I downloaded the letter to my own server, and you can follow that link. PLEASE re-read it. It says she is probably due some relief, but not all of it.
So I guess - barring any other documentation - she still owes somewhere between $11,000 and $2,000 (if the listed broad categories of travel/meals/entertainment and legal/professional fees were fully accepted as listed). But Christine - and many here - have insisted she's paid it all, that the IRS admitted it was all their mistake, and it was bogus. Yet that is NOT what is shown.
I do know as a business owner that IRS rules are extremely complex and often appear contradictory. I have a CPA prepare my returns but I’m certain if I were audited it wouldn’t be a pleasant experience.
I'm a business owner, too, I've been audited by the IRS, and I've gone round-and-round with them, too... Even had an ACTUAL mistake on their part. But the documentation was extensive, and complete, and much better than what she showed. And when the lien was lifted, I received a letter stating EXACTLY that. Not a "we'll talk" - but an actual "it's gone".
Based upon what I’ve read I don’t think she’s a tax cheat. Often you don’t know exactly how the IRS views certain issues until it’s decided through the appeals process.
She may not be, but then why does she claim the issue is resolved and there's no proof it is? If it's still on-going then state as much and say you're contesting it. Don't claim it's gone and then get found to be lying.
At this point, she's either lying about the issue being resolved, or she still owes taxes. Either way, it's not very good...
Why don't you go take the axe you have to grind and go chop some trees down. If you spent have your energy supporting good candidates as you do wasting time with this IRS issue, it might help.
Did you not see the Certificate of Release of Federal Tax Lien? It is posted as well. I can’t figure out where you think she still owes taxes.
The February 8 letter states she is due additional relief and they’d like to have it wrapped up by the first week of March. If they still hadn’t figured out in the Feb letter how much relief she was due on the first document submittal she made and they were requesting additional documents there’s no way they correctly issued a lien by March. It sounds as if someone flagged a date in the IRS computer that corresponded to the first week of March (as noted in the letter) and mistakenly they issued a lien based upon their original claim on that wrap up date.
Mr. McNichols said he was under the gun to get this wrapped up by early March and it sounds like somehow a lien was issued while negotiations were ongoing.. They did finally negotiate a settlement and it sounds like she paid what was negotiated on May 16, 2010. The release was dated May 19.
How do you figure the issue isn’t resolved?