I have had only positive experiences with IRS employees and they are always extremely helpful.
The IRS gets a lot of bad publicity, but in my personal experience IRS employees are extremely polite and very helpful. One employee went out of her way to get me in touch with the correct department to talk to about a tax issue. They ended up saving me tens of thousands of dollars in taxes. Of course, I was calling them in the summer instead of during tax season, so they had more time to help.
I could not get through to the IRS this tax season for questions thanks to the GOP controlled Congress slashing their budget for assisting tax payers. I could not even get help this year for filling out my 990 form for my 4H club. Here in Ohio, the state makes us submit 990's for 4H clubs rather than have the Ohio State University Extension handle it for us.
We need to understand that Boehner and Mitchell, along with the rest of the GOP, are theives and vandals who are focused on destroying the public sector at every level so they can sell off all public assets to their campaign donors, friends and relatives. This is the greatest robbery of the public treasury ever undertaken.
The failure to properly fund the IRS is just another way to rob the 99% to aid the 1%. The 1% can afford accountants and representatives to argue for them against the IRS. Those who cannot afford representation to comb over every loophole end up paying more than our fair share of taxes and further adds to income inequality.
I would like to thank all those helpful IRS employees who have helped me over the years. I hope they will get more help soon.
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No one really likes paying taxes so it is really easy for politicians and operatives to use the IRS as a scapegoat. I was amazed at how polite and helpful these folks were to work with and how willing they were to go out of their way to be helpful. Much more helpful than any private business I have dealt with. The training the employees get must be very good to teach them to handle the public so well.
I am sure the sequester and the other GOP led sabotage of all things government must make it much more difficult for them to do their jobs.
Thanks for sharing your story. It was very interesting. I hope the partner got what they deserved for destroying your business. Your story about your partner is very similar to something that happened to my grandfather back in the early 1900's. Crooked business partners can take down a business quicker than anything. Hope you were able to get back on your feet quickly.
You are so right that it is far better to let it go. The world would be a lot better place if we could all do this.
Once in a great while, something will trigger a memory about a couple really unpleasant former coworkers and to a person they have suffered far more due to their own behavior. I struggled some to get to the same spot you are in. Glad I got there and glad you are there, too. Sorry for my extreme wording, I should have said I hope that person has not done harm to any one else. Another valuable lesson, do not post when really tired.
I am so very tired of the bashing of government employees. It plays into the right wing talking points to try to denigrate every government function. Thank you!
