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IRS Abuse Report #634 Date: Wed Feb 21 23:22:25 2001
To: sue@irs.class-action.com
From: RE
In 1980, I was 18 years old when I had my daughter. I was a single mother, trying to raise my daughter. It was hard, but I seemed to manage. In 1986 I got a loan to go to school to try and make a better life for myself and my daughter. I finished and trie d to find a decent paying job. I fell upon hard times, being that my daughter needed certain medical attention, I began to fall behind on my loan payments,(total student loan was $2500.00) and the jobs weren't coming like I expected. In 1988, I was barely making minimum wage as a clerk in a convenience store when I received a letter from the IRS saying they were going to start keeping my tax returns. My daughter was to begin school that year, she was a very shy and sensitive little girl, she never asked f or much, although I suspected that in her young mind I'm sure she knew we couldn't afford much which meant that she never expected too much. She was (and still is) my little angel, my gift from God. Well needless to say, that year she didn't get the new c lothes to start school with, nor the next, nor the next, nor the next etc...etc... we shopped at the local good will store. I know in my heart she was teased about her clothes, but we bought the best clothes my money could buy. The first week of school, a kid on the bus slapped her in the face and knocked off her glasses and they broke. In 1986 their cost was around three hundred and sixty dollars, I worked extra jobs, cutting neighbors grass, cleaning houses to scrape up the money so she could see. She w as almost legally blind in one eye at birth.
Well let's see its 2002, 14 years later, she is 21 now, and I still haven't received a income tax refund. They said they had been offsetting it to the US DEPT of EDUCATION toward the student loan, but every time I called to see how close I was to paying it off to loan, the Dept had no record of receiving any money from the IRS. The IRS doesn't know anything, the DEPT of EDUCATION doesn't know anything, I don't know anything, Who knows, WHO KNOWS?
As of today I am $5,135.68 in debt. 14 years and I am deeper in debt than when I started. The IRS religiously sends me my statements about every two weeks, and the amount increases with every one I get. Last week I got a letter from the social security of fice saying that I need to make more money, at my current rate when I retire I will get $157.38 a month.
IRS Abuse Report #635 Date: Fri Feb 23 13:00:13 2001
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From: HG
In 1987 and 1988 I worked for someone who reported me as contract labor even though I worked for him. I battled with the IRS regarding this matter until 1994 when the IRS allowed me to fill out a form that would determine my status with this employer. Th e IRS ruled that I was not self-employed and never met the criteria. Still, this matter has escalated and now the IRS has a lien recorded in one county and a lien and judgment against me in another county. Wherever the IRS thinks I'm living they record a lien even though I don't own anything. This information is also on my credit report. The have garnished all my wages even though I was married with children. So much for the taxpayers' Bill of Rights and due process.
IRS Abuse Report #636 Date: Mon Feb 25 14:40:10 2002
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From: JT
In 1991, the IRS incorrectly stated that I owed taxes on my business because they did not realize it was a Subchapter S corporation and as such did not have to pay corporate taxes. Two tax liens later they apologized. Unfortunately, they never corrected t heir computers so my credit has been destroyed ever since. Since 1996, they think I owe them $8,000 for my 1995 personal income tax return. They lost this return six separate times when I mailed it to them. While in their appeal process last month, which I eventually won, their computer automatically put a lien on my assets without warning and again destroyed my credit ratings. I have been dealing with the IRS non-stop for almost 10 years. The resulting poor credit is the reason for my difficulty in getti ng jobs and has resulted in feelings of severe depression. There is no worse feeling than the totalitarian oppression of this out-of-bounds government organization.
IRS Abuse Report #637 Date: Fri Mar 1 12:43:28 2002
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From: KF
In 1992, while my husband was in Alaska working, the IRS called me at home in California and told me I had 3 days to move my self and three daughters, aged 16,11, &9,out of house because they were taking it for the back taxes we owed. They also said they did not care about me or my children not having any where to go as we "should have thought of that before we got behind on our taxes". They also contacted my husband in AK telling him, he would be jailed because of this. We filled for bankruptcy and the IRS again called me telling me to get out of "their house".
IRS Abuse Report #638 Date: Sun Mar 25 1:18:08 2001
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From: Mike
It started 5 years ago when I was notified that the IRS wanted to do a routine audit for 1995 and 96 tax records. I cooperated fully with the audit. The auditor disallowed all my business expenses. He asked my support friend to leave the aud it interview, said he was not needed? He called me a tax protester, and if I did not cooperate he would turn case over to criminal investigation. He came to my place of business several time without an appointment, even on Christmas eve. IRS is trying to take my property now. I have 4 kids and make about 25,000.00 a year, working as a care home nurse. They say I owe $700,000.00 this was for 1996 taxes, which I filled, and was done by an accountant. I never received a notice of deficiency, and recentl y had a lien placed on all my assets. I filled for an administrative hearing but that did not stop IRS from taking my assets. I am a good American citizen and family man, I love my country, but the IRS has to go!
IRS Abuse Report #639 Date: Mon Mar 26 19:17:45 2001
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From: DC
Back in 1990, I started a small part time business. At that particular time I was filing a 1040 form to take my deductions, which resulted in a "zero" owed to the IRS. Well I was audited for $12,000 dollars and I jumped through their hoops to satisfy them . To this day I've not received any written statement from them to verify this. But what I did receive was another print out, 3 months after I proved my deductions, and I thought it was a form to release me from this debt. What it turned out to be was a f orm stating I still owed this money, unfortunately I was not, nor am I a tax attorney, and I signed the form. Out of trust I thought the IRS would find the error, (AS they are so good at finding our errors ) and would correct the mistake. But this has no t been the case.
IRS Abuse Report #640 Date: Tue Mar 27 0:10:56 2001
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From: SG
I filed a tax return for the year 1987. The IRS "lost" this return. This was the year they "lost" a bunch in the trash because the implemented a new computer system. On that return I thought I would get about $200 dollars back. It never cam e. 5 and 1/2 years later the IRS notified me that I failed to file a return. After many threats from the IRS I filed a return from that year from some receipts and memory. They returned disallowing the $2000+ dollars I had down for moving expenses since in their view I didn't start my new job quick enough. This left me owing $700+ dollars, for which the IRS charge me $3500 dollars per year in negligence penalties + interest and other penalties. They seized money from my bank accounts which I was forced t o pay each bank over $1500 dollars for each one of these seizure transactions. They called my co-workers and threatened them that they better have me pay my taxes. All in all they took over $33,000 dollars for them losing the return. When I presented the m with the receipt for sending the original return to them, they said it wasn't proof of content.
IRS Abuse Report #641 Date: Tue Mar 27 0:10:56 2001
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From: SG
I've become a statistic of the IRS. Unfortunately after owning a business for more than a decade and the loss of a parent, my company was going down the toilet. Miraculously the company rebounded and was on track to have its best year ever. Before we were out of the woods the IRS contacted me and setup an appointment. Everything seemed friendly up to the appointment, after that, the gloves came off. The conversation shifted gears, & the IRS was going to close us down even after paying about 40% of our debt in 6-7 weeks, I found myself begging for the future of my company & my future. My plea seemed to fall on deaf ears, then the supervisor indicated I had 24hours to come up with $40,000 + dollars. The agreement was that they would accept a monthly payment arrangement if we paid this large amount. The next morning we managed to come up with that amount and we felt the worst was over, after a week I requested a copy of the agreement at which time they said the deal was off because they were m issing a piece of paper. They recorded a lien immediately which they indicated they would not do. The IRS was very stern & indicated that they found additional debt at the last minute & if I signed an agreement for $1,000,000.00, yes, a million dollars in liability the IRS would consider my request. This debt was a farce and an impossibility to repay, at this point we agreed to let FCC take control of the company. They sold off all of the companies assets for pennies on the dollar. Two or three days after this I went into the IRS to discuss my options. I took a number waited in line for hours and was assisted by an agent in the IRS. After discussing my dilemma briefly, the agent looked pale and asked, you wouldn't be such-and-such company would you? I sai d we were that company & she apologized, she said they had made a simple mistake and that we shouldn't of re-acted so quickly. Unfortunately, it was too late, apparently we laid off 130 employees 1 week before Christmas because of a mistake. They offered nothing to repair the damages. They have now contacted me again and the IRS wants more blood.
IRS Abuse Report #642 Date: Mon May 21 20:21:14 2001
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From: TC
I owned a service contract company in Hollywood Florida that serviced large condo buildings in Palm Beach, Ft Lauderdale, and, Miami. My company grossed over $1.4 million in 1992 and 1.2 million in 1991. My business was increasing 25% to 30% each year. I started my business in 1985. I owned a $400k home in Miami, had 2 boys in school and was married. I owned my own building all my trucks & cars. Most was financed and I had several mortgage payments a month (over $5k a month and worked 7 days a week.) I wo rked hard! March 20, 1992 the I.R.S and their C.I.D. agents surrounded my building-- 9mm guns strapped to their sides yelling "We have Federal search warrants to enter your office and warehouse & seize your files! Put the dog away now or we'll shoot him!" Well, at first I thought they had the wrong address or this was a prank or something, and it would be over with quickly. The fact is they had nothing, nothing to warrant the invasion yet I was devastated for five years under federal indictment and it w as all for nothing. Well, I'm still alive to type this letter....I lost my business, my bond, my boys, my wife, my house, too much, too much. I was institutionalized, have nervous conditions. I was found almost dead several time's (attempted suicide). In the end, the IRS won't speak to me. One agent told me off the record that they screwed up-got wrong information. I was very surprised to here him say that. 15 years down the drain because of a screw up. Imagine that. Nothing left =0