| On September 23, 2005, the Internal Revenue | | | | |
| Service began sending notices to tax payers | | | | Who knew the IRS used monster trucks? Instead |
| in thirteen states that there may be a | | | | of "Grave Digger", the truck must have been |
| problem with their tax payments. Here is the | | | | called "Every last penny you have Digger." |
| scoop. | | | | |
| | | | Anyway, taxpayers located in Alaska, Arizona, |
| Traffic School? | | | | California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, |
| | | | Ohio, Oregon, Utah, Virginia, Washington and |
| It seems one of the trucks carrying the | | | | Wyoming may have seen there tax payments deep |
| payments was involved in a traffic accident | | | | sixed. In a particularly cheeky announcement, |
| and the payments were lost. The accident | | | | the IRS wishes to assure taxpayers that it |
| actually occurred in San Mateo, California | | | | will help make sure the tax snafu is fixed |
| and resulted in...wait, I have to stop | | | | up. |
| laughing. Okay. Deep breathe. The tax | | | | |
| documents were "ejected into the bay" and | | | | Anyone up for a dive? |
| can't be recovered! There must be a couple of | | | | |
| great white sharks wondering what is going | | | | Check Your Debits |
| on. | | | | |
| | | | If you think you might be a victim of the IRS |
| The payments in question are estimated tax | | | | traffic accident, just check any estimated |
| payments made by anyone to the San Francisco | | | | tax payments made to see if processing |
| mail box for the IRS in the first few weeks | | | | occurred. If all else fails, rest assured the |
| of September. Yes, the IRS uses drop mail | | | | IRS will let you know if there is a problem. |
| boxes like everyone else. How encouraging. | | | | |
| | | | While the above article may seem like a bad |
| The little traffic snafu suffered by the IRS | | | | Saturday Night Live skit, it is real. I can't |
| apparently wasn't so little. The service is | | | | wait to see the next notice from the IRS |
| reporting that as many as 30,000 estimated | | | | about an agent's dog eating 50,000 or so tax |
| tax payments from individuals and businesses | | | | returns. |
| in 13 states may have been lost. | | | | |