So. An update on the income tax problems I’ve been dealing with of late: As I predicted, the IRS has been in contact with me again.
Saturday, I received a lengthy letter from the fine folks in the IRS explaining their current take on my situation. Apparently, they had assigned a team of auditors to combing through my 2006 tax return (a team? Really? I warrant the attention of a team of people at the IRS?), and that team had discovered certain…irregularities in my tax return. The very one that at first they claimed I didn’t file.
Anyway, it turns out, or so they say, that I somehow neglected to take a deduction to which I was entitled, with the result being that I overpaid my 2006 taxes by one hundred and forty-four dollars and seventeen cents.
Which explains the check I got in the mail last week.
So that’s, y’know, sorted and all, and apparently the IRS now considers the whole matter closed. Hell, if that’s what happens every time I get audited, they can audit me whenever they like!
In news of the less-good variety, my roommate David’s situation is not much improved after we were hit by a car on the way home from work.
The car that hit us was owned by a company, not an individual. The guy who hit us was unlicensed, had no ID, and was apparently illegal as well. Since then, David’s been on the phone with his insurance and with the company’s insurance for endless hours.
The guy who owns the company has been…um, “recalcitrant” would be a kind word for it. “A fucking double-barreled asshole with a side order of assholesauce” would be better. He’s been refusing to talk to his own insurance company about the accident, has been evading phone calls, and has generally made himself so disagreeable and unpleasant that his insurance company has canceled his policy and denied the claim. (There is, as it turns out, a clause in his policy specifying that he is obligated to cooperate with his insurance policy in the event of an accident.)
So David’s not getting anything from the owner’s insurance. The good news is that he has uninsured motorist coverage; the bad news is that it’s got a $1500 deductible, and his car is worth…well, you can guess the rest.
The only ray of hope in all this mess is that his insurance company is pursuing the guy vigorously, and if they prevail, he’ll get the full value of his car. If, y’know, they prevail. And stuff.
Would he like a contact at ICE, and perhaps let the recalcitrant guy know that he could be calling there, unless this is settled in record time?
Sometimes being lawful is a good thing.
Would he like a contact at ICE, and perhaps let the recalcitrant guy know that he could be calling there, unless this is settled in record time?
Sometimes being lawful is a good thing.
oh. Poor David. š
oh. Poor David. š
wow, craziness! That’s odd about the IRS, I just got notified by US Postal that the IRS has a certified letter for me, do you supposed that’s an audit notice?
that’s major suckage regarding the insurance, but those insurance companies are pretty aggressive- hopefully David will get paid, eventually.
good luck.
Could be, although the letters they’ve sent me haven’t been sent by certified mail.
wow, craziness! That’s odd about the IRS, I just got notified by US Postal that the IRS has a certified letter for me, do you supposed that’s an audit notice?
that’s major suckage regarding the insurance, but those insurance companies are pretty aggressive- hopefully David will get paid, eventually.
good luck.
Could be, although the letters they’ve sent me haven’t been sent by certified mail.
Yay for being settled with the IRS.
I would like to shove my foot up Mr. Asshole Company Owner’s ass. Sideways. Wearing big spiky boots. For putting David through this hellishness, because nobody deserves this shit. I do hope that his insurance company gets this guy for all he’s worth.
And I could, perhaps, put in a call to my cousin in the Border Patrol. I’m sure he knows someone at ICE in Atlanta who’d be interested in auditing this asshole’s company.
Yay for being settled with the IRS.
I would like to shove my foot up Mr. Asshole Company Owner’s ass. Sideways. Wearing big spiky boots. For putting David through this hellishness, because nobody deserves this shit. I do hope that his insurance company gets this guy for all he’s worth.
And I could, perhaps, put in a call to my cousin in the Border Patrol. I’m sure he knows someone at ICE in Atlanta who’d be interested in auditing this asshole’s company.
Oh HAI, You/David can has a lawsuit against this guy?
Oh HAI, You/David can has a lawsuit against this guy?
as it turns out, a clause in his policy specifying that he is obligated to cooperate with his insurance policy in the event of an accident.
Uh… there are times when it is appropriate to contact an attorney. I hope your roommate will consider one if this doesn’t get worked out.
If you guys haven’t already, consider writing down, individually, what you remember about the incident and sealing the envelopes, dating them, etc.
Man, sometimes people just suck. It’s so hard to remain an honest, compassionate human when stuff like that happens.
as it turns out, a clause in his policy specifying that he is obligated to cooperate with his insurance policy in the event of an accident.
Uh… there are times when it is appropriate to contact an attorney. I hope your roommate will consider one if this doesn’t get worked out.
If you guys haven’t already, consider writing down, individually, what you remember about the incident and sealing the envelopes, dating them, etc.
Man, sometimes people just suck. It’s so hard to remain an honest, compassionate human when stuff like that happens.