Current Events > The IRS sucks

(+) Yeah! (+)

A couple months ago they sent me a check for around $2500 for no apparent reason. No letter of explanation, just a check. Now today I got a letter asking for that money back with interest for a liability not paid on time. This some loan sharking or what?? I'm fine giving the money back since it was apparently sent in error (?), but how they gonna make me pay interest on it? Smh.

Who knows why these things happen

student loan forgiveness forgiveness

Wait, you deposited the money without asking what it was for?

Like shouldn't they let me know of their error and just ask for the money back before they randomly let me know about penalties months later? Idgi.

Look these Hunter Biden investigations aren't gonna pay for themselves!

IRS purposely goes after the poor because they work for the rich

don't like it?

Stop voting for republicans and fake democrats

WingsOfGood posted...

IRS purposely goes after the poor because they work for the rich

don't like it?

Stop voting for republicans and fake democrats

dont they go after rich celebrities ALL the time?

Flauros posted...

dont they go after rich celebrities ALL the time?

nope

Ill probably be fucked by them soon

gunplagirl posted...

Wait, you deposited the money without asking what it was for?

Sorry, I should explain further but it's tl;dr. My 2020 tax returns were sorta complicated due to unemployment, a PPP program, and an inheritance I received when my grandmother died that was taxable for some reason. I was intimidated by it, so I went to my boss (a CPA who does tax returns professionally) and asked for some help. The initial return was apparently too early and they did some kinda adjustment to unemployment that necessitated an amended return.

Everything was fine for a couple years until this summer (around a month before the check), when they sent me a letter saying that the tax return was wrong. It was worded kinda confusingly and I had no idea what they were talking about, so I brought it to the person who did the return. She reassured me that the IRS was in error and that the return was correct (and that the amended return had fixed the issue they were talking about), and gave me a letter to send back informing them of such. I did, and they sent me that check for $2,554.41 with no further explanation. Just a check. Obviously I was even more confused than before at this point, so I again brought it to the accountant. She was as confused as me, but kinda just shrugged and told me to deposit it. So I did. I figured the worst they could do is ask for it back if it was in fact an error, so it's just been sitting there waiting in case. Lesson learned I guess, I didn't think they would charge me for their mistake.

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

problem is, it's too expensive to fuck over the rich and try fighting with their lawyers. cheaper to get 200 people to pay $200 each than it is to get one guy to pay $40,000

WingsOfGood posted...

IRS purposely goes after the poor because they work for the rich

don't like it?

Stop voting for republicans and fake democrats

Thats doesnt leave us with a lot of choices, tbh.

Anony1125 posted...

Sorry, I should explain further but it's tl;dr. My 2020 tax returns were sorta complicated due to unemployment, a PPP program, and an inheritance I received when my grandmother died that was taxable for some reason. I was intimidated by it, so I went to my boss (a CPA who does tax returns professionally) and asked for some help. The initial return was apparently too early and they did some kinda adjustment to unemployment that necessitated an amended return.

Everything was fine for a couple years until this summer (around a month before the check), when they sent me a letter saying that the tax return was wrong. It was worded kinda confusingly and I had no idea what they were talking about, so I brought it to the person who did the return. She reassured me that the IRS was in error and that the return was correct (and that the amended return had fixed the issue they were talking about), and gave me a letter to send back informing them of such. I did, and they sent me that check for $2,554.41 with no further explanation. Just a check. Obviously I was even more confused than before at this point, so I again brought it to the accountant. She was as confused as me, but kinda just shrugged and told me to deposit it. So I did. I figured the worst they could do is ask for it back if it was in fact an error, so it's just been sitting there waiting in case. Lesson learned I guess, I didn't think they would charge me for their mistake.

They hoping you won't lawyer. It is why they target the poor.

Payzmaykr posted...

Thats doesnt leave us with a lot of choices, tbh.

Why do you need a choice between "get fucked you are my property to make me rich" and "lets make life easier and affordable" ?

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

I'm sorry you feel that way.

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

I'm sorry you still feel that way. Would you mind elaborating on why you feel the way you feel?