The IRS covid mess
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 4:39 pm
It's been more then 40 years since I had IRS problems. After H & R Block did my first return when I was 18 I have done my tax return since. That first year I did my return myself I sent it off to the IRS in March and waited for my $500 refund. After 2 months and no refund I call the IRS and they tell me they don't have it and to call back in 6 weeks. I call back and they said resend my return, I received my refund in AUG of that year. Back in the day $500 was a whole lot of money to me. Not happy from then on I made sure I owed the IRS every year since, by changing my withholding on my pay check and taking more money home each week.
Fast forward to 2021. I send out my 2019 taxes owe the IRS $800 plus, write the check send it out registered return receipt like every year. It was sent in July 2020 since the IRS moved dead line out 3 months. I thought everything was normal. Now 2021 in April I sent out my 2020 return, since my wife and I never got our $600 stimulus I added it to line 30 on the form and instead of owing we now have a $700 plus refund. We do not have our bank account on file with the IRS since we owed every year I just sent a check. So I did add the bank account to get the refund DD. All of this was done snail mail.
In May of this year I get a IRS letter wanting the $800 plus from my 2019 return plus penalty and interest. So I go to the bank get a copy of the cashed check and send it off. I get another letter a month later wanting even more P&I plus the $800 now in both our names. I send off 2 more copy's of the cashed check. Friday I get a 3rd letter more P&I plus the $800. Now they are considering seizing our income or bank account.
So as of yesterday I owed the IRS $800 plus and still waiting for my $700 plus 2020 refund.
This morning I start making calls to the IRS. After 3 hours on hold and 2 IRS agents, They found that my $800 plus was applied to my 2018 return and not my 2019 return. After a bit the agent said it should correct itself in a few weeks and she froze the account for 2 weeks to let things work and to stop the mailings. I then asked about my 2020 refund, she said it should be in our bank account on Thursday of this week with interest.
Will update on Friday if my first refund from the IRS in 40 plus years comes in.
I read that the IRS is super behind like 30 million 2020 returns still to process.
Life goes on!
Fast forward to 2021. I send out my 2019 taxes owe the IRS $800 plus, write the check send it out registered return receipt like every year. It was sent in July 2020 since the IRS moved dead line out 3 months. I thought everything was normal. Now 2021 in April I sent out my 2020 return, since my wife and I never got our $600 stimulus I added it to line 30 on the form and instead of owing we now have a $700 plus refund. We do not have our bank account on file with the IRS since we owed every year I just sent a check. So I did add the bank account to get the refund DD. All of this was done snail mail.
In May of this year I get a IRS letter wanting the $800 plus from my 2019 return plus penalty and interest. So I go to the bank get a copy of the cashed check and send it off. I get another letter a month later wanting even more P&I plus the $800 now in both our names. I send off 2 more copy's of the cashed check. Friday I get a 3rd letter more P&I plus the $800. Now they are considering seizing our income or bank account.
So as of yesterday I owed the IRS $800 plus and still waiting for my $700 plus 2020 refund.
This morning I start making calls to the IRS. After 3 hours on hold and 2 IRS agents, They found that my $800 plus was applied to my 2018 return and not my 2019 return. After a bit the agent said it should correct itself in a few weeks and she froze the account for 2 weeks to let things work and to stop the mailings. I then asked about my 2020 refund, she said it should be in our bank account on Thursday of this week with interest.
Will update on Friday if my first refund from the IRS in 40 plus years comes in.
I read that the IRS is super behind like 30 million 2020 returns still to process.
Life goes on!