06-28-2020, 08:25 PM
When you hire the people to collect that 2 million it will go to wages
Here's an example of the workers hired to collect taxes from the little people (me). I mailed in my first quarter excise taxes on time and in full. A month later I receive a notice stating I owe a payment with interest for 2010.
I call their office and asked whether there was a problem with one of my 2010 returns, and that I'd just shredded my tax documents from more than 8 years ago, because I've always been told to keep the papers for at least 7 years. So are you really asking for money from 10 years ago I asked? In her most haughty, well practiced civil service voice she concurred "welllll... you just found out we do, now didn't you!" I asked if she could look up the record and provide me with a few more details. She agreed. Then I hear some lowing and hmmming for a minute until finally she explains, "oh, oh I see what they did. When we received your 1st quarter return we posted the payment to 2020, but your Excise tax return was entered as 2010 instead of 2020. Without the payment." But she would correct the error in their system.
I didn't bother to ask why my payment (which now should show up as a credit) from 2020 wasn't applied to 2010, I just asked her to please send a letter in writing stating the error had been corrected. So I wouldn't have to go through this again. She did.
I don't know how often it happens, but that's a lot of work for the few hundred bucks I sent in. Both for the state who gets the few hundred bucks, and me who was already out the money, but now with unpaid wasted time on top of it. Not to mention (but I will) the additional taxes also required to pay state workers for not entering data correctly, mailing letters, their time on the phone, correcting mistakes, and mailing another letter. Now multiply that times 'x' for an unknown number of little people, instead of one big $2 million dollar hotel payment.
Here's an example of the workers hired to collect taxes from the little people (me). I mailed in my first quarter excise taxes on time and in full. A month later I receive a notice stating I owe a payment with interest for 2010.
I call their office and asked whether there was a problem with one of my 2010 returns, and that I'd just shredded my tax documents from more than 8 years ago, because I've always been told to keep the papers for at least 7 years. So are you really asking for money from 10 years ago I asked? In her most haughty, well practiced civil service voice she concurred "welllll... you just found out we do, now didn't you!" I asked if she could look up the record and provide me with a few more details. She agreed. Then I hear some lowing and hmmming for a minute until finally she explains, "oh, oh I see what they did. When we received your 1st quarter return we posted the payment to 2020, but your Excise tax return was entered as 2010 instead of 2020. Without the payment." But she would correct the error in their system.
I didn't bother to ask why my payment (which now should show up as a credit) from 2020 wasn't applied to 2010, I just asked her to please send a letter in writing stating the error had been corrected. So I wouldn't have to go through this again. She did.
I don't know how often it happens, but that's a lot of work for the few hundred bucks I sent in. Both for the state who gets the few hundred bucks, and me who was already out the money, but now with unpaid wasted time on top of it. Not to mention (but I will) the additional taxes also required to pay state workers for not entering data correctly, mailing letters, their time on the phone, correcting mistakes, and mailing another letter. Now multiply that times 'x' for an unknown number of little people, instead of one big $2 million dollar hotel payment.
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves