Got this letter today

Posted by dpb on July 1, 2009, 3:10 pm

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Mark Bole wrote:

> dpb wrote:

>> Then again, OP could have received a letter similar to the one I did

>> that had no amounts nor any explanation of what, specifically, was the

>> issue, only an adjustment amount for additional tax supposedly owed

>> that makes no sense from any figures on the return.

> But the letter at least indicated what tax year it was for, right? Our

> OP steadfastly refuses to divulge *any* details of the letter.

...

Yes, it did have that...

My newswerver only has the original post, no followups from OP so
couldn't really assess refusal/no data or just vanished.

I thought (and still think) it most peculiar in my situation the letter
was so worthless in explaining the perceived problem. I'm almost
positive there was a data entry error and a crossing of communications
in the mail underlying the problem but it's yet TBD.

Situation had to do w/ electronic filing original return w/ a small
overpayment requested to be credited to next year's estimated payments.
Very shortly after the submittal I realized had inadvertently included
4th quarter estimated from previous tax year and missed both the 4th
quarter current year and one other quarterly payment so actually was
owed sizable refund. Owing to that size and being less than week since
filing, preparer agreed it was probably wise to amend the return. By
the time that amended return was received had gotten a correction notice
where IRS software had determined correct estimates and issued proper
refund.

I'm thinking then when the amended return got there, it then screwed the
system up royally since the correction requested had already been made.
The amended return was unable to be viewed by the phone response
people which didn't help.

Anyway, just a comment that I could have believed a letter that had
nothing useful in determining to what it referred, specifically, was
quite possible... :)

Whether it was really so in OP's case is another question, agreed...

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Posted by Mark Bole on July 1, 2009, 4:52 pm

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dpb wrote:

> My newswerver only has the original post, no followups from OP so

> couldn't really assess refusal/no data or just vanished.

He also posted in misc.taxes, I was including that thread too.

> I thought (and still think) it most peculiar in my situation the letter

> was so worthless in explaining the perceived problem. I'm almost

> positive there was a data entry error and a crossing of communications

> in the mail underlying the problem but it's yet TBD.

[...]

> Anyway, just a comment that I could have believed a letter that had

> nothing useful in determining to what it referred, specifically, was

> quite possible... :)

I understand. It is pretty weak that the IRS web site, while listing
some types of letters and their meaning, does not have an index of all
of them...it's not like they don't have the information available.

What I was responding to was the OP's request for help with
understanding a letter, coupled with his assertion that it couldn't
possibly be related to anything he did and that he didn't need to
divulge anything else about the letter in order to get help.

-Mark Bole

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Posted by Arthur Kamlet on July 1, 2009, 10:35 pm

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>I understand. It is pretty weak that the IRS web site, while listing

>some types of letters and their meaning, does not have an index of all

>of them...it's not like they don't have the information available.

I share this concern.

Here are a few links that make you think, why oh, why isn't there
a single link with all letters/notices?

The first link is directly related to a taxpayer's problem
involving a leter 105C.

http://www.treas.gov/tigta/auditreports/2003reports/200310171fr.html

These next three links are lists of popular letters, but why three,
and why is letter 106c not part of them, and why isn't there one
single list?

http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=96199,00.html

http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=125104,00.html

http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=125130,00.html

*And why was the business list in the "individuals" branch of
the iRS tree?

And for good measure, search for 105C in these two links:

http://www.treas.gov/tigta/auditreports/2003reports/200310171fr.html

http://www.natptax.com/2009txfebnews.pdf
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