What's the best way to contact the IRS. It's looking like 'snail mail' is
the only viable method.
Is there any point in calling the IRS? Do they ever let you through?
Why do they have you answer a bunch of information only to tell you to call >back later? Don' they know how long the queue is before I go through all >their hoops?
Wilson <nowhere@nearyou.com> wrote:
What's the best way to contact the IRS. It's looking like 'snail mail' is >>the only viable method.
Is there any point in calling the IRS? Do they ever let you through?
Why do they have you answer a bunch of information only to tell you to
call
back later? Don' they know how long the queue is before I go through all >>their hoops?
No one on Usenet has any ability to help you if you don't offer any
clues as to what the issue is.
"Adam H. Kerman" wrote in message news:tgknqe$2iufg$1@dont-email.me... >>Wilson <nowhere@nearyou.com> wrote:
What's the best way to contact the IRS. It's looking like 'snail mail' is >>>the only viable method.
Is there any point in calling the IRS? Do they ever let you through?
Why do they have you answer a bunch of information only to tell you
to call back later? Don' they know how long the queue is before I go >>>through all their hoops?
No one on Usenet has any ability to help you if you don't offer any
clues as to what the issue is.
I think the OP was just asking a general question (shared by many of us) of >what is the best way to contact the IRS if, for example, you just have a >question or need clarification on something. If you are already involved in >some kind of dispute or back-and-forth with the IRS, I think the means of >communication will probably flow from the specific facts of your situation. >But if you just have a question or issue that you want to ask the IRS about, >how do you do it? Calling on the phone seems futile. You can't really >email them. I don't think their website has an "Ask the IRS" function. I >suppose you could drop by an IRS office, but you probably need an
appointment for that. So what do you do?
"Adam H. Kerman" wrote in message news:tgknqe$2iufg$1@dont-email.me...
Wilson <nowhere@nearyou.com> wrote:
What's the best way to contact the IRS. It's looking like 'snail
mail' is
the only viable method.
Is there any point in calling the IRS? Do they ever let you through?
Why do they have you answer a bunch of information only to tell you
to call
back later? Don' they know how long the queue is before I go through
all
their hoops?
No one on Usenet has any ability to help you if you don't offer any
clues as to what the issue is.
I think the OP was just asking a general question (shared by many of
us) of what is the best way to contact the IRS if, for example, you
just have a question or need clarification on something. If you are
already involved in some kind of dispute or back-and-forth with the
IRS, I think the means of communication will probably flow from the
specific facts of your situation. But if you just have a question or
issue that you want to ask the IRS about, how do you do it? Calling
on the phone seems futile. You can't really email them. I don't
think their website has an "Ask the IRS" function. I suppose you
could drop by an IRS office, but you probably need an appointment for
that. So what do you do?
What's the best way to contact the IRS. It's looking like 'snail
mail' is the only viable method.
Is there any point in calling the IRS? Do they ever let you
through? Why do they have you answer a bunch of information only
to tell you to call back later? Don' they know how long the queue
is before I go through all their hoops?
On 9/23/2022 12:52 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Wilson <now...@nearyou.com> wrote:
What's the best way to contact the IRS. It's looking like 'snail mail' is >> the only viable method.
Is there any point in calling the IRS? Do they ever let you through?
Why do they have you answer a bunch of information only to tell you to call
back later? Don' they know how long the queue is before I go through all >> their hoops?
No one on Usenet has any ability to help you if you don't offer any
clues as to what the issue is.
If you timely filed your tax returns and have proof, like a receipt for certified mail (you don't need to pay for the return receipt), and IRS
made very serious errors on data entry, and you responded to any IRS correspondence on a timely basis, and again you have a certified mail receipt, which did not resolve the problem, then you should contact your Member of Congress or one of your Senators. They have a person on staff
who is liason to IRS to help resolve constituent issues. They are going
to make you open the case with their office in writing and you'll likely need to send copies of all your paperwork.
That's a last resort.
Maybe if you weren't being so cagey here on Usenet and properly
described the issue, one of the tax professionals could help answer your question or give you a very specific method of submitting information to IRS to resolve the issue.
Yes, we've all had the experience of being dumped from the call queue before a live person answers. And we've had plenty of experience in
which a live person answers eventually only to inform us that he must transfer the call to a tax specialist for actual assistance, which means waiting in yet another call queue.
Sorry I didn't explain myself clearly enough. Nothing cagey at all. I'm not talking about getting dumped from a queue because I was too impatient to wait. I'm talking about not getting put into the queue in the first place.
I haven't been able to use the phone with the IRS since Covid. After 5 minutes of hoop jumping, I'm told to ' ... try again later. Goodbye.'
Since it happens so often to me, I thought the experience was universal.
BTW, this call was in response to a notice from the IRS which the client has until 11/04/22 to respond or forfeit the $1,400 for the 3rd stimulus that
the IRS appears to have deposited to someone else's account.
Thanks.
--
Wilson <nowhere@nearyou.com> wrote:
What's the best way to contact the IRS. It's looking like 'snail mail' is
the only viable method.
Is there any point in calling the IRS? Do they ever let you through?
Why do they have you answer a bunch of information only to tell you to call >> back later? Don' they know how long the queue is before I go through all
their hoops?
No one on Usenet has any ability to help you if you don't offer any
clues as to what the issue is.
If you timely filed your tax returns and have proof, like a receipt for certified mail (you don't need to pay for the return receipt), and IRS
made very serious errors on data entry, and you responded to any IRS correspondence on a timely basis, and again you have a certified mail receipt, which did not resolve the problem, then you should contact your Member of Congress or one of your Senators. They have a person on staff
who is liason to IRS to help resolve constituent issues. They are going
to make you open the case with their office in writing and you'll likely
need to send copies of all your paperwork.
That's a last resort.
Maybe if you weren't being so cagey here on Usenet and properly
described the issue, one of the tax professionals could help answer your question or give you a very specific method of submitting information to
IRS to resolve the issue.
Yes, we've all had the experience of being dumped from the call queue
before a live person answers. And we've had plenty of experience in
which a live person answers eventually only to inform us that he must transfer the call to a tax specialist for actual assistance, which means waiting in yet another call queue.
BTW, this call was in response to a notice from the IRS which the
client has until 11/04/22 to respond or forfeit the $1,400 for the
3rd stimulus that the IRS appears to have deposited to someone
else's account.
Wilson <now...@nearyou.com> wrote:
BTW, this call was in response to a notice from the IRS which theIn my experience with the IRS (which is not huge) letters they send out
client has until 11/04/22 to respond or forfeit the $1,400 for the
3rd stimulus that the IRS appears to have deposited to someone
else's account.
like that have the name and telephone number of the person assigned to
the case, printed on the upper right hand side of the first page.
That's who you call, not their general number (which has been pretty
much a useless thing to do recently as far as I can tell).
--
Stu
http://DownToEarthLawyer.com
On Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 11:50:18 PM UTC-4, Stuart O. Bronstein wrote:most uncivil-civil servant I have ever remembered, who would not let me in, nor explain why I couldn't get in over an hour before closing time, nor let me leave a written note, nor nothing. So I drove to my congressman's district office. The much-more-
Wilson <now...@nearyou.com> wrote:
BTW, this call was in response to a notice from the IRS which theIn my experience with the IRS (which is not huge) letters they send out
client has until 11/04/22 to respond or forfeit the $1,400 for the
3rd stimulus that the IRS appears to have deposited to someone
else's account.
like that have the name and telephone number of the person assigned to
the case, printed on the upper right hand side of the first page.
That's who you call, not their general number (which has been pretty
much a useless thing to do recently as far as I can tell).
--
Stu
http://DownToEarthLawyer.com
This is just an anecdote, and about 10 years old, but I needed a tax transcript and I don't remember why I couldn't do it online but I went to the IRS office, which closed at 4PM and I got there around 2:45 and there was no one in the lobby. I met the
She got me the transcript.
;) lol
On Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 11:50:18 PM UTC-4, Stuart O. Bronstein >wrote:
Wilson <now...@nearyou.com> wrote:
BTW, this call was in response to a notice from the IRS which theIn my experience with the IRS (which is not huge) letters they send out
client has until 11/04/22 to respond or forfeit the $1,400 for the
3rd stimulus that the IRS appears to have deposited to someone
else's account.
like that have the name and telephone number of the person assigned to
the case, printed on the upper right hand side of the first page.
That's who you call, not their general number (which has been pretty
much a useless thing to do recently as far as I can tell).
--
Stu
http://DownToEarthLawyer.com
This is just an anecdote, and about 10 years old, but I needed a tax >transcript and I don't remember why I couldn't do it online but I went to
the IRS office, which closed at 4PM and I got there around 2:45 and there
was no one in the lobby. I met the most uncivil-civil servant I have ever >remembered, who would not let me in, nor explain why I couldn't get in over >an hour before closing time, nor let me leave a written note, nor nothing.
So I drove to my congressman's district office. The much-more-civil
servant there said she could help me, and made a remark about how the IRS
was underfunded and not giving very good service. And I made some allusion >to the fact that my congressman was Tea Party and one of the people most >responsible for the underfunding of the IRS. The aide just gave a wry
smile as if to say "Yeah, that's for sure, but what can I say?"
She got me the transcript.
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