As the title says been sitting at home for 4 weeks now just following court cases and hoping my agency calls me back. Bored so figured I’d start this. Feel free to ask me anything you might be interested in the IRS about, I was/am I guess a contact representative in collections.
I’m a fired IRS employee who was reinstated getting paid to do nothing now. AMA
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Do you have a college degree?
What’s the best way to cheat on my taxes and not get caught?
What was your job in the IRS? What does a contact representative in collections do?
Do you know an MAGAs in the same boat as you? What’s their take on all this?
Glad you got your job back
Do if your short term realized looses for stocks are more than short term realized gains, do you owe nothing for stock taxes?
For example
What is the best time to call the IRS about an issue?
I’m so curious – how were you reinstated, did they call you personally or send a generic email? And how long after your dismissal were you reinstated? Do you think they know you work there – do you think you kind of slipped through the cracks and get to collect a paycheck?
Did you say you got your job back but are getting paid to do nothing?
What do you mean?
And are you an EA? Or do you want to be as a side hustle? Do you get a pension?
What are the salaries like at various levels within the agency? Can you explain the pay bands for different experience/seniority levels?
Not that you would, but if you wanted to, would it be possible to wipe out someone’s balance?
How do you feel about stealing peoples money every paycheck to help fund terrorists across the globe through USAID?
How will the budget cuts to the IRS affect the department to do it’s job? Will it make it less able to perform audits? Or able to collect on monies owed?
How many hours did you actually work per week? Not including lunch break or any long coffee/smoke break.
If you owe money, what’s the easiest way to file extensions and how many times can you file them?
Let’s just say I was in the middle of an audit that was supposed to be resolved by February. Received a letter saying IRS needs an extra 60-90 days to finish reviewing. This was ridiculous audit as I’m no business owner or anything like that just a 1099 contractor that makes less than $100k. With this new sheriff in town you think the audits will take longer or I will be dragged endlessly? Kudos to you for answering questions as IRS is like the forbidden zone for us peasants.
I’m very aggressive this year on what I consider business expenses. I figure the IRS doesn’t have the staff to do a lot of audits, so why not. Should I be more cautious?
How can you tell if church donations are BS?
Do you really expect businesses to keep 3 years of receipts for buisiness expenses?
If you owe say 50k in back taxes and havent defaulted on a payment plan, whats the fastest way to get that amount down to zero. Can a lesser amount be negotiated and paid over multiple payments to satisfy the debt?
Do you feel more or less efficient than before?
By and large, would you say the changes to the standard deduction helped or hurt the average tax payer?
Hey it’s another version of me lol, I was a revenue agent. Have you found any job opportunities? I haven’t found shit except one interview.
I recently sent 5 years of back tax returns to the IRS, all filled out by hand and mailed in (which I know is slower already as is). Given all the cuts, is it gonna take months to hear back from them? They haven’t even deposited the checks I sent in with my returns and it’s been a month.
Do you wish you had taken the fork?
Will the person I reach on the phone automatically review my account to find ways to reduce my balance or do I need to make a specific request. If my return was audited and I was found to owe money what are all the various ways to ask for a reduced balance for penalty and interest?
How long ere you employed there?
Are we ever going to get to a point where the IRS just sends a summary of your prior year taxes and asks whether you agree? If so, they then send you a refund or you send a payment? Maybe there is an option to report undocumented circumstances/deduction or something but for a majority of people their taxes are predetermined and known. I am really tired of doing something the government has to review and correct when they could just tell me instead.
Good for you!
How can I get a job at the IRS
What’s the most money you got back in a single collection?
Hey, I’m still waiting for my refundfrom 2023. They owe me about $3800(I over pay). They have already paid me for 2024. Any advice on how to get my money lol.
Do you expect to get RIFd?
I had some payments misallocated to the wrong tax year. The first time I called the agent I spoke to said the Credit Transfer Machine is broken. I immediately imagined a bunch of pulleys and gear and pipes with steam shooting out. Is that the correct image ?
Maybe you’ll know this but if a tax specialist fills out your correct information why aren’t they liable to pay if they mess up?
If I buy a house without selling my old house, how long do I have to sell the old house without incurring capital gains?
Fuck the irs
Any idea as to when an estate closing letter might be issued for a 706 return that was filed in February 2024?
So what do you mean when you say you are following court cases? Is that something you are required to do? Or just passing time out of boredom? What are your actual requirements when working from home to earn your pay?
Small business owner here who did everything I was supposed to for ERC and it’s been in limbo for years with no updates or insight into what’s going on. Any thoughts on the best way to get more info or keep things moving? I try calling the business hotline but it seems to depend on the agent. TAS worth a try?
What’s the most common call the IRS gets? I’ve been filing taxes for almost 20 years and have never had direct communication with the IRS.
Taxation is theft
How many months can I go except before it get noticed ?
If taxes people pay go to things society needs, like police and firefighters, why do cops and firemen have to pay taxes too? Where does their tax money go?
Does the IRS use Benford’s Law to detect cheating?
Does the IRS care about my possible work fantasy football league earnings, March madness earnings, and other payments sent to various apps like Venmo and PayPal?
Mainly wanting to know about if I’m the money holder to distribute said cash to the winners. Am I supposed to pay taxes on this?
What’s the best resource to learn all of the IRS tax codes, legislation, and regulations?
Are you allowed to and if so do you plan to volunteer at VITA or other types of activities?
What if you forget to include your brokerage account 1099 but just file your w2 will they know?
It’s impossible to get a hold of anyone even before Covid. What is the direct phone tree to actually talk to someone?
Do you think I can get away with more solar tax credit? Thanks!
How will small business owners (like really small side hustle businesses for example) who report expenses on Schedule Cs be affected in the short to medium term? Will that decrease the chance of an audit or are those also automated?
For the callers that you go an extra mile to help out, what about them made you want to help them out? I’m wondering what I can do to get better customer service help lol
What is the general consensus of Musk being knighted a “ new” department dictator – I mean, director? I know you can’t speak for anyone, just wondering what the skuttle is.
I overpaid on payroll taxes one year. I ended up having to pay twice on two separate EINs. The auditor told me that they couldn’t switch the overpayment from one EIN to the other without me filing a return on the other. So I had to pay over $7k twice to the IRS.
Do you recommend I file an amended tax return? This was a couple of years ago.
Hypothetically let’s say you got audited for earned income tax credit and sent it your proof of income and bank accounts for your small business and IRS accepted this as is…ie you won the audit. Are you likely to get audited again or are you on some “list”?
Why is it taking so long to get my federal return? I got my state over a month ago, is the IRS just super backed up because of the DOGE fiasco?
Which President did you vote for? How safe do you think we are for next 4 years?
If I file HoH but don’t have any dependents anymore, is that something the computers will automatically flag?
I filed taxes three years ago and I usually make 30-35k a year in OH. I bough some crypto and made 5k but re invested and loss it. I didn’t add it to my taxes and didn’t knew you had to. Never heard from IRS what is your thigh on this?
is it true taxes won’t really be reviewed much the next 4yrs?
How strict is IRS on 1065 Schedule L, M-1, M-2 for small start up business who filed 1065 late and is now required to add those schedules? For reference, The LLC’s bookkeeping data is not very good but they only made 3k in the 3 months they were open ‘24. Thank you.
If you’re in collections… my amended tax return was reviewed and “approved” (June 2024) but internally they have never updated the balance I owe. Every agent keeps telling me not to pay the amount on my account that is listed online because it is incorrect to what they have internally but the underwriter hasn’t finalized it yet. On the flip side I keep getting notices that I’m going to be levyed and no one seems to be able to get me an answer on what to do, how to stop the levy because the amount listed that I owe is incorrect and I keep getting told it’ll be finalized “soon”. I’ve been hearing “soon” for 3 months now 🥲
Do you feel as though every employee at your location is necessary? Are employees tasks being completed efficiently?
Do you feel as though every employee at your location is necessary? Are employees tasks being completed efficiently?
Thank you OP for helping everyone out and being so calm and patient. Sending you positive love and vibes for a safe vacation and when you return a job.
I feel for you as a person. But as a taxpayer you’ve already enjoyed a four week vacation. Don’t make it five. Take your termination with grace and begin a career where maybe you’re necessary enough a month long absence would be noticed by the economy. It will feel rewarding.
The irony of doge claiming to cut waste but now just created thousands of people getting paid to do nothing 😂
What’s the threshold for getting audited typically? Is it True the IRS won’t waste their time with a business making less than 100k?
You need to be doing something if the tax payers are paying your wages. I expect to see you out sweeping streets at a minimum. The arrogance on you to be accepting my money, be doing nothing and then coming to the internet for attention. Bad form.
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