The IRS – FEMA’s bigger dysfunctional Sister – A True Story
Michael C. Morris
October 25, 2006
Congratulations, you are now working for yourself, right before the November election. That’s right, 2/3 (two-thirds) of your paycheck goes to our government each and every year. But you are saying that they only take 20% to 30% out of my paycheck, and you would be correct, except you forgot to add in real estate taxes, gasoline tax (20 to 40 cents per gallon), school taxes, occupational taxes (since when did having a occupation become a luxury in America?), state sales tax, utility taxes, phone taxes and I am sure I missed some hidden ones. All together it comes to about 2/3 of your paycheck.
Do you know why the Government does not take the 2/3rds from your paycheck from the start, because you would take the gun the constitution affords you in the second amendment and shoot the SOB who took the money. But see if they take it slowly, your dumb enough not to see it. And each and every year you get mugged and robbed so $300 million dollar bridges can be built so 5 Eskimos can get to the other side of the river while 100,000 people go homeless in New Orleans, stupid!
But what you don’t see is the employer’s side of this equation. On your payroll taxes your employer matches what was withheld from you. This is why the American public loses jobs overseas and why companies are tired of the US Tax system. Think about it, if you are paying 20% of your paycheck in taxes, and your employer is paying 20% in matching funds, the Government collects amount equal to 40% of all paychecks nationwide each week. Would you allow 40% of your paycheck taken out in taxes?
But it gets even better. The people running and overseeing the IRS are cut from the same mold as the FEMA people. How can I say this? I can say this because I am personally involved with an IRS SNAFU on my payroll taxes.
As part of my life I also run a racing team that is sponsored by ACFC (American Coalition of Fathers and Children www.acfc.org) to travel the country and discuss with schools and parents that “Children Need both Parents”©. The operation is supported by donations and is only designed to break even.
In mid-2004 we released our full time employee’s and went to sub-contracting in order to save money. At that time I called and asked what I need to file to end payroll. Shortly after that there was construction accident at our location that through water damage data in our computer system was destroyed. From there as you can imagine I let things get out of hand with the paperwork and in the summer of 2005 the IRS contacted me that they were missing 941 forms. I am at fault for not staying on top of this, but what happened next is totally on the shoulders of the IRS.
I began calling on this matter in order of dates; July 6th 2005, August 8th 2005, October 6th 2005, October 17th 2005, June 12th 2006, June 21st 2006, July 6th 2006, and finally on July 30th 2006 I spoke to an IRS employee who was the first in ALL of that time on the phone that walked me through what had to be done in order to resolve this matter.
I began talking to her at 11:52 am and we did not finish for several hours and many recorded tapes later. (I have in the very beginning of every conversation stated that I am a journalist and this conversation was for the record.) During my conversation with her I was given step by step instructions as to what to file and where. Those instructions were as follows in time frame order:
I had to file the 4th Quarter of 2003 941return, which would also correct the mistaken re-computing of the 3rd Quarter of 2003 return which was filed on time and a check cashed by the IRS. The 4th Quarter return was file and received by the IRS by certified mail. This should have completed the 3rd Quarter recalculation and complete the 4th Quarter of 2003. Next I had to file the 3rd and 4th Quarters of 2004. I was told to file two (2) 941C forms for the 3rd and 4th Quarters of 2004 with zeros (0) and from 2005 to date would be marked no filing needed. Those forms have been filed by certified mail.
On 9-22-2006 the IRS sent me a certified letter was sent as a final notice and that I had 30 days to respond and request a hearing. The 30 days is important to this story. I did not receive the letter until 9-25-2006. On that day I contact the IRS about this matter and spoke to a Mrs. Trappett and explained that I had filed the papers that they had requested. I was informed by her that she had placed my account on hold for 9 weeks and that no action could be taken during that time. (On 9-25-2006, the IRS employee faxed me a copy of the hold on my account on IRS letterhead.)
I contacted Senator Rick Santorum to help with dealing with the IRS and getting this matter resolved. His office was contacted to comment but we received no reply for an interview.
What happened next boggles the mind, but is a perfect example of just how dysfunctional the IRS is. On September 28, 2006, 6 days after the 30 day legal notice and 3 days after a hold was placed on the account the IRS place a tax lien in the amount of $34000 and change. This lien also included 3 quarters of taxes that were either paid for or filed with zeros and the IRS had the information in their possession since August 2nd, 2006.
FEMA can not ruin you life, they only have the responsibility to help you after a hurricane or disaster. FEMA can not create the hurricane but the IRS has all of that power. They can destroy your life and then clean you out afterwards. Based on my story, it would seem they can do this regardless of the law in combination with lying to the tax payer. This should be no surprise with the recent events in Washington.
While I feel this is a problem that both Democrats and Republicans have equal responsibility for, it is the Republican Party that is thumping its chest on their reform of the tax system. The truth would more likely be that the Republican Party’s total disregard for any sense of responsibility for their actions from the catastrophic failure of FEMA, to violating the Geneva Convention, to disregarding “We the People” on the immigration and ports issues to the corruption in all levels of the Government to the Mark Foley scandal has given the “green light” to agencies like the IRS to do what ever they want to do regardless of the law or if they have the information correct in the process destroying millions of American lives.
The ending question is what am I going to do? I am not sure. All my money is gone or inaccessible and I am not an illegal alien where I could get free legal. My only hope rests with the taxpayer’s advocate’s office or I will just die in the defense of my home. What does the bumper sticker say; you can have my home when you pry my cold dead finger from the second amendment!
Do you know why the Government does not take the 2/3rds from your paycheck from the start, because you would take the gun the constitution affords you in the second amendment and shoot the SOB who took the money. But see if they take it slowly, your dumb enough not to see it. And each and every year you get mugged and robbed so $300 million dollar bridges can be built so 5 Eskimos can get to the other side of the river while 100,000 people go homeless in New Orleans, stupid!
But what you don’t see is the employer’s side of this equation. On your payroll taxes your employer matches what was withheld from you. This is why the American public loses jobs overseas and why companies are tired of the US Tax system. Think about it, if you are paying 20% of your paycheck in taxes, and your employer is paying 20% in matching funds, the Government collects amount equal to 40% of all paychecks nationwide each week. Would you allow 40% of your paycheck taken out in taxes?
But it gets even better. The people running and overseeing the IRS are cut from the same mold as the FEMA people. How can I say this? I can say this because I am personally involved with an IRS SNAFU on my payroll taxes.
As part of my life I also run a racing team that is sponsored by ACFC (American Coalition of Fathers and Children www.acfc.org) to travel the country and discuss with schools and parents that “Children Need both Parents”©. The operation is supported by donations and is only designed to break even.
In mid-2004 we released our full time employee’s and went to sub-contracting in order to save money. At that time I called and asked what I need to file to end payroll. Shortly after that there was construction accident at our location that through water damage data in our computer system was destroyed. From there as you can imagine I let things get out of hand with the paperwork and in the summer of 2005 the IRS contacted me that they were missing 941 forms. I am at fault for not staying on top of this, but what happened next is totally on the shoulders of the IRS.
I began calling on this matter in order of dates; July 6th 2005, August 8th 2005, October 6th 2005, October 17th 2005, June 12th 2006, June 21st 2006, July 6th 2006, and finally on July 30th 2006 I spoke to an IRS employee who was the first in ALL of that time on the phone that walked me through what had to be done in order to resolve this matter.
I began talking to her at 11:52 am and we did not finish for several hours and many recorded tapes later. (I have in the very beginning of every conversation stated that I am a journalist and this conversation was for the record.) During my conversation with her I was given step by step instructions as to what to file and where. Those instructions were as follows in time frame order:
I had to file the 4th Quarter of 2003 941return, which would also correct the mistaken re-computing of the 3rd Quarter of 2003 return which was filed on time and a check cashed by the IRS. The 4th Quarter return was file and received by the IRS by certified mail. This should have completed the 3rd Quarter recalculation and complete the 4th Quarter of 2003. Next I had to file the 3rd and 4th Quarters of 2004. I was told to file two (2) 941C forms for the 3rd and 4th Quarters of 2004 with zeros (0) and from 2005 to date would be marked no filing needed. Those forms have been filed by certified mail.
On 9-22-2006 the IRS sent me a certified letter was sent as a final notice and that I had 30 days to respond and request a hearing. The 30 days is important to this story. I did not receive the letter until 9-25-2006. On that day I contact the IRS about this matter and spoke to a Mrs. Trappett and explained that I had filed the papers that they had requested. I was informed by her that she had placed my account on hold for 9 weeks and that no action could be taken during that time. (On 9-25-2006, the IRS employee faxed me a copy of the hold on my account on IRS letterhead.)
I contacted Senator Rick Santorum to help with dealing with the IRS and getting this matter resolved. His office was contacted to comment but we received no reply for an interview.
What happened next boggles the mind, but is a perfect example of just how dysfunctional the IRS is. On September 28, 2006, 6 days after the 30 day legal notice and 3 days after a hold was placed on the account the IRS place a tax lien in the amount of $34000 and change. This lien also included 3 quarters of taxes that were either paid for or filed with zeros and the IRS had the information in their possession since August 2nd, 2006.
FEMA can not ruin you life, they only have the responsibility to help you after a hurricane or disaster. FEMA can not create the hurricane but the IRS has all of that power. They can destroy your life and then clean you out afterwards. Based on my story, it would seem they can do this regardless of the law in combination with lying to the tax payer. This should be no surprise with the recent events in Washington.
While I feel this is a problem that both Democrats and Republicans have equal responsibility for, it is the Republican Party that is thumping its chest on their reform of the tax system. The truth would more likely be that the Republican Party’s total disregard for any sense of responsibility for their actions from the catastrophic failure of FEMA, to violating the Geneva Convention, to disregarding “We the People” on the immigration and ports issues to the corruption in all levels of the Government to the Mark Foley scandal has given the “green light” to agencies like the IRS to do what ever they want to do regardless of the law or if they have the information correct in the process destroying millions of American lives.
The ending question is what am I going to do? I am not sure. All my money is gone or inaccessible and I am not an illegal alien where I could get free legal. My only hope rests with the taxpayer’s advocate’s office or I will just die in the defense of my home. What does the bumper sticker say; you can have my home when you pry my cold dead finger from the second amendment!
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