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<blockquote data-quote="OK Corgi Rancher" data-source="post: 3716119" data-attributes="member: 45773">I despise the IRS...mostly because no one is EVER accountable.Several months after filing we still hadn&#039;t received a $4000 refund in 2004.&nbsp; One day wife tells me she&#039;s missing almost $7000 from her checking account.&nbsp; Bank said account was garnished by IRS.&nbsp; We called the IRS...what an effort in futility that was.&nbsp; After several weeks we&#039;re able to determine they kept our $4000 refund because we didn&#039;t file...they estimated our taxes and decided we owed some ridiculous amount.My obvious question was &quot;how can we be entitled to a refund if we didn&#039;t file&quot;?&nbsp; That really confused everyone.This went on for 5 years.&nbsp; They took almost $20,000 from us before we finally prevailed against unimaginable stupidity.&nbsp; They did pay us interest on the $4000 they originally took 5 years earlier and the nearly $12,000 the subsequently stole...$88.&nbsp; Yeah...they charged us thousands in interest and penalties but paid us $88.And it all came down to this:&nbsp; For 15 years we filed jointly with me as the primary taxpayer.&nbsp; Wife had taken a new job and I opened a business so in 2004 we filed with her as the primary taxpayer.&nbsp; Same names and same SSANs, just listed her first.&nbsp; That&#039;s what confused them and caused all the brain damage.&nbsp; They couldn&#039;t figure out we were the same taxpayers with just the names switched.I f&#039;n hate the IRS.&nbsp; Course, I pretty much hate most government agencies that have the power to intimidate Americans who then have really no recourse.&nbsp; And, like I said, no one is ever held accountable for this kind of crap.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OK Corgi Rancher, post: 3716119, member: 45773"] I despise the IRS...mostly because no one is EVER accountable. Several months after filing we still hadn't received a $4000 refund in 2004. One day wife tells me she's missing almost $7000 from her checking account. Bank said account was garnished by IRS. We called the IRS...what an effort in futility that was. After several weeks we're able to determine they kept our $4000 refund because we didn't file...they estimated our taxes and decided we owed some ridiculous amount. My obvious question was "how can we be entitled to a refund if we didn't file"? That really confused everyone. This went on for 5 years. They took almost $20,000 from us before we finally prevailed against unimaginable stupidity. They did pay us interest on the $4000 they originally took 5 years earlier and the nearly $12,000 the subsequently stole...$88. Yeah...they charged us thousands in interest and penalties but paid us $88. And it all came down to this: For 15 years we filed jointly with me as the primary taxpayer. Wife had taken a new job and I opened a business so in 2004 we filed with her as the primary taxpayer. Same names and same SSANs, just listed her first. That's what confused them and caused all the brain damage. They couldn't figure out we were the same taxpayers with just the names switched. I f'n hate the IRS. Course, I pretty much hate most government agencies that have the power to intimidate Americans who then have really no recourse. And, like I said, no one is ever held accountable for this kind of crap. [/QUOTE]

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