Yours is a very small case.
Most small matters are handled quickly because it makes no sense to increase the backlog over trivial dollars.
Most small matters are handled by pleasant IRS employees.
What really grates most business owners is the fact that they feel undignified in filling out a return and wondering if they have satisfied the complex myriad of rules. So they keep reams and boxes full of paper that they find difficult to keep organized because of the time involved. For example, a batch of fuel receipts going back at least three years or more. And that’s just one small example.
Your experience was small and mild. Try not to jump from that small experience to thinking that others are overstating their grievances. The abuses are real. Let’s hope you never have to find out just how real they can be.
“Your experience was small and mild. Try not to jump from that small experience to thinking that others are overstating their grievances. The abuses are real. Let’s hope you never have to find out just how real they can be.”
I don’t doubt that there are true horror stories, but when I continually hear stories like the $4,000 bill for the $17 mistake, I have to wonder about some of those tales.
Although I have done some freelancing over the years and have always claimed that money, I don’t own a business so I can’t relate to those complications. I admit that my return is pretty simple.