Internal Revenue Service

I received my CP2000 almost six months ago and have had several back-​and-​forth communications with the Fresno Service Center, mostly fax and letters. The one previous call took almost an hour to get through, and after all that waiting they were unable to provide any guidance other than «you’ll receive a response in approximately 30 days.»
Today I reached my limit of patience and tried every number I could find. The people I did talk to were less than helpful, and almost downright rude. One last time!
After waiting over 30 minutes, I finally spoke to an extremely pleasant woman who took the time to listen and understand my situation. After a little research while I was placed on hold, she saw exactly what had generated my multiple appeals, and noted my original 1040 would be accepted. What an angel.
I don’t imagine it’s acceptable to post their names or operating numbers, but if she reads this she knows who she is. Occasionally, Angels do shine. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season.

Total Idiots — -I would give it negative stars for wasting my time and postage…
IRS audits me and claims I could not get a tax credit in a recent tax year for an AMT tax I paid the previous tax year even though I have a a cancelled check that the IRS cashed for the AMT.
First of, since I filed everything on time, why am I audited. I sent hem all the documentation thinking this will all clear up, but low and behold… I get another letter saying I am deficient in my response to the audit. I call them up, they claimed they never received any documentation ever. So I send it to them again and they claimed they don’t have it… it may have gotten lost they said, in which I replied three times… give me a break! Now I have to fax it before they take me to tax court… all this even though I filed and paid all taxes on time… the amount of time I have wasted since August dealing with this is just stupid!

I had one of life’s bummer moments when I saw this thick envelope from the Internal Revenue Service looking at me when I opened my mailbox. The Internal Revenue Service (they don’t like to be called IRS and just in case the NSA is reading Unilocal) sent me a CP 2000 notice. This is basically an Audit by mail. The Internal Revenue Service started this program of matching all of your financial information that you get from banks, brokers and other financial fiduciaries to your tax return.
It’s a fairly long document that you have to read. I quickly skimmed it and said these guys are not getting $ 3k plus from me. They thought that I over reported an HSA deduction and under reported some stock gains. Now, do I look like someone that would do that? So I called up the bank that reported on my transaction. They told me that the Internal Revenue Service has a glitch in their software and doesn’t recognize this deduction. Oh, so I have to waste my time and energy explaining and proving this plus not sleeping very well that first night after receiving the notice. Plus they just assumed that a stock transaction in a deferred account (IRA account) was taxable. In this case, guilty until proven innocent.
To make a long story short, I gathered up six or so pages of documentation plus I wrote a really sweet letter and sent them off to the Internal Revenue Service. About one month later I got a letter saying that they received my stuff and will look at it later but consider paying it since interest was accruing since 2011. I didn’t take them up on their kind offer.
Talk about a happy ending. I received a letter two months later that said I owed zero and have a nice day. Why the 3 stars? I figure anybody can make a mistake so since we were able to talk nice to each other I’ll be the bigger man and won’t trash them with a low rating.

I called the Internal Revenue Service to get some tax return statement from 2008 and boy was the administrators rude! She sounded like she was eating bubble gum while talking to me on the phone. She was extremely ghetto and unprofessional. «My bad girl.» That’s what she said to me when she couldn’t spell my name right.

OK, I got a notice from the IRS saying I owed them money from a previous tax year. Yikes! I called up the 800 number and was on «forget» for a half hour. Oh, it dawns on me the deadline to file is April 17^th, know wonder there is a wait.
I finally get through to a very nice woman. She took the time to look up the notice, tell me why I got it, and how to fix it. Really exceptional service.
I told her I didn’t want to end up like Wesley Snipes and go to prison. She assured me this would not happen.
Yes, thank you IRS.

The IRS is useless. 90% of what they do should be automated. Even Obama says so in his public speeches. Google could run our tax system more efficiently with 1000 people than the entire 100,000+ IRS employees do…

Horrifically slow service and incompetent personnel. Doesn’t the IRS sound like a review for a horrible restaurant? If only we could legally «Avoid this one at all costs.» I filed when — February? And still no refund! Is there someway to get them to audit me? Because simply reminding them that they owe me $ 8000+ doesn’t seem to be working.

First I was requested to pay additional taxes on income I did not make… sure a common error could be had, but supposedly making an additional $ 15k+ out of thin air wasn’t exactly a small error. The IRS eventually corrected the mistake, but decided to charge me 4% interest on the tax that I would have been charged if I had made that additional $ 15k out of thin air…
I’ve decided to pay this 4% charge since it’s not even worth the hassle of disputing it, postage cost, time, and potential additional fees that could be incurred if not paid.
*sigh*

No one has reviewed the IRS? Really? Wow!
Hmmmmm, let’s not get into the policies and thousands of pages of regulations each and every single citizen and business is expected to know and obey and follow exactly as they not-​exactly-​clearly describe and enforce with the most serious and punitive monetary fines and interest, not to mention potential jail time… ooooops, I’ve gone there.
I believe the IRS is staffed with actual miracle workers. They must be, there’s no other conclusion you can come to. Studies have been done where 10 certified tax accountants are given identical tax information and asked to prepare an annual return according to IRS guidelines. Every single accountant comes up with a different number, whether owed or to be refunded. Amazing.
Not the IRS. They know exactly how much you should have paid each and every year for each and every single or joint return. They know exactly how much corporate tax, business tax, well, every kind of tax should be paid by each and every entitiy. It is amazing. No accountants can figure it out consistently, but count on the IRS to be able to tell you that you’ve underpaid your tax obligation by $ 174.63 and now owe $ 231.45 including interest and penalties within 30 days or call this number to arrange a payment schedule!
It? Is a miracle.