One of my clients, partially as a result of his dementia, wasn't real good about filing his taxes for a few years.
We I arrived on the scene, 6 of the previous 7 years had passed without the more than symbolic flashing of the 1040. I have spent many hours negotiating with the IRS and filing back returns. All of this activity resulted in a payment plan that really is doable within the client's limited budget. And along the way I discovered some extremely helpful IRS Folk (Heather Poppleton, I love you!). Did you know that the IRS considers each year's return as a separate and unique thing? I mention this because the first time that I thought I had negotiated a deal, turns out it was for just 2 of the six years in question. And every time something goes wrong I get 12 letters! Six by regular mail and six certified. The workers at our local small town post office must think that I am the biggest tax loser in town. I've been making the regular payments through the online system and guess what, 12 more letters in today's mail! Turns out I didn't apply them to the earliest delinquent return. Again rescued by another extremely patient IRS dude. We are back on track. Moral of the story: you can mess wit' some of the gov'mint some of the time but you can't never mess wit' the IRS! Comments are closed.
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Don the Trustee
When my mother passed very suddenly some 16 years ago, I worked as a trustee for the first time. Her trust contained walnut orchards, peach orchards and a small vineyard. One of the properties was within the sphere of influence of the adjacent city and I dove in with the neighbors and started working on annexation. Loved this work back then and still find it very satisfying today. Archives
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