See that my gripe too. When we own them its immediate, when they owe us its the slow boat.My son has still not received his last years return Fed of $3300 and IRS site of "wheres my refund" won't let us in anymore. They give you no other info but "wait" I wonder if the same lack of communication would have been the same if he owed $3300?
I feel the pain Cliff. Last year the IRS lost one of our $18K quarterly deposits so shorted our refund by that much. Tracy had all the receipts and cancelled checks but they kept saying they never got the money. It took almost 9 months of constant fighting until she FINALLY got a supervisor of sorts who got to the bottom of it and processed the balance of the refund. When Tracy asked about them paying us interest for losing our money and being late, just as the IRS would do to us if we were late, the guy had the nerve to laugh at her. Bottom line, unless things have changed, the IRS is the only government entity that is above constitutional law. They know it and there's no accountability whatsoever. They can do whatever the heck they want without fear of recourse.My son has still not received his last years return Fed of $3300 and IRS site of "wheres my refund" won't let us in anymore.
its crap alright. If we make an error and owe them more than we thought. we pay interest from the filing date till they discover the issue. But the reverse is not true.That is BS when they owe you and not paying any penalty or interest fees to you when they continue to use your money.
Funny on the timing, my son facetimed me and his check showed up today,, quite happy for a 23 year old teacher now.I feel the pain Cliff. Last year the IRS lost one of our $18K quarterly deposits so shorted our refund by that much. Tracy had all the receipts and cancelled checks but they kept saying they never got the money. It took almost 9 months of constant fighting until she FINALLY got a supervisor of sorts who got to the bottom of it and processed the balance of the refund. When Tracy asked about them paying us interest for losing our money and being late, just as the IRS would do to us if we were late, the guy had the nerve to laugh at her. Bottom line, unless things have changed, the IRS is the only government entity that is above constitutional law. They know it and there's no accountability whatsoever. They can do whatever the heck they want without fear of recourse.
Robert
You know that game too huh?Funny on the timing, my son facetimed me and his check showed up today,, quite happy for a 23 year old teacher now.
Every year is an adventure, some years I get $30K back others I pay $40K++++ always depends on business gains/loss or other games to play...in the end it still feels like we keep getting screwed.....just keep saving
That is what I pay my accountant for. First time I met him he said "if you get audited stay out the way and let me handle it"You know that game too huh?
Ryan