Internal Retard Service
My wife works in the accounting field, and she has handled our tax paperwork for many years without incident.

Several months ago, I received a letter from the IRS stating that they could not find a copy of my tax return from 2009. I checked with the missus, who confirmed that she had indeed submitted my 2009 return. I filled out the appropriate forms, and mailed them back.

Four months later, I got another letter from the IRS, demanding that I submit my 2009 tax return immediately, or risk an audit. Understandably confused, I once again consulted my wife, who was as puzzled as I.

One week later, I got a third letter from the IRS. "We have processed your 2009 return. Attached is a check for $2000." And indeed, there was a check.

I guess it doesn't sound so bad now, but at the time we were really wondering how the IRS lost our tax return, then tried to blame us.
(WillF http://www.flickr.com/photos/silverfischdotnet/, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 6:31, 7 replies)

Are you telling us that your story is 'I filed my tax return and eventually it got looked at'?

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 9:45, closed)

This is not Corporate Idiocy
The IRS is a government agency - Not a corporation.
This is a simple admin oversight - Not idiocy.

How have you managed to completely get this wrong?
What possessed you to think that posting something this dull would ever be of interest to anyone?
( Frisbee OG wanker, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 10:20, closed)

whoah,
Called dull by a lawyer who plays frisbee. Harsh.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 29 Feb 2012, 10:23, closed)

Ooof!

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 10:31, closed)

Even frisbee-chasing lawyers have a line
And this was just crossed
( Frisbee OG wanker, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 10:33, closed)

IRS or IRA
was a sign I saw in the states. I guess it means something different there, but to us Britishers it appears to say "Pay your tax or we'll set balaclava-wearing terrorists on you."

Actually, perhaps that WAS what they meant...
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 10:46, closed)

If it was before the ninth of November.
They probably meant you could get tax breaks on any money donated to the IRA.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 18:37, closed)