re: IRS "lost" my 9465. Suck it up and pay the penalty?

I got a letter from the La. Dept. of Treasury last year saying that I never filed a state tax return for 2010. I called their office and asked if they issued a tax refund check to me that season. They looked it up on their computer and said 'yes, we did.'

Me: Why did you send me a refund if I never filed my tax return?

Him: Oh yeah, never mind that notice. But if you have a copy of your 2010 return please send it to us because we've obviously lost our copy.

I called my CPA and asked him to send a copy. He said "Zach, this happens all the time. A lot of people in the Treasury Dept are absolute morons."