<p>Form 911 to send to the advocate.
Form 2848 Power of Attorney to allow them to talk to me.</p>
<p>Got all the forms. Filled out ready for my daughter to sign. But the advocate said to wait 30 days or until we receive another notice.</p>
<p>"Dear Daughter of Swimcatsmom,</p>
<p>We are in receipt of your forms 911 and 2848. We look forward to processing these forms as soon as we receive the $3,000 in overdue tax, $1,875 in late fees, $2,750 in penalties and $234.47 in interest.</p>
<p>Pleasantly yours,</p>
<p>Customer Service Dept.
The Internal Revenue Service"</p>
<p>^^That would be funny if it was not probably true.</p>
<p>Actually I’ve had both positive and negative experiences dealing with the nice people at the IRS. In one case, when they claimed a return was mailed in late, the agent I spoke to said simply “Just send in your Certified Mail receipt.” Problem solved. At the other extreme, I had the same 2-year experience as Cartera45. That went away shortly after I resorted to “wallpapering” the IRS – sending a complete set of documentation to every name referenced on any IRS document I received. Kind of an extreme thing to do, but at that point I was at wits end.</p>
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They learned a lesson from that. There has not been a single name on any of the notices my daughter has received.</p>
<p>Hmm - i wonder if there is a contact list for the office - i may look into that.</p>
<p>An update. Finally got a piece of correspondence with an actual name of a human being on it. They are researching the problem but it will take 60 days from the date of the letter. So end of November. It is progress of a sort. Tomorrow I will call to find out how to do the POA form so they can talk to me. Teeny light at the end of the tunnel.</p>
<p>So sorry for your trouble! I truly feel your pain as we were audited this year as the result of a bank error. (And they were coming after us for a lot more than three grand.) DH sent documentation of everything-- so fortunate that he’s the anal type who holds onto such things-- and we eventually received a letter to the effect of “Never mind. Have a nice day.” We were fit to be tied.</p>
<p>Sigh… They give a phone number of the contact person so you can call if you have any questions. Then when you call you get a voice mail message saying you cannot call and ask questions and you cannot leave a message. Guess I will mail the POA to the contact person in the hopes that they will call if they have any questions. Sigh…</p>
<p>But an interesting tit-bit of information for anyone else this happens to. The voice mail message said something along the lines of they do not start investigating such issues until refund checks have been returned and credited to the account. We did not return the check immediately but wrote asking what to do which got no response whatsoever. (We did call and ask what to do and could not get a response either). It might have speeded the process up a bit if we had returned the check immediately instead of asking for advice. Or not. Who knows.</p>
<p>Sigh…</p>
<p>worrywart - how long did it take you to get it sorted out? We are at @ 5 months with only a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. </p>
<p>Three grand to a teenager who only earned five grand (and a chunk of that was taxable scholarships/grants) is quite a chunk of change. 60% flat tax rate.</p>
<p>In our case it was probably only three months but it may as well have been an eternity. DH had no intention of paying them a dime; meanwhile, I was sweating out the interest alone that they had levied on the principal they claimed we owed. Aaaaaauuuuuugh. SCM, you do know that you will prevail in the end. You’ve done nothing wrong. It was they who erred.</p>
<p>There was an article in the WSJ a few weeks ago about how the IRS is owed so much money by folks who don’t pay. I remember thinking then about your D and others who owed nothing but show up on the “books” as owning. Sorry that this is still aggravating you. Keep sending certified letters, after allowing a suitable time for response.</p>
<p>SCM - Oh no, oh no. That’s what happened to me. I’d call the “If you have questions about this inquiry please call 1-800-XXX-XXXX” and I’d get a voice programmed with just three responses: “I don’t have that information Sir” or “I can’t sir” or “I recommend you just send in the money Sir.”</p>
<p>You may need a face-to-face to resolve “your problem.” (As you’ve doubtless learned, virtually nothing is the IRS’s problem.) Here is the list of local IRS Offices.</p>
<p>[Contact</a> My Local Office](<a href=“http://www.irs.gov/localcontacts/index.html]Contact”>http://www.irs.gov/localcontacts/index.html)</p>
<p>Update - well she got a check in the mail today for the amount she was originally expecting plus interest of 30 cents. So I assume it is all fixed. Just took 6 months and a lot of stress. No note, letter or explanation. No response to our many letters. We probably paid out more then the rebate in mail as after the 1st letter we used certified mail so we could prove they got it.</p>
<p>But at least they are not dunning her for thousands of dollars any more. We will copy the check and add it to her tax file - just in case.</p>