It seems to also argue that we all have claims for lost interest on what we paid to the IRS during the period in question, but that's a stretch. I am getting Wesley Snipes tax advisor vibes here and will move along.
> Without IRS or congressional action, outcomes may unfairly favor the “well advised” over the “unaware.”
Part of the governments job should be to make sure those with expensive advisors do not end up much better off than those who do their own taxes with little knowledge of tax law.
The purpose of taxes is not to tax the dumb extra.
The designed purpose of the IRS is to raise funds for governance. It's been captured and drained of resources by the capital class so that it's actual operational purpose is making sure that rich people pay as few taxes as possible by looking the other way when they don't obey the law.
Yet another insurmountable bug in capitalism - those with the capital make the rules, and usually the new rules allow them to accumulate further capital. Rinse and repeat.
> For COVID-19, a federal disaster declaration was in effect from January 20, 2020, through May 11, 2023. [...] As noted, tens of millions of taxpayers have been assessed penalties or interest for late filings or payments during these years.
I'm a little surprised that many people are late with their tax filings.
> The IRS should quickly develop a means to allow taxpayers to file their claims electronically and implement it immediately. The IRS and taxpayers do not need paper Forms 843 clogging up the system.
Seriously. This reads like self-promotion of a bad YouTube channel or something. It's amateurish, full of self-aggrandizement and opinions. This has no place coming from our gov't.
Do you think it looks official? Or does it look like someone spent $10 on a 3rd world rando to make a site on Wordpress and a spoofed URL and didn't even bother to make it part of the official site.
I'll save everybody else 120s: if you didn't get penalized for filing your taxes late during covid, move on.
It seems to also argue that we all have claims for lost interest on what we paid to the IRS during the period in question, but that's a stretch. I am getting Wesley Snipes tax advisor vibes here and will move along.
> I am getting Wesley Snipes tax advisor vibes here and will move along.
From the IRS?
It's not just if you filed late. It also says payments "due any time within that window were not late until after July 10, 2023."
So for example, if you were a contractor who paid your taxes on April 15 (rather than making quarterly payments).
Shit, that was me. I never pay my quarterly payments, it's easier (for me) to let the government send me a bill lol.
Used to do the same, realized the penalty was so minor compared to my time filing quarterly.
I think the interest rate is 7% so if you have other debts, not making the quarterly payments is probably the cheapest loan you can get.
> Without IRS or congressional action, outcomes may unfairly favor the “well advised” over the “unaware.”
Part of the governments job should be to make sure those with expensive advisors do not end up much better off than those who do their own taxes with little knowledge of tax law.
The purpose of taxes is not to tax the dumb extra.
you're right but the purpose of the IRS is to tax the dumb extra.
The designed purpose of the IRS is to raise funds for governance. It's been captured and drained of resources by the capital class so that it's actual operational purpose is making sure that rich people pay as few taxes as possible by looking the other way when they don't obey the law.
Yet another insurmountable bug in capitalism - those with the capital make the rules, and usually the new rules allow them to accumulate further capital. Rinse and repeat.
> A Practical Challenge: Paper Is Still the IRS’s Kryptonite
Please just give us the prompt.
I still file my tax returns on paper, via certified mail.
Why?
> For COVID-19, a federal disaster declaration was in effect from January 20, 2020, through May 11, 2023. [...] As noted, tens of millions of taxpayers have been assessed penalties or interest for late filings or payments during these years.
I'm a little surprised that many people are late with their tax filings.
I have a vague recollection of being charged a penalty I didn't agree with and arguing with the IRS about it during the pandemic.
I couldn't tell you what or how much it was for now though.
Go pull your account transcript for the years in question.
> The IRS should quickly develop a means to allow taxpayers to file their claims electronically and implement it immediately. The IRS and taxpayers do not need paper Forms 843 clogging up the system.
https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov
I can't tell if this is trying to seem fake.
Seriously. This reads like self-promotion of a bad YouTube channel or something. It's amateurish, full of self-aggrandizement and opinions. This has no place coming from our gov't.
What seems fake about it?
Compare this site to the base domain.
https://www.irs.gov/
Do you think it looks official? Or does it look like someone spent $10 on a 3rd world rando to make a site on Wordpress and a spoofed URL and didn't even bother to make it part of the official site.
> Do you think it looks official?
I check the address bar for that.
This is potentially the most usful AI slop blog post I've ever read.