You should look into the taxpayers bill of rights passed in 1996. One of the provisions allows you to sue anyone who files a fraudulent report of earning. Sounds like you would have a case.
Also, a lot of the burden of proof in cases like this has shifted from the taxpayer to the IRS. At 08:35 AM 3/5/02, you wrote: >Oh dear... I know how much fun the IRS is to deal with on these matters. > >My battles with them over my 2000 tax returns continue to this day. > >A client claimed to have paid me a large sum ($5k) in cash for a database I >worked on, when in fact they did not pay me a dime and their business went >kaput. Since the company is no longer around, the books are not accessible >and neither is the actual database. You would think this would be easy to >resolve, but, here we are two years later and I am still fighting the man. > >What has not helped matters is that the case keeps getting assigned to new >auditors, now I am 'working' with some guy from Kentucky who has no interest >in getting this off his books. And he is never at work. > >Grrrr..... > >Mike > >-----Original Message----- >From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 4:40 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Ack, IRS out to get me... > > >So, guess what happened to me today? It appears as if an ad broker I >used on Death Clock back in 2000 sent the IRS a little mistake. They >told me they paid me X,000. The form they sent me at the end of the year >confirmed it. But they reported to the IRS that they paid me X*10. > >Ack. > >Has this happened to any one here? I assume it's going to be easy to >clear up. We had professionals handle the year 2k taxes. > >-rc ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
