10,000 to argue the case,
for the Gov't to collect $3200.
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1990
& 1991 my CPA filed my return listing that they
owed me money. IRS said the returns were subject
to audit (I was now in collection without the right
of audit) but that I could not get any money back
because it was a closed year. I said fine, wait
for the audit. IRS came back and ordered and threatened
me with future audits and prison if I did not sign
a waiver stating that I owed the assessed amounts.
I said no and they told me that they liked to take
care of people like me who did not want to play
ball. I was ordered to give them employer inf. but
I refused fearing harassment. I wrote to my Congressman
Shaw whose aid was considerably less than totally
unacceptable. The first thing Shaw did was to sent
my letter of complaint to problems & resolution
with my phone number. P&R gave it to IRS collections
who immediately started harassing my employer. The
IRS levied 95% of my wages INCLUDING CHILD SUPPORT.
IRS told me they were levying wages not child support
and some jail time would do me good. Oh, P&R
called me and started yelling at me and my room-mate
saying that I owed the money and it did not matter
what audit said I had to pay. They have threatened
me, my accountant, my room-mate, harassed my employer,
and a collection agent stalked me at worked, followed
me around. Mad as hell, I cut my own wages so the
IRS would get nothing and despite me being placed
in an uncollectable state, the IRS seized my bank
account. My Co. finally got tired of the problem
and having IRS parked in front of the office and
fired me. I have been out of work for 4 months.
I have written to Senator Roth -- no response. I
followed up 3 times in the last 3 months and still
no response.
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I
too am having problems with the IRS. Seems they
think I owed them around $1,200 from the years 84,
85 & 86. As of their last letter 12/19/96 they
indicate that I now owe them over $19,000.!!!! I
do not know how they can turn a simple $1,200 dollar
debt into an amount that will put a major financial
burden on myself and my family. They have already
put a lien on any property I own and are threatening
to garnish my wages. I have my own family and obligations
to take care of as well as my parents. Garnishing
my wages would cause severe consequences to both.
I am in a position now to pay off the original amount
they "say" I owe, but I do not feel that
I should have to pay over $18,000 in penalties and
interest!
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The
IRS is currently harassing me for an amount they
say I'm responsible for. It deals with the Trust
Fund Penalty (payroll taxes), they are billing for
amounts which are due on Bankrupt co. of which I
was just an employee. For one of the periods in
question, I wasn't even an employee for the co.
The other period in question, I wasn't a signature
at the time the period ended. When I appealed to
the IRS agent in Florida and told him my side of
the story, his comment was "I don't care if
you're innocent or guilty, I'm here to make someone
pay". This harassment has been going on since
1993, the bill is for 1990 & 1991. Since that
time, the then sole owner of the co. has opened
many different business, and the IRS has not gone
after him for the money. I am extremely frustrated
with this and its ruining my life. I can barely
make ends meet with my day to day expenses.
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The
IRS has created Hell and Havoc for us for over 2
years now, using trumped up, concocted, evidence
as to how we understated our expenses for the years
1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996
In
August 1995, we were first audited by the IRS. We
were told that we had to have the audit in our home.
This, our accountant told us was the first year
that they had decided to go into peoples homes to
see if they were living lifestyles above what was
indicated on their tax returns. The first thing
the Lady did was ask questions about how much money
my wife withheld from bank deposits in the form
of cash. Where did she hide it...wrapped up in the
freezer? buried in the back yard? She asked, "if
you need any cash money where would you find it
in your home? I told her that if I did, I'd have
to ask her for it. She asked to use the rest room
and cased our home as she went. She demanded that
I show her the inside of my garage suggesting that
we were hiding inventory or other items for sale.
When she looked through our records, which had been
stowed away in my garage for over two years (1993),
she told me that she didn't like the way that we
recorded the information and wanted to take some
of it to her office so she could complete the audit.
Like an idiot, I allowed her to. She sent several
summons' to us via the mail asking for bank records
and check copies for the year 1993. Then she increased
the audit to include 1994, resulting in more summons
for records. Later, she wanted copies of all checks
that we wrote from personal accounts. With this
information, she was attempting to track movement
of all our money. With this, she concluded that
we made more money than we really did. She explained
to me initially that the IRS has a formula which
applies to everybody when used could accurately
determine their taxes even if the person didn't
have good records. She certainly must have used
it. When I was laid off in 1991 from my regular
employment, I was unemployed during that year, all
of 1992, and most of 1993, and some of 1994. During
1993, and 1994, I was attempting to expand my wife's
maintenance (business and homes) to schools, maintaining
(cleaning and changing lights, etc.) their basketball
and football scoreboards. This required the purchase
of lots of specialized equip. and tools that are
not normal to a cleaning service. This also required
a lot of trial and error (and loss of money) trying
to learn how to fix these items. Also, it required
a lot of mileage on my aging pickup. She disallowed
mileage thinking it was unreasonable and excessive,
she disallowed travel and lodging for my wife's
Mary Kay business, because on a couple of occasions,
she allowed me to travel with her saying that most
of the time she probably was with me rather that
doing Mary Kay. She basically made up her own mind,
what she wanted to use and denying the claims made
by us for the write-offs. Our second visit was to
be in the home again. She delayed that meeting 3
successive time until the following February, and
changed that audit to the IRS office downtown in
San Jose, CA. We arrive at the building, there were
no nameplates, just a cipher lock on the door. I
had to go ask people where I was to go. Somebody
finally let us in. We were ushered to a auditor
room. During that time, she told us that she needed
to make copies of all of our bank records and that
she would be gone for some time. We were suspicious
that there was a listening device, or a video camera
in the room...and sure enough, my wife found a recording
device taped to the underside of the table, just
above my lap. When she entered the room, I demanded
it be removed, and the security manager came and
removed it. She later showed up at our house, did
not ring the doorbell, walked past it into our entry
and up to our kitchen where we were standing. She
tells me that she was delivering another summons
and that she knew that I was now working a 2nd job.
My wife kicked her out. That is when we decided
to hire and attorney and keep her from coming to
our home and hassling us. To date, we have spent
over three thousand dollars and the little black
cloud of owing what she said we owed (over $35,000
for 1993 and 1994) is still over our head. During
this time, they have refunded money from 1993 (a
year they say I underpaid over $9,000, and applied
it to 1995 (explain that). They asked for an additional
$1600 penalty for 1995 because our Wells Fargo Bookkeeping
service apparently had not sent in our W3s and W2s.
We paid it, only to have them ask to get it back.
I made numerous calls for explanation, and was basically
told pay it, don't question it. We do not have to
explain before you pay. Pay and then maybe we will
explain. Next, I found a garnishment of about $500
from my paycheck. I called and promised to pay the
money back that was remaining. I was given a letter
from my attorney that while I was trying to work
out a payment plan with them on these issues, the
IRS would stop all collection activity on me, So
I did not pay the remaining...only to have them
levy this account out of my wife's personal bank
account, causing a whole bunch of checks to not
clear. IT aint over yet. Our marriage, because of
all this stress is on the rocks.
It
seems that these guys know they can damn well do
anything they want on the small business person,
because they know that they can use taxpayers money
to push and push and push and the taxpayer can't
afford to hire a high priced lawyer like large corporations.
This is bad, really bad. I do not trust them, and
in the future, no matter what changes they make,
I will not talk to them without a lawyer. I hate
living in this country, where congress allows this
Mafioso band of guerrillas to rape its citizenry.
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To
this day the IRS is seeking to collect business
and personal tax for a business that my dad had
before and after their separation(which my mother
had no part of). Also, they are trying to collect
personal income tax from her which my father owed
during the time they were separated.. granted they
are only looking at about 4,000 dollars but to me
and her that is a lot of money! she has since remarried
and has to work 2 jobs because the IRS says they
can't find my father to collect the debt.....since
she doesn't want to go to jail cause she can't pay
the debt she is working about 80hrs a week to save
money so she can pay the debt(and I am worried that
this may have severe effects on her being that she
is 45 and having to start her life all over again
and now has to worry about paying this before she
can start saving for retirement).
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In
1992 my home and home based business was heavily
damaged by a drought ending rain and mud slide.
The damage was inspected and I applied for, and
received a $5000 SBA loan for personal effects,
and a $5000 SBA loan for my business, a sole proprietorship
making enough to survive on. During the next two
years I started to rebuild by applying the SBA loan
for its intended purpose. I was making the monthly
repayment on the SBA loan. I reconstructed lost
records from the mud slide and got up to date with
the IRS and was making payments. I had a power of
attorney in effect through a CPA but the IRS immediately
levied the remaining $4000 from the SBA loan. This
was followed with two CONCURRENT audits, including
threats of seizing everything. They even contacted
my clients and demanded they send the IRS my accounts
payable. The bottom line is that I made an effort
to get right with the IRS. The result was a levy
of money that they loaned to me, (which I was repaying),
and two CONCURRENT audits which netted the IRS an
additional $800 ($400 per year). Would a sane person
volunteer to go through that again? The IRS is a
festering sore. I am a U.S. Army veteran and a former
Peace Corps volunteer. There is something very wrong.
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The
IRS has ruined my credit. They've placed liens against
me and are threatening to seize my assets.
Although
I was a signature for a very short period of time
during 1991, all checks had to be approved by the
owner. All of the facts were presented to the IRS
Appeals Officer (Jorge Moral) back in 1993, just
before they assessed the taxes against me. The appeals
officer refused to hear my side of the story, his
comment was "I don't care if you're innocent
or Guilty, I'm here to make someone pay", his
main concern was that he had to close the case before
the end of the year. Even before I went into his
office, he had already found me guilty. He told
me to agree to pay approx. 75% of the taxes or he'll
make me pay for everything (approx. $29,000.). I
signed nothing, and the result was a bill for approx.
$29,000.
Just
recently, I tried reopening the case, but the IRS
refused to do so. They claim that I already went
through the appeals process and that the only thing
for me to do is file suit against them. Also, I
received another demand for payment. The new bill
comes to approx. $44,000 including interest.
It
his hard for me to function on a day to day basis
while this is hanging over my head.
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After
being told by the IRS agent I was a nuisance and
they raised my payments from $200 a month to $498
(as a disciplinary move), I was told they would
NOT place another levy on my bank accounts because
I was making payments as "directed". Last
week I received a certified letter from the IRS,
a "Notice of Levy". Oh well, further proof
the IRS follows the guidelines of Karl Marx rather
than our forgotten Constitution. Right after receipt
of the "Notice of Levy", I went to bed.
The next morning I was transported via ambulance
to our neighborhood hospital for heart attack symptoms.
After three nitro pills and two nitro patches and
lots of blood letting, it was determined I was under
an "UnGodly amount of stress," and it
will kill me without relief. My doctor put me on
beta-blockers and a new ulcer medicine to help relieve
the pain. Thanks IRS for again scaring the blazes
out of my family!
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I
have been trying to settle with the IRS for several
years. Because the issue is a joint return with
a divorce in between, because my now ex-wife will
not sign anything, the IRS has never acknowledged
my attempts to settle, and is now seizing my accounts,
selling my stocks, and doing everything else to
get it's money. I have never disputed I owe them
money, just how much. I am now borrowing from my
retirement to settle with them before they seize
my house.
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My
business took a hard hit due to the recession, and
I was unable to pay the IRS taxes for 1989, 1990,
1993. In 1993 I submitted an Offer in Compromise
after extensive documentation was submitted, it
was denied claiming to be missing documentation!
I resubmitted the documentation and was a few days
delayed, but I had spoken to a revenue agent who
informed me that the deadline was extended. The
offer was denied due to late filing! I took the
liberty to send all documents w/return receipts
and recorded the conversation w/the revenue agent
extending the deadline due to the volume of documentation
requested. The offer was still denied and I was
informed that I had to resubmit and all of the documentation
was lost so I needed to prepare it again! My employer
recently received a garnishment levy from the IRS,
but since I am currently a full time student my
earnings are meager, yet they take it all!! I originally
owed $5916 in taxes and have paid the IRS $7290
at my families expense. I still owe, according to
the IRS over $10,000. I am at a point were I'm not
even working since I will never be able to get ahead
on the mounting penalties and interest. In summary
the IRS is crippling my financial future at this
time with no end in sight!
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I
got a notice of audit in mid 88', agent came to
my small Business and ask questions, one was "how
long have you been doing your books this way"?
I replied, 'Since I bought the business in 80'.
She wanted to see business and paper work back to
80', I let her, stupid me. In 89' she and her supervisor
handed me a bill for $80M. I fought it for 6.5 years,
proving 8 different times that they were wrong in
their assumptions and accusations. I appealed twice,
finally took them to federal court, then they wanted
to settle for a credit to me for $32. They lied,
took my books for 2 years, made dozens of errors,
billed me w/o written audit, threatened, lined,
criminalized me, separated us on paper, bastardized
our 5 children, informed everyone in our small town,
ruined my business and reputation. In mid 95' it
started all over again and now I'm going back to
tax court. It's never over is it? If it wasn't for
a wonderful family and a great Lord, I would have
given up years ago.
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Have
been unemployed since 1985 and have not filed since
then. This is because a zealous agent refused to
let me see a supervisor after requesting four times.
The IRS then claimed I owed $203,000 and I had better
pay immediately or a lien would be placed against
our home. I am 50 and have never made more than
10,000 in any year.
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The
IRS has harassed and abused its power. The IRS single-handedly
disagrees, unilaterally, without any reason, every
piece of proof that I submitted for deductions.
Legitimate deductions for dependent expenses, business
purpose and business deductions. This IRS thing
is pretty scary. The IRS plays the role of collector,
judge, and enforcer. The first thing a taxpayer
hears from an auditor is: 'you are a liar, whatever
documentation you provide to me, I will need further
proof'. Such proofs are very time-consuming, humiliating
and sucks all livelihood out of a person. We must
dramatically reduce the IRS role ASAP. The IRS must
be nothing more than anyone else, i.e., it must
go through the court system to prove anyone is guilty
before collecting a penny. We must turn around the
system, we must turn the system upside down:
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The
IRS levied my SALARY without notice in writing,
and my attempts to get this levy cleared are entering
their third month, so far without success. I've
written US Senators in my state and have received
polite replies that they will look into the situation.
My CPA has been unable to connect with the IRS agent
who is handling the levy and other details. CPA
calls, the agent is 'out.' etc. Attorney's don't
work for free, etc.
The
ethics behind IRS actions are simply outrageous.
I do not say that taxes are unconstitutional, but
I do say that the IRS should not operate outside
the Constitution, and our elected officials have
apparently allowed it to do just that.
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My
husband of 23 years committed suicide due to several
years of IRS' very abusive tactics. The first line
of my husband's suicide note cited the IRS .. '
they sit, do nothing and watch you die.' He left
behind me a widow at age 48, a sixteen year old
daughter, his mother, father, sister, brother, many
relatives and friends. To keep this brief, I will
not delineate the years & years of IRS abuse.
What I would like to tell everyone out there in
the same boat, is that suicide does not stop IRS
collection agents. Since my husband's suicide, I
have been harassed by two agents -- one of whom
lined my husband's life insurance policy and the
other agent levied the unspent proceeds from another
life insurance policy. In essence, not only did
the IRS kill my husband, they have taken his life
insurance money, which was intended to support my
daughter and me. Suicide is not the solution. The
surviving spouse then has to deal with the IRS alone,
and in a very vulnerable emotional state. The loss
of my husband is almost more than I can bear, and
now I have to deal with the IRS as well. My senator
has been most helpful, but even he couldn't get
the IRS to back down. I may be a meek & quiet
individual (who's also an emotional wreck), but
when the IRS took my husband away I decided to let
the IRS have it back with both barrels. I will fight
... and I plan to win. Yes, these IRS abuses are
real, even in this 'free' country and the sad thing
is that they are allowed to continue even to this
very day. I have had quite enough, haven't you??
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I
have been in battle for over twelve years over tax
returns from 1983 and 1984. I have been lied to,
given false information on how to absolve problems
leaving me with even greater penalties and interest.
I have been forced to sign away my Statute of Limitations.
I have had my credit ruined and my marriage almost
ruined. They have burdened my new wife with monetary
obligations that have absolutely nothing do with
her. Her credit has also been ruined. At every step
of the way there is harassment and threats. The
almighty "Intent To Levy Wages" letters
keep coming especially if you make any attempt to
disagree or complain. I have lost two good jobs
due to these letters to my employers. Although illegal
to fire you because of them it happens and can be
easily covered up. Taxpayer assistance and problem
resolution is a farce and a lie. It gets you nowhere
but in deeper crap the next time you have to talk
one of the heavy weight crooks on the end of a phone
line, which takes hours to get to. How can we ever
hope to get out of the trap we are in? The penalties
and interest keeps you from ever paying it off.
You can't get a loan because there is crap on your
credit report and liens on your property. It is
worse than owing Guido the loan-shark. WELCOME TO
HELL ON EARTH!
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Between
1986-1989, I was an office manager for a Chrysler
dealership, in a depressed marketplace in urban
New Jersey. For a period of time, I was a signatory
on the checking account. The owners began to have
financial difficulty, federal liens were placed
on the business. The IRS never informed me personally
that I was a responsible party for the unpaid tax.
The owners were fortunate to sell the business for
enough money to cover the unpaid tax bill. Since
I was not a corporate officer, I was not present
at neither the first, or second, closing of sale.
However, by the time these closings occurred, a
100% civil penalty had been imposed upon me, and
of course, I hired an attorney to represent me.
My attorney informed the IRS of the sale of the
business, and that if they pursued the corporate
attorney, they could collect the money at the closing.
After all, they had liens on the business. For some
reason, probably a monetary one, the IRS agents
ignored my attorney. Ten years later, I am still
pursued by the IRS. They have garnished my wages
and made my life and my family's life miserable.
This debt is not mine, but no one cares.
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I
am currently in the middle of a major battle with
the IRS over an audit for my 94 and 95 taxes. I
gathered all my documentation to prove I did not
owe taxes for those years, and my CPA (who I have
had for 9 years, and has done an excellent job at
my other audits), was suppose to go to the audit
for me. Evidently, he did not show up for my audit,
(we still don't know why), and 50 of his other client's
audits, too! A short time later, much to my surprise,
I received an "URGENT" letter from the
IRS stating that I owed in excess of $20,000 for
94 and 95, and if not paid, liens and garnishment
was the next step. I was contacted by a Tax Attorney
shortly thereafter. He told me I had very little
chance to be able to go back and be audited now,
because it has already gone to collections. Although
he agreed I have a "cut and dried" malpractice
against my CPA, the IRS doesn't care about the circumstances,
and I am now liable for the $20,000, which will
literally put us into bankruptcy! So far I have
spent over $2,000 in attorney's fees, and this is
only the beginning of our fight. I am sick, not
knowing what the future will bring.
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For
anyone who believes that the IRS only abuses the
average taxpayer, I suggest that they go to work
for this organization. What the IRS does to the
average citizen is gentle compared to the stresses
it imposes on its own employees. By the time an
individual rises to permanent employee status, he
or she has become so cynical that screwing taxpayers
is just the way it is. Phony performance evaluations
to get incompetent personnel out of a department
is the norm, yet the competent employee is continually
ignored in the awarding of promotions and performance
awards. Training is done by the most boring speakers
imaginable. And even then is inadequate to perform
the job. Horror stories? No, part of the Reagan
tax reduction program. Here's how it works. Take
the most widespread tax benefit program and perform
a 100% review of all the returns that claim it.
Don't tell anyone that you are doing it. Delay issuing
the full refund so that you have to pay interest,
especially on those cases that the taxpayer got
a refund loan. While you go after these poor people,
let the top 20% incomes have a free ride on a program
in which there may be up to 40% fraud. Sit back
and laugh as the citizens BEG for a tax reform that
will result in an increase in the tax burden for
62% of the population and the top 15% will have
a tax reduction of up to 49% and more. When the
people realize what is happening, you get to blame
the 'lazy, incompetent and untrainable' employees.
Way to go!
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We
have been in the process of solving a tax problem
for my brother since September 1997. With telephone
advice from 4 different IRS representatives (we
have their names and dates of conversation) we thought
we had an agreement that we would put an agreed
upon sum of money in the mail by February 2, 1998,
to the IRS and when they received that sum, they
would send us an agreement for us to make payments
beginning in March 1998, to retire the balance they
claim is due. In the meantime we had written a letter
to the Penalty & Interest Abatement Service
in Ogden, UT, certified, return receipt requested,
for which we have a return receipt stamped 12/24/97.
There has been no reply. So, we were prepared to
deposit the agreed upon sum of money on Monday,
February 2, 1998, just like we promised. Today,
January 31, 1998, my brother's employees went to
cash their paychecks and the bank couldn't honor
them because the IRS had confiscated all the funds
on Friday, January 30. This has virtually put him
out of business and destroyed his credibility with
the bank. Congratulations to the IRS, they have
now destroyed one more family and business.
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I
think the IRS is very wrong to do what they do to
the average working person. I owe the government,
but I started out owing them 8500 dollars. I have
been paying them 200 a month since 1992 and I'm
still paying. My calculations show I have paid 15
thousand dollars and they say that I still owe them
8700. Something is very wrong with this. How many
other people are they doing this to and why?
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Prior
to doing business with a foreign entity, I retained
a high profile IRS tax specialist to advise. After
conducting the business, someone with the criminal
investigation division tried to get me indicted
on criminal charges. It is obvious he did not understand
the code. This did not deter him from huge wide
spread confiscation of documents and my cost of
$92,000 to date in defense cost. I ultimately had
to hire an expert to explain to the US Attorney
the facts of law. I still don't know if it's over,
but I am. After 30 years in business (always paying
taxes of every sort) I am now having to sell due
to the huge attorney fees. I am broke. The IRS cannot
yet explain why they had the off the wall notion
they did about the meaning of the code they may
still be attempting to prosecute/persecute me for.
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In
1982/83 I went through a divorce and was laid up
in the hospital for six months after a major auto
accident. I failed to file my taxes for those two
years and did not go back to straighten out my IRS
obligations until 1989. By then I had re-established
my career and felt secure enough in my life to face
up to my past indiscretions and mistakes. I retained
a CPA to help me compile my returns and sent them
off to the IRS. The next thing I knew my paycheck
was attached and my checking account was cleaned
out. When I went to my CPA to find out what had
happened, he informed me that he didn't know, and
was as surprised by the action as I was. Upon further
investigation he found that the IRS had filed my
returns for me for those two years (Congress gave
them that authority), and with interest and penalties
the IRS claimed that I owed them more than $97,000.
It would serve little purpose to itemize the absolute
hell the IRS has put me through since then. I have
gone from openly fighting them to absolute submission.
I have no future, but to pay the IRS whatever they
demand. My credit is destroyed. I am nearing the
end of my working career and the IRS has taken every
little bit I have put away for retirement. They
don't send me any accounting except when they come
out and attach my property (which they claim is
theirs). The IRS has informed me that with interest
and penalties and my present payment plan I'll never
pay off my debt to them. Will they go after my children
when I'm gone? Our Congress, the people we elect
to run our country have created this monster. They
have allowed these injustices to be perpetrated
upon the citizens of this country. The IRS acts
outside of our justice system with immunity, and
there is no recourse to redress grievances. Is the
Congress of the United States also powerless before
the apparently omnipotent IRS or do they just not
give a damn?
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June
'96 I filed for a divorce, it was finalized Feb'98.
Mar'97 filed my single IRS return and had the tax
prepare verify what was reported by my husband on
our 1995 joint return. I was advised he did not
report income on a Lawn Service started that year.
Per my attorney, I immediately reported this to
the IRS, advising them of the situation and how
I could be reached.
The
IRS now says I am responsible for $50,000 in under
reported taxes, fines, and penalties for his business.
I
was advised by the auditor that if "fraud'
were considered the penalty could be accessed at
a higher fee. The IRS will not cooperate with me,
even thought I have cordially supplied them with
all information available to me.
Previously,
the IRS told me under "innocence of spouse'
I was not liable for my husbands taxes. I DO NOT
understand how they can now refuse to consider that
"innocence of spouse' status. I didn't even
know the business existed.
As
of today, I am still considered liable for his taxes,
interest, and penalties!!!
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My
parents have had a horrifying experience with the
IRS and I have watched them go through so much because
of it. I guess I grew up believing that I would
never have to worry about The IRS coming after me
because I would always follow the rules and do the
right thing. That's how I felt until my parents
made a honest mistake that ended up taking their
retirement, put a lien on their home and made them
go through more grief than any human should endure
in a lifetime. The sad thing is that my father should
be retired now and must continue to work to pay
an IRS dept. that has INCREASED since he began paying
$4000 a month 5 years ago! I don't even know how
to describe how I feel toward this agency. It makes
me physically ill to think about what the IRS has
done and will continue to do.
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I
am currently going through heck with the IRS. In
1994 I did not receive a 1099 from my employer.
This 1099 only covered 1 1/2 months of the year
(the time frame I was self employed) The rest of
the year I worked for the company. So I did receive
a W2. I filed my taxes and did not think about the
1 1/2 back in Jan and Feb that I should have received
a 1099 for. So 4 years later, I get a letter stating
that I owe 1600 plus dollars. Before this letter
however, a gentleman working for the IRS called
my place of business and threatened the Payroll
dept. and hung up on them several times simply because
he was told by them that all of this had to be done
in writing. I then called him after receiving the
letter. After numerous messages left, I finally
got a hold of him. He told me to fill out a 1040X
and then it would be reviewed. Now, I am being told
that I did not fill out all the needed forms so
I still owe them a sum of money that they will not
disclose to me. It took them 4 months to get back
to me, so now I am sure to owe even more in penalties.
How does somebody protect themselves against the
government?
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I
received a notice from the IRS stating that I did
not pay sufficient estimated tax. A penalty was
assessed. A colleague suggested I file Form 2210,
"Underpayment of Estimated Tax. . . ."
I got the form and noted that the penalty could
be waived by the IRS due to something in the Taxpayer
Relief Act of 1997. But, the instructions did not
elaborate. I had no idea if or how the act affected
my situation. I called and spoke to a man who identified
himself as "Mr. H." Mr. H informed me
that the TRA of 1997 was a 900-page statute and
he "didn't have time" to explain the act
to me." I said that I was only concerned with
one aspect of the act. He, quite gruffly and very
obnoxiously, informed me that the responsibility
to interpret the act was mine. I asked why, then,
was he answering the phone? He said he was "only
doing my job." I asked him what his job was
and suggested that his job was to help hapless taxpayers.
He hung up.
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I
recently made an offer of compromise to the IRS.
They have rejected the offer I made and have made
me a counter offer. The agent has told me they will
take my 401K retirement fund investments and the
cash value of my life insurance policy I have started
to help with my five year old daughter's education.
I have been penalized and levied by the IRS for
the past twenty years. I have very little money
and no personal property because the levies have
prevented me from being able to buy. The agent has
told me should I not accept this offer that they
make me which doubled from my original offer, they
will garnish my wages, still take my 401K retirement
investments and my life insurance cash value. They
also want to take any inheritance my family might
leave me. I have filed prompt returns since 1994.
I have gotten refunds, which they have taken since
that year. The penalties and interest for some of
those years are in excess of the amount of money
I made for the entire year they penalized me for.
When does justice and freedom for all take effect?
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The
Office of Inspector General, Treasury investigated
IRS abuses in my District. The OIG Treasury determined
that all IRS employees are afraid of retaliation
by management if they speak out about IRS abuses.
Retaliation at the IRS is swift and severe. With
all the evil that is promoted at the IRS, a agency
of the United States Government, how can Americans
have the nerve to point fingers at another gov't?
IRS My District is the poster child of IRS abuse
in our country. Yet, IRS management's repression
of ethical employees works though the threat of
a campaign of terror against the honest IRS employees.
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I
didn't put my two children's Social Security numbers
on the return. Thus, they took away my dependents
and my childcare benefits. While getting ready to
file an amended 1040x for 1996, they decided to
clean out our savings accounts. Totaling just over
$4000 dollars. This is money My wife and I have
saved for medical expenses for the baby we are expecting
in August. What kind of country is this? No one
should have the right to get money out anybody's
bank accounts! This should be against my constitutional
rights. If this is how our Government treats its
citizens I am ashamed to call myself an American.
It's high time the people of the United States stand
up and fight this injustice.
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I
had gone to Europe to visit an Aunt I hadn't seen
in a decade. During my visit she became ill and
I had to stay to help take care of her. I had some
self-employment income the end of 1996 and wasn't
able to file until Nov. 1997 as the paperwork had
been put into my storage room. When I returned in
late Oct. 97, I noticed had received a letter from
them requesting my 1996 return and promptly filed
my return, paid the taxes in full, paid interest,
and to show good faith paid a 100 dollar late filing
fee. A few weeks later I received a letter saying
that I owed them $20,000 (the self employment income
was $30,000 and out of that I paid around $12,000).
They said they would reposes my car, garnish my
wages, and possibly prosecute me (It was a form
letter !) if I didn't pay. After the initial shock
wore off I sat down and figured out what they had
done. Included in the new tax bill was a 50% penalty
(~6000) AND another ~13,000 in taxes - they mistakenly
had added my self-employment income in TWICE. I
went to a tax person and we filed another return
with everything in it and waited. They wrote back
saying that they had corrected my account but that
I still owe them $20,000 with added interest and
penalties !!! I got up enough courage to go down
to the IRS local office to put an end to this. I
was greeted by a gentleman who apologized and actually
filled out a correction form for me. He said that
I would have to pay the penalty - which is automatically
assessed. I explained my case and received a 'sorry
but our hands are tied' reply. I told myself - FINE
I PAID IT JUST TO GET THIS OVER WITH. ... Last night
I received a letter saying that they are now beginning
backup withholding because I haven't paid the $20,000
yet....... WHAT NEXT ????
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