>things are that bad with the IRS now?

Now?

The one time I was on a payment plan for taxes (12+ years ago) the IRS
repeatedly misapplied my payments. That's *with* my SSN, phone number,
DOB etc. on the checks and with the IRS payment coupon attached.
FUCKING.OLD.SCHOOL.

I would call them with cancelled checks in hand as proof that they'd
been cashed by the agency.

The best part was that after each misapplication, I'd get a letter
stating that I had 1) failed to pay on time, 2) that penalties would
be assessed and that 3) I was in danger of losing the privilege of
making payments over time.

After lengthy conversations with both the IRS and with a tax attorney,
it was deemed "best" if I simply paid the penalties that the IRS
assessed and then after I was finished with my payment plan, I could
ask for my money back.

Two years after the IRS agreed that I should be repaid the incorrectly
assessed fees--and three years since I had cleared the debt--I
received a check for approximately 2/3 of the money they owed me.

But they got EVERY DIME I owed them.

-- 
will

"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true;
and that would just be unacceptable."
- Carrie Fisher

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