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From: Devil's_Advocate on 17 Mar 2010 01:17 "When the government fears the People, that is Liberty. When the People fear the Government, that is tyranny." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/13/2604016/irs-suits-pay-visit-to-car- wash.html Bob Shallit: IRS visits Sacramento carwash in pursuit of 4 cents By Bob Shallit bshallit(a)sacbee.com The Sacramento Bee Published: Saturday, Mar. 13, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 1B Last Modified: Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 - 8:39 am 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."
From: jim beam on 17 Mar 2010 09:16
On 03/16/2010 10:17 PM, Devil's_Advocate wrote: > "When the government fears the People, that is Liberty. When the People > fear the Government, that is tyranny." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON > > http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/13/2604016/irs-suits-pay-visit-to-car- > wash.html > > Bob Shallit: IRS visits Sacramento carwash in pursuit of 4 cents > By Bob Shallit > bshallit(a)sacbee.com The Sacramento Bee > Published: Saturday, Mar. 13, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 1B > Last Modified: Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 - 8:39 am > > 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." > > dude, consider the possibility that someone might be attracting the attention of the irs for a reason, and it's not simply the 4 cents reported in a comic like the sacbee. even tax nerds can do math. -- nomina rutrum rutrum |