That said, the process was pretty smooth, and since I wasn't trying to pull any tax shenanigans, not all that upsetting. There are any number of corporations whose customer service is far worse than the IRS's.
Just post porn instead
Used the "forgot password" link, logged in, posted porn. Account deleted in about 5 minutes.
Oh wait ... the audit rate is 0.38%
Oh and wait again ..
> Of the more than 164 million individual income tax returns filed with the IRS last year, only 626,204 were audited—down from 659,003 during fiscal year 2021. Of those 626,204 audits, 93,595 were regular audits while the remainder (532,609) were correspondence audits, which are usually done for simple mistakes on a tax return and can be easily corrected through mail correspondence with the IRS.
https://gallerosrobinson.com/insight-inside/irs-audit-rates-...
Hmm. I guess I'll have to keep waiting for my dedicated agent and terrifying audit process.
It may have been warranted, though, because Congress passed a law that required people to provide a social security number for the dependents claimed on the return. Before that, you could just claim you had a dependent without providing proof. And, lots of people did just that.
I spent two hours on the phone on a Friday being bounced around the IRS. Talked to plenty of people, but each one thought I was someone else's problem. I tried again on that Monday: waited on the phone for two full hours before being unceremoniously hung up on by their automated system.
FWIW, it seems there's the luck of the draw on three distinct systems (robot + touch dial menu + human operator, robot + voice menu + human operator, or just robot + voice menu). They're incompatibly dysfunctional. The first one is when I got bounced around. The second one, the operator hung up on me because she couldn't hear callers routed through that system. The last one was where I spent 2 hours without a human before being dropped.
Calling the IRS was even more of a pain in the ass than I anticipated. I gave up and paid the penalty. (And that was in January!)
The IRS doesn’t calculate withholding. They provide rules and default formulas to employers and payroll providers, but you can and should adjust the withholding as necessary by filing Form W-4 with your employer’s payroll department. If you can’t get enough tax withheld to avoid a penalty for whatever reason, you also have the option of paying estimated taxes four times a year directly to the IRS - but usually this is only needed for cases like freelancers where there isn’t enough withholding to pay the required tax. Normally estimated taxes would be four equal payments with specific due dates, though unequal payments can also be made.
How much do you need to have paid through withholding plus estimated taxes avoid a penalty? At least 90% of the current year’s total tax liability, or all but $1000 of that amount, or at least 100% or 110% (depending on your income) of the same amount for the previous year, whichever is lowest. The IRS has publications which discuss this. If you make unequal estimated tax payments, there are special calculations to avoid a penalty based on when in the year you get how much income.
So, if you use the formula based on your previous year’s tax liability, and don’t make unequal estimated tax payments, you’ll never have to guess and will never owe a penalty.
That algorithm is broken - it doesn't withhold the required amount for many people at RSU-granting jobs.
It's insane that the system is designed for most people to be FTEs and have their taxes withheld, but the provided formula doesn't withhold the required amount and they act like that's your fault.
I understand that you mean to be helpful, but the IRS is indefensible.
I don't understand why they think live phone call serves customers better, whereas I think email is a much better option and they seem to remove this option.
The waiting time was about what you mentioned, but there was a convenient option to leave a call back number so you don't have to wait on hold.
I made a total of 3 calls, each spaced a few days apart. The first two agents were markedly impatient and eager to get me off the phone for some reason. The third one was very friendly and helpful and finally resolved the issue.
I haven't had to call in for an agent post-Trump though, so things could have changed. (Not meant as a political statement; it's a simple fact that Trump utterly destroyed their funding for a few years.)
A Taiwanese YouTuber was annoyed because somebody always pirate his content to China mainland sites like bilibili. He complained to bilibili but no response.
So, he intentionally put a small Winnie-the-Pooh in the corner of the video, only on 1-2 frames. Then his contents got deleted immediately.
Does anyone know if such an app already exists?
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