Sounded like BS to me, but maybe not. Seems that she recently got a letter from the IRS....
I've answered her questions in red
http://www.losthorizons.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=2464Update:
A friend of mine and I both got letters LTR3176 from Ogden on Friday, right on the heels of our refund checks.
I got 2 letters, one for 2007, and one for 2008.
The letters were not handsigned, but had a printed signature, and the name listed is Maureen Green Mgr.,Exam SC Suppor.
I don't know what Exam SC Suppor means.
The letter states I took a position which has no basis in the law, and other vague allegations, etc.
It suggests a $5000 penalty if I do not send corrected returns within 30 days.
Same for my friend.
I haven't decided how to reply yet, but I know I have some questions for them.
My thoughts on this frivolous process are this:
1) IRS refunded our withholdings without contesting, because they know there is no law that says they have a right to keep it.
No, they refunded your withholding because it's a big busy place and they made a mistake in doing so.
2) Then they call the return filing frivolous, because what are you gonna do about it?
Move into tax court as a plaintiff, to get a ruling that your filing is not frivolous?
I don't think so. The burden of proof is with the plaintiff, and the defendant (IRS) happens to own the venue, judge, attorneys, etc.
Fat chance of getting justice there.
Someone posted here a study that concluded Tax Court may be biased in favor of the Plaintiffs. You won't win because you're wrong, not because it's fixed.
3) IRS wants to impose the $5000 fine, which they know we can't pay, because they have seen our financial situation, as reflected on all our 1040s we filed over the years.
This gives them the option of a levy or lien against any assets we may have, without having to prove any tax liability.
Buy a new refrigerator, that way you'll have a nice cardboard box to move into when they sell your house
4) They can theoretically do this on any number of people, if they cannot meet quota any other way.
Well, not exactly. They can do it to a lot of people in the LH forum though, because you're all running like lemmings for the cliff.
So I'm looking at it from that perspective right from the start.
We have no choice, as our backs are against the proverbial wall, ever since we tried to work for a living in America (or is it the US federal corporation? Where am I? --Don't answer, that's a rhetorical question.)
Last week,before I got those IRS letters, I was fascinated by this terribly poorly spelled document which I came across:
http://friends-n-family-research.info/F ... tAtSea.pdf
That's right! This mental giant is looking to our own Van Pelt Nonsense Machine for help!
I already posted this link in another thread, but I'm re-posting it here for a wider audience.
Tell me what you think please.
I think it's going to suck to be you very soon, even worse than it does now.
Blessings,
Connie