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Holy crap check this out. I was penalized 6k in 2007 despite overpaying by 2k, because TurboTax did not transmit the money on the 14th of April, even though I got a successful transmission message after clicking the button. I was notified after the deadline, by the IRS, that they never got my payment. So I hired a tax lady, who wrote me a nice letter and attached some screen shots of my TurboTax account showing I paid on time and it was a software problem. So I thought I cleaned up last year’s problem. I was stoked!
I literally just licked the envelope to send off the correspondence to the IRS about the 2007 problem, and continued to tend to my bills. In the pile, there was another letter from the IRS. This one says I owe almost 18k for my 2006 taxes. Because apparently, TurboTax did the same thing that year. But the IRS waited almost 2 years so they could add an additional 6k in penalties and interest.
So now, out of the blue, I am 22k in the hole with the government. And I swear I paid that 12k, I remember it clear as day. In 2006 I found out the transmission did not go through and sent them a check. Bank of America said they cannot find the check, but I remember it plain as day. Plus both years, I was paying my taxes the whole time. But of course, the IRS can always figure out ways to squeeze a little extra out of a brotha.
I called the IRS, and they basically said I am S.O.L. and any problems I have had with software have nothing to do with the bottom line, which is, I owe them 22k right now. And as for Bank of America, it’s not like I backed up my transaction logs, so I depend on their system to pull data when needed.
I’m no conspiracy theorist, but how the heck did both B of A and the IRS lose record of that transaction? And how can The IRS justify waiting until 6k in interest and penalties is accrued to inform me about the 2006 problem? And how can they justify penalizing me 6k for OVERPAYING my taxes by thousands of dollars just a few weeks late? Especially considering I TRIED to pay on time and the software was to blame?
This is how.
The government totally sucks you motherfucker.
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just don't pay them Says:
November 1st, 2008 at 9:35 pm
just don’t pay the damn taxes. fuck them. go to a better country, like lithuania, where you fucking don’t have to pay the taxes.
Ado Says:
November 11th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Simple solution to your problem :)
Move to Canada I know you would like it here. :D
Tom Says:
November 19th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Wow, that sucks! Don´t you have any documents (bank statements) showing that you have paid your taxes on time?
Tinu Says:
December 1st, 2008 at 6:11 pm
If you haven’t already cut them a check, contact Robert E. Ward and Associates in Bethesda, Maryland, and tell them Tinu sent you. They’re awesome at getting this kind of mess straightened out — and hooking you up so mistakes like these don’t happen in the future. Sorry to hear about this.
Chris Hooley Says:
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Hi Bob,
When I filed my taxes with TurboTax, at the very end it gave me the option to pay my taxes via wire transfer. I chose the date for the transaction to occur (April 4 I believe) and filed my taxes. Now, I had problems in the return that needed to be fixed according to the software, but there was an option to pay anyway, through the system. I chose that option. The following screen gave me a success message. My payment was scheduled. Then, I proceeded to fix up the errors in my return.
As far as I knew, from what the software told me, I had successfully paid my taxes and filed my return. Two days later (April 16th) I got an email that my return was received on the 14th. Later that day, I got the rejection notice. I called the IRS and they said since I had this error that I would not be penalized, and I just had to paper file. A few days later, they called me looking for my money. I wrote the check, put it in my company’s outbound mail box, and breathed a sigh of relief. They said they were not going to penalize me.
But somehow, the check must have gotten lost in the company mail or something. So it was a comedy of errors. First by TurboTax with the confirmation message that my payment was scheduled, then by me on my tax return, then somewhere between my company mail box to the US Treasury.
And now, I am screwed out of thousands of dollars.
Feydakin Says:
December 15th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
So you have an extra $12k in the bank and it’s been there all along, right?? I mean, if they didn’t get it then you must have it.. Seems logical to me :)