Rant IRS

[Diddy]

Got a call from the bank last week that the IRS had put a lein on our account and froze it. Their are claiming that I never filed my 2009 taxes. I've supplied my accountant with my return and a bank statement showing payment. My account is still frozen. Anyone have an idea on how long its going to take to get this straightened out? Really frustrating not being able to access my account and racking up late charges.

[Fat_Bulldog]

Yuck.

[Freed Roger]

Strange. You should have received a ton of mailings before getting to that point. Sounds like you didn't get any.

Lot's of identity theft going on that has IRS all messed. Seems like if this goes back to 2009, you would have noticed any mixups due to identity theft.

Did you have employees and a payroll form 941 filing back in 2009?

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Sorry, Diddy, no clue. I had a roommate one time get in trouble for this. They froze his account and he had to call them and they set him on an allowance and garnished everything else. I think that process took a week or two. Anyway, I had paid rent with a check that was depending on his check cashing, which it didn't, and I got dinged with an overdraft and had to transfer money real quick. [expletive] bull [expletive], but whatever. The government doesn't care about you. They just do whatever the [expletive] they want.

[Diddy]

Strange. You should have received a ton of mailings before getting to that point. Sounds like you didn't get any.

Lot's of identity theft going on that has IRS all messed. Seems like if this goes back to 2009, you would have noticed any mixups due to identity theft.

Did you have employees and a payroll form 941 filing back in 2009?

There was one written notice in the mail the day the bank called. You maybe on to something though, had a cousin that worked for us one winter, could have been 09, we paid him in cash but I wonder if he reported something and it just showed up. That wouldn't be much if that's what it is, he only worked for us a month or so between jobs, but that could be it. Makes me feel alittle better having a clue what it might be.

[cardsfansince82]

The IRS wouldn't bother to file a lien on a small debt. I think $10,000 is the minimum you would have to owe before that happens. You should probably call them and figure out what they are talking about.

[Jocephus]

first off, that sucks and i hope it isn't an utter pain in the ass.

i would start thinking about the possibility of ID theft. when i worked in financial aid, i was the verification specialist (basically i made sure people told the truth on their FAFSA thus we requested fed returns to verify this)...and the last 2 years i was there ('12 and '13) there was definitely an increase in ID theft and it would really hurt kids who were trying to turn stuff in time but when they would go to the IRS to pick up those documents the IRS would say "we have no record of that" or whatever. was becoming so common that the dept of ed gave allowances if the student was a victim.

[Freed Roger]

Strange. You should have received a ton of mailings before getting to that point. Sounds like you didn't get any.

Lot's of identity theft going on that has IRS all messed. Seems like if this goes back to 2009, you would have noticed any mixups due to identity theft.

Did you have employees and a payroll form 941 filing back in 2009?

There was one written notice in the mail the day the bank called. You maybe on to something though, had a cousin that worked for us one winter, could have been 09, we paid him in cash but I wonder if he reported something and it just showed up. That wouldn't be much if that's what it is, he only worked for us a month or so between jobs, but that could be it. Makes me feel alittle better having a clue what it might be.

I don't think that would be it, unless you were filing payroll taxes, and then stopped. Regardless, you should have seen a heap of notices before freezing your account, and those notices should give the cause.

[Arthur Dent]

the last 2 years i was there ('12 and '13) there was definitely an increase in ID theft and it would really hurt kids who were trying to turn stuff in time but when they would go to the IRS to pick up those documents the IRS would say "we have no record of that" or whatever.

Why would ID theft result in the IRS losing tax returns?

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Lot's of identity theft going on that has IRS all messed.

How does this work? From the postings here, people are saying ID theft has caused the IRS to miss payments/filings people have made. But wouldn't this result in them getting more than one if someone had stolen an ID? How does ID theft of my SSN cause the IRS to miss when I file my 1040?