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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 6 2010, 12:08 PM (180 Views) | |
| 1hp | Apr 6 2010, 12:08 PM Post #1 |
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Fulla-Carp
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This may have been printed before: IRS visits Sacramento car wash Only the US government would waste the tax payers money to collect on a $0.04 debt. It was every businessperson's nightmare. Arriving at Harv's Metro Car Wash in midtown Wednesday afternoon were two dark-suited IRS agents demanding payment of delinquent taxes. "They were deadly serious, very aggressive, very condescending," says Harv's owner, Aaron Zeff. The really odd part of this: The letter that was hand-delivered to Zeff's on-site manager showed the amount of money owed to the feds was ... 4 cents. Inexplicably, penalties and taxes accruing on the debt – stemming from the 2006 tax year – were listed as $202.31, leaving Harv's with an obligation of $202.35. Zeff, who also owns local parking lots and is the president of the Midtown Business Association, finds the situation a bit comical. "It's hilarious," he says, "that two people hopped in a car and came down here for just 4 cents. I think (the IRS) may have a problem with priorities." Now he's trying to figure out how penalties and interest could climb so high on such a small debt. He says he's never been told he owes any taxes or that he's ever incurred any late-payment penalties in the four years he's owned Harv's. In fact, he provided us with an Oct. 22, 2009, letter from the IRS that states Harv's "has filed all required returns and addressed any balances due." IRS spokesman Jesse Weller isn't commenting "due to privacy and disclosure laws." Zeff says he's as offended as much as anything else by what he considers rude behavior by the IRS guys. While at Harv's, he sniffs, "they didn't even get a car wash." Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/13/2604016/irs-suits-pay-visit-to-car-wash.html#ixzz0kLvOOAEC |
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| Kincaid | Apr 6 2010, 02:53 PM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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The thing I hate is that the IRS (i.e., "the experts) will fine you with interest and penalties when you screw up. If the (the experts) screw up, you probably don't even get an "I'm sorry". |
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| 1hp | Apr 6 2010, 06:39 PM Post #3 |
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Fulla-Carp
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The thing I hate is that this is the same government that thinks it's going to save money Edited by 1hp, Apr 6 2010, 06:39 PM.
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| jon-nyc | Apr 7 2010, 02:50 AM Post #4 |
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Cheers
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Now you know how we felt 7 years ago hp. The same folks who said the government wasn't competent enough to run an elementary school suddenly thought it could rebuild a nation in the middle east. |
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| JBryan | Apr 7 2010, 03:08 AM Post #5 |
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I am the grey one
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Our military has a far better track record for competency than the federal bureaucracy. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| jon-nyc | Apr 7 2010, 03:26 AM Post #6 |
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Cheers
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You think the pentagon isn't part of the federal bureaucracy? |
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| JBryan | Apr 7 2010, 03:33 AM Post #7 |
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I am the grey one
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No, the pentagon is not part of the federal bureaucracy unless you think commissioned officers and enlisted men are under the same set of rules as federal workers. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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