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Seems really bizarre. The irs doesn’t send people to your doorstep. I have no idea what to think.

 

I imagine they would if you're not answering their correspondence. But that's assuming this is actually legit.

 

WSJ unfortunately has gone down the crapper. As for Lois Lerner, she was going after entities that weren’t entitled to 501(c)(4) status.

 

The idea that the Biden administration, or somebody, would contact the irs to go visit his house due to him testifying in front of congress because of Twitter files just doesn’t seem plausible. I seriously doubt the irs cares anything about the Twitter files, nor does the Biden administration.

 

I have been through multiple audits over the years. Over that same time probably hundreds of pages of correspondence. Never ever ever have I had an agent come to my house. If this is accurate it’s truly bizarre.

 

I’m curious, how many people on TWFSG have actually had dealings - inquiries and audits - with the IRS over the last 30-49 years? If you have, what’s your impression as regards the caliber and quality of the service in general and its agents over the years?

 

100% of my interactions were made through 3rd party and I never met nor spoke with agent in person

 

I agree.

 

This guy payed him a visit, cool

 

I have and has a good experience. I've found the agents to be helpful but they get bogged down by the bureaucracy.

Also, as it pertains to some people asking above, I haven't had an agent make a house call, but had one make a business call.

 

The story really doesn’t seem credible. The WSJ editorial board, in their opinion peace, is running off a letter Jim Jordan sent to the IRS. It’s light on facts and big on speculation. Seems like Mr. Taibbi has an inflated sense of self-worth, that he’d be important enough to “silence” or intimidate. Considering his Twitter files were sort of misleading/disingenuous, it wouldn’t be surprising if the basis of this were also not as presented (I.e if this even turns out true at all, that he was already under IRS scrutiny).

What is interesting, is apparently this guy was educated and spent a ton of time in Russia. Another “Russia, Russia, Russia” guy. Perhaps, assuming the IRS actually paid him a visit at all, he has some international cash flows or there’s more threads to their investigation? The idea they are targeting him over Twitter files seems far fetched considering Twitter files fell flat and if they wanted to “silence” somebody over that nonsense it would be Elon Musk.

 

Me, I once got a prerecorded call from the IRS saying I had to pay my taxes in Walmart gift cards or face audit/prison. Tyranny! Where's my article?

 

That and as a general rule Matt Taibbi is full of shit.

 

I'm not sure if Taibbi has confirmed the details. He reportedly tweeted that he doesn't want to comment on the letter at this time. I would be surprised if the IRS showed up at his house to target him for his recent testimony, but maybe someone did so claiming to be IRS and wasn't. I can imagine several possibilities.

 

So, in order to "intimidate" Taibbi, the government, with all of this "weaponization", sent an IRS agent with a note, to call them?

And they did it knowing he wasn't home?

And the note said that two returns had been rejected? As in, likely the easiest possible fix for a government entity? Mine was rejected last year because I put down the wrong AGI from the previous year. A rejected return is a simple matter of records, assuming the returns are on the up and up. Taibbi says the IRS owes him money. Sounds like this should get that payment expedited, lucky him!

I'm not sure which truth would be more pathetic. The idea that D's concept of "weaponization" is sending an entry-level accountant to your empty home to drop off a form letter that is fixed about 100K a year at the very moment you're foaming at the mouth at Congress about being perpetually bullied, or the idea that R's are in fact terrified by it. And sadly, both of those dumbass ideas could be entirely true.

 

I’ve dealt with an audit 2 times.

The first was over their belief that I didn’t spend as much on advertisement and expenses for a part time business I had started. I put all my profits in it because I had full time employment that I lived off of and wanted to build it up. I attended it myself. I provided them with all the necessary receipts. After the audit was finished they discovered my accountant had not included my December expenses and they owed me about 265 dollars rather than I owning them. The lady that did the audit got rather flustered and asked that I wait while she checks with her supervisor. When she came back she pretty much apologized then went on to tell me they would not accept some of my gas expenses because I didn’t have proper records which I did. That lowered the amount of my return 250 (mol) dollars. She said my return would be 15 (mol) instead. She asked me to sign off on it and I agreed. When I got back to work I called my accountant who told me I shouldn’t have signed and instead should have requested another audit through appeal, that they would have sent me the proper amount.

The second time Hartford who had my tax deferred comp money started giving me monthly payments as I requested. It was set up to be the same amount every month to avoid the 10% penalty for early withdrawal. Hartford coded the withdrawal incorrectly causing the IRS to rightfully ask that I pay the penalty. i called Hartford and asked them to correct it which they refused to do. i wrote a letter to the IRS and sent documentation explaining the error. I asked for an audit in person in the letter. The IRS agreed with me and mailed me a letter saying so. I saved the letter and still have it. lol

 

the proliferation of opinion pieces is the problem. most of their news articles are still well sourced.

 

the message is an opinion that is not properly sourced. too many articles are taken as news when they are not, they are opinions based on hearsay