Betty_Rose
Veteran Member
As y'all might recall, I got married last year (2023). About six weeks after filing our taxes, we received a notice that our identity on the tax returns was potentially fraudulent, and we weren't *really* Dr. and Mrs. B. It also said that our return would not be accepted until this was resolved.
The three-page letter we received gave us a case number and a phone number. It also suggested a website. We tried the website first, and it booted us right off with a message that was akin to "You're a potential fraudulent filer, so you can't do this online."
For the next 10 days, we wasted hours of our life calling the 1-800 number only to hear, "We're experiencing high call volumes. Please try later" and then the line disconnected.
We probably spent 10-12 hours trying to call them day after day after day. One day we were put on hold for more than two hours and then we gave up. The three-page IRS letter told us that we both had to present for the phone call due to the sensitive nature of the questions. So we both wasted 10-12 hours!
In desperation, my husband visited a local IRS office and they made an appointment for us to come to their office on April 16th. Unbelievable but it was their soonest possible appointment.
Thirty minutes after our appointment time, I asked the woman at the desk when we might be seen, and reconfirmed our 2:00 pm appointment. She said, "Those appointment times are just kind of suggestions. You'll be seen when we are able to see you."
Nearly 40 minutes after our appointment time, we were called back. The letter had told us to bring two years of previous returns, our birth certificates, SS cards, passports, something with our home address and a government-issued ID. The IRS agent asked to see our 2022 IRS returns (filed before we were married) and our driver's licenses.
When we told the IRS agent that we'd been trying to do this for almost two weeks via phone, she laughed and said, "Yeah, no one can get through."
I asked why the IRS was doing this and she said, "I have no idea but this is what all of us do in here all day long."
Within ten minutes, we were walking back to the car ($18 parking fee) and my husband was cussing under his breath. I wasn't too happy either.
Here's the real kicker: In 2023, we owed $10,000+ in federal taxes. Now if someone wants to fraudulently represent me and *pay* the massive IRS tax bill, I say LET THEM.
It's absolute nonsense. You'd think that they'd only peg returns where someone is getting a REFUND.
So what are they doing with those 87,000 agents? Apparently - they're creating "make work" projects for them.
The three-page letter we received gave us a case number and a phone number. It also suggested a website. We tried the website first, and it booted us right off with a message that was akin to "You're a potential fraudulent filer, so you can't do this online."
For the next 10 days, we wasted hours of our life calling the 1-800 number only to hear, "We're experiencing high call volumes. Please try later" and then the line disconnected.
We probably spent 10-12 hours trying to call them day after day after day. One day we were put on hold for more than two hours and then we gave up. The three-page IRS letter told us that we both had to present for the phone call due to the sensitive nature of the questions. So we both wasted 10-12 hours!
In desperation, my husband visited a local IRS office and they made an appointment for us to come to their office on April 16th. Unbelievable but it was their soonest possible appointment.
Thirty minutes after our appointment time, I asked the woman at the desk when we might be seen, and reconfirmed our 2:00 pm appointment. She said, "Those appointment times are just kind of suggestions. You'll be seen when we are able to see you."
Nearly 40 minutes after our appointment time, we were called back. The letter had told us to bring two years of previous returns, our birth certificates, SS cards, passports, something with our home address and a government-issued ID. The IRS agent asked to see our 2022 IRS returns (filed before we were married) and our driver's licenses.
When we told the IRS agent that we'd been trying to do this for almost two weeks via phone, she laughed and said, "Yeah, no one can get through."
I asked why the IRS was doing this and she said, "I have no idea but this is what all of us do in here all day long."
Within ten minutes, we were walking back to the car ($18 parking fee) and my husband was cussing under his breath. I wasn't too happy either.
Here's the real kicker: In 2023, we owed $10,000+ in federal taxes. Now if someone wants to fraudulently represent me and *pay* the massive IRS tax bill, I say LET THEM.
It's absolute nonsense. You'd think that they'd only peg returns where someone is getting a REFUND.
So what are they doing with those 87,000 agents? Apparently - they're creating "make work" projects for them.
