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The IRS sucks
Posted on 6/14/24 at 11:31 am
Posted on 6/14/24 at 11:31 am
I had to call for guidance on an amended tax return. I knew I'd be on hold for awhile.. one hour and 25 minutes in, this diversity hire picks up - she's mumbling something to herself, I had to say hello a couple times figuring her earpiece wasn't working or something. She finally says "thank you for calling the IRS, how may I help" so I told her the situation and my one specific question. The line goes dead. I'm thinking oh hell no..
She had put herself on mute for several moments but came back on and said "I have to transfer you to someone else, give me 2 to 5 minutes" but only about 30 seconds later she says she's found the right person, and will transfer me now. Okay great! then a message comes on: The queue you are in has too many other callers waiting, please call again later." CLICK.
All of the other 57,000 new IRS agents must be out for firearm training or participating in pride month drag shows. As a taxpayer, this shite makes me furious.
TL;DR: the IRS sucks balls
/rant
She had put herself on mute for several moments but came back on and said "I have to transfer you to someone else, give me 2 to 5 minutes" but only about 30 seconds later she says she's found the right person, and will transfer me now. Okay great! then a message comes on: The queue you are in has too many other callers waiting, please call again later." CLICK.
All of the other 57,000 new IRS agents must be out for firearm training or participating in pride month drag shows. As a taxpayer, this shite makes me furious.
TL;DR: the IRS sucks balls
/rant
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Posted on 6/14/24 at 11:32 am to Naked Bootleg
They're too busy auditing the middle class to take your call.
Posted on 6/14/24 at 11:39 am to Naked Bootleg
quote:
I had to call for guidance
Rookie mistake.
Find the relevant IRS publication online to get a clear answer 99% of the time.
Failing that hire a competent CPA.
Posted on 6/14/24 at 11:41 am to Naked Bootleg
quote:
All of the other 57,000 new IRS agents must be out for firearm training or participating in pride month drag shows
It’s actually 87,000 new IRS agents, and Democrats are actually running on this that they hired that many IRS agents.
Isn’t it odd how you’ve never run into an IRS agent at an airport bar? Well you probably have and they just said they’re an accountant, because if you say you’re an IRS agent, someone is likely to tell you to go frick yourself and the bartender will frick with your food and drink.
This post was edited on 6/14/24 at 11:42 am
Posted on 6/14/24 at 11:43 am to OMLandshark
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Isn’t it odd how you’ve never run into an IRS agent at an airport bar? Well you probably have and they just said they’re an accountant, because if you say you’re an IRS agent, someone is likely to tell you to go frick yourself and the bartender will frick with your food and drink.
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Ole Miss
You’re chatting up random men at the airport bar often?
Posted on 6/14/24 at 11:44 am to JohnnyKilroy
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You’re chatting up random men at the airport bar often?
I’m at the airport 2-3 times a month, so what else am I going to do but drink and talk to random people whether they be men or women?
Posted on 6/14/24 at 11:49 am to WB Davis
quote:This
Failing that hire a competent CPA.
100 times out of 100 chances
Posted on 6/14/24 at 11:57 am to andwesway
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They're too busy screwing the middle class to take your call.
Fixed
Posted on 6/14/24 at 12:00 pm to Naked Bootleg
Have you tried the internet to solve you're problem?
Posted on 6/14/24 at 12:17 pm to Naked Bootleg
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diversity hire
I talked to one at SC DNR about registering an old boat with no hull ID.
She mumbled nonsense for a few seconds and then I started explaining the situation. She googled to find the answer. Googled. I told her I’d already read all the stuff on the DNR and county websites and reviewed all the applications, but they’re confusing and often contradictory.
She had nothing. Bye.
There is zero chance this girl had ever even been in a boat. But I’m sure she was the most qualified applicant.
Posted on 6/14/24 at 12:20 pm to WB Davis
quote:
hire a competent CPA.
Bingo. I consider mine invaluable.
Posted on 6/14/24 at 12:22 pm to OMLandshark
One of the most dishonorable jobs a person can have is working for a federal alphabet agency, with predatory tow truck driver and meter maid a close second and third.
Posted on 6/14/24 at 12:35 pm to crewdepoo
You should realize that IRS is enforcing the mandates of Congress. Passing tax laws with many loopholes and exceptions is the real issue.
In a fairy tale world, speaking on personal returns only, with flat rates tied to ranges of income, eliminating practically all deductions, personal returns could be made much simpler.
Now ask yourself this. What level of accuracy do you expect from human beings using computers? Would you accept 99%? The population of the United States is 333 million. Let's assume that with married filers and children lowering that number, we come up with 150 million returns. With a 99% accuracy target, you would have 1.5 million errors.
Since this is the OT, maybe we could get some of the OT geniuses to go work for the IRS and improve things for everyone.
In a fairy tale world, speaking on personal returns only, with flat rates tied to ranges of income, eliminating practically all deductions, personal returns could be made much simpler.
Now ask yourself this. What level of accuracy do you expect from human beings using computers? Would you accept 99%? The population of the United States is 333 million. Let's assume that with married filers and children lowering that number, we come up with 150 million returns. With a 99% accuracy target, you would have 1.5 million errors.
Since this is the OT, maybe we could get some of the OT geniuses to go work for the IRS and improve things for everyone.
Posted on 6/14/24 at 1:12 pm to Naked Bootleg
The IRS is full of DEI POC POS!
Posted on 6/14/24 at 1:17 pm to Purplehaze
quote:
You should realize that IRS is enforcing the mandates of Congress. Passing tax laws with many loopholes and exceptions is the real issue.
In a fairy tale world, speaking on personal returns only, with flat rates tied to ranges of income, eliminating practically all deductions, personal returns could be made much simpler.
Now ask yourself this. What level of accuracy do you expect from human beings using computers? Would you accept 99%? The population of the United States is 333 million. Let's assume that with married filers and children lowering that number, we come up with 150 million returns. With a 99% accuracy target, you would have 1.5 million errors.
Since this is the OT, maybe we could get some of the OT geniuses to go work for the IRS and improve things for everyone.
Don't know much about quality control, do you? It's OK, most people don't. Modern NON-GOVERNMENT entities seek six sigma quality control. That's 3.4 defects per million, or about 510 errors per year. With a something formulaic like a tax return, it should be even lower. So yeah, some of the OT geniuses would have a very high probability of reducing the IRS's errors.
This post was edited on 6/14/24 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 6/14/24 at 1:21 pm to McLemore
quote:
I talked to one at SC DNR about registering an old boat with no hull ID. She mumbled nonsense for a few seconds and then I started explaining the situation. She googled to find the answer. Googled. I told her I’d already read all the stuff on the DNR and county websites and reviewed all the applications, but they’re confusing and often contradictory. She had nothing. Bye. There is zero chance this girl had ever even been in a boat. But I’m sure she was the most qualified applicant.
She was probably the only applicant. State jobs are usually terrible.
Posted on 6/14/24 at 1:22 pm to Naked Bootleg
I feel your pain OP. I had to file an amended return thanks to a CPA error (as it turned out, he was sliding into early stage dementia, but I wouldn't find that out for another year, which brought about the amended return) on which the IRS owed me money. They asked for supporting info. I sent it, registered mail. They lost it. I sent it again, registered mail. Lost that one too.
After three years, the return was just in limbo. No one knew where it was. Finally contacted my Congress Critter's office, which has a handy "Having trouble with a Federal Agency? Click here" button on his website. Three months later, I finally got my check.
After three years, the return was just in limbo. No one knew where it was. Finally contacted my Congress Critter's office, which has a handy "Having trouble with a Federal Agency? Click here" button on his website. Three months later, I finally got my check.
Posted on 6/14/24 at 1:25 pm to Naked Bootleg
The federal government is a joke.
Posted on 6/14/24 at 1:35 pm to TigerHornII
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"Having trouble with a Federal Agency? Click here" button on his website.
That would be nice.
This whole idea of using tariffs only + eliminating income tax makes too much sense but unfortunately, congress would never allow it.
Mine was the simplest of questions. Someone fraudulently filed a return in my dependent son’s name so I had to remove him as a dependent so I could file before the deadline, knowing I’d do an amendment later. He worked that out, got a PIN for next year so all should be good for him… The crappy IRS website wouldn’t let us see if that situation was cleared up on their end so that my amendment wouldn’t be rejected. That’s all I needed to ask.
From the forms, the process, their website functionality to the phone call experience.. it’s all just shite, especially aggravating knowing how much we pay and where so much of that money is thrown away.
Posted on 6/14/24 at 1:41 pm to Naked Bootleg
Didn’t read, upvoted. frick the IRS.
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