Journal stoolpigeon's Journal: Catch 22 6
I got a thing from the IRS and they want me to fill out an on-line form.
To successfully complete the form I have to enter my filing address and it has to match my return. The form fields don't allow me to correctly enter the address.
So the address has to match for the form to validate, but the form wont allow me to enter the address correctly. It's beautiful. There's an email address to send information about the process and it says below the address that you can send an email but they wont respond. Super.
So I go to the page with a phone number to call. It says "You can call between 7 am and 7 pm your local time." I'd wager not.
I've never had a problem with the IRS or filing until this year. Something has put me onto some list with them, which they wont tell me about other than in a general way and now everything is exponentially more difficult. Fantastic.
Certified Mail (Score:2)
Send what they request from you in a Certified Mail with Return Receipt Requested [wikipedia.org] with clear information that the web page does not work for you.
It should be sufficient for you to provide your information to them that way.
It might annoy them and be added work for you, but from a legal point of view this should be accepted [dailyfinance.com].
Visit your local IRS office (Score:2)
I see being your best bet. This snail mail correspondence is very time consuming.
Re: (Score:1)
That would be quite a hike I do believe. However the consulate should have some info. To me they should have to do all the paperwork and send it, return post paid, to you to sign. Otherwise they need to take 'service' out of their name.
Re: (Score:2)
I'll be at the Budapest embassy Friday getting my kids passports renewed. Maybe I can ask on the side while I'm there. My guess is gonna be that they aren't gonna do much for me.
So I go to the page with a phone number (Score:1)
This one, I hope [irs.gov] :-)
Re: (Score:2)
No - that page acknowledges reality. And I have used the number there for people outside the US. It's a long wait to talk to some person who sounds miserable. I have no idea if the wait is any different than calling from inside the US.
I've been calling them a lot because at the same time they are keeping me from efiling for my 2014 taxes, I still haven't received my 2013 return. So I keep calling them and waiting for a an hour or so to let them tell me it's "In process" and that they don't have any other de