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