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Now why Agnes took her personal time, on a Saturday, to come into work and
finish this matter is anyone’s guess. I was just happy that she did. On the other
hand, when you deal with the IRS you don't count on anything until you get it
in writing, and that sometimes means nothing. That's just the way the IRS
works.
I confess that this was just the opposite of what I expected. I really
didn't believe that Agnes had the courage to make a final determination in my
favor after she talked to the IRS attorneys. Again, why she did is anyone’s
guess.
What I can say though is that Agnes's decision that the IRS abate their
penalties and interest and send me back the money they extorted from me does
not change my mind in the least about the IRS. They are extortionists. And
friendly or not, they will always be extortionists.
Remember, Agnes only said that they should abate the penalties interest and
refund any monies I had paid. She didn't say anything about the IRS
compensating me for loss of my businesses. She didn't apologize for the IRS
trashing my marriage or say that they were sorry that I would be visiting
Lauren for the rest of my life instead of living with her. Agnes didn't say
that they were sorry for anything. All she said was that the IRS was willing to
forget it. Well you know what? I'm not. There is no way that I will ever accept
what the IRS did. No one, especially the government, should be allowed to destroy
innocent people and not have to pay the consequences.
I admit that this was a huge step in the right direction given the fact that
I did not use an attorney or an accountant, which remember didn’t help for the
past 14 years, and the fact that I basically did it over the phone! Now what in
the hell’s wrong with that picture. It has to make you question, if I could get
the IRS ‘s decision, assessments, interest and penalties overturned over the
phone, then why in the hell did the IRS do this to me in the first place? It
has to make you wonder if I haven’t been right all along.
In case you’re thinking to yourself that the IRS has changed and is becoming
friendlier and easier to deal with, allow me to dispel that notion. The IRS are
the same extortionist they have always been and always will be. Nothing changed
at the IRS agency and nothing will until we force that change because the
politicians will never, and I mean never, force the IRS agency to be
financially responsible for their extortionist collection tactics or for the
damage they do to innocent people daily.
Now, I do not want to prolong finishing the book, but I feel it’s necessary
to explain just how the IRS handled the situation after it was determined that
they were wrong. Did they come to me and offer fair and equitable settlement
for the damage they caused? Hell no, they just continued their deception. For
the next 11 months, one meeting and 102 phone calls, the IRS decided it was
better to just give me the run around. When one IRS employee got tired of
dealing with me they would just hand me to someone else until they got tired of
dealing with me. Their strategy was to keep passing me off until I just got
tired of dealing with them and gave up. What they did not understand was quit
is not in my vocabulary. Like it or not, the IRS is going to pay for the hell
they put me through.
My next phone call from the IRS came on 12-30-1998. When I came home for
lunch, there was a message on the recorder for me to call Barbara Woods from
the IRS. I returned her call at 2:10 and was told by Barbara that the IRS was
extending my case for three weeks because they could not write a check for the
next three weeks. She abruptly ended the conversation by stating that I would
have everything in writing along with a refund check by 01-29-99.
On 01-21-99 I called Barbara Woods and asked that since the IRS was
supposedly refunding the money they had taken from me for their assessments on
01-29-99, it didn’t make sense for me to send them another payment of $245.00
on the 28th just to have them return it on the 29th.
Barbara Woods agreed and told me not to send the payment. After the dealings
I’ve had with the IRS in the past, I thought I had better cover myself so I
asked her if she would fax me something to that effect. She hesitated, then
agreed to attempt to see if she couldn’t get permission from someone to do
that. Barbara then told me in a firm tone that the IRS was going to ask for
another extension and advised me that I would not receive the letter or the
refund check on the 29th as she said I would on 12-30-99. She then
ended the conversation by saying that she would get back to me on the fax.
Barbara didn’t have an answer for my question, she just told me in her stern
voice that they would send me a printout of the payments that they did find and
if I did not agree with the amount I could contact her and tell her what
payments were missing. She then preceded to warn me not to exaggerate the
amount or I could be in more trouble with the IRS.
After listening to this, I had heard enough. I had also taken more than
enough of her crass attitude, so I took the time to set her straight. I
reminded Barbara that the IRS was wrong, not me, and that the amount of money
she was talking about wouldn’t even begin to pay me for what they had put me
though. I reminded her that the IRS not only extorted money from me, they had
cost me my family and two businesses. When I said that she snapped back that
the IRS would never, ever consider compensating me for that. I then, in no
uncertain terms, told her that the IRS would pay me eventually if they liked it
or not.
At this point I told Barbara that I had had enough of her and her attitude.
I told her to send me a printout of whatever payments she could find. I
explained to her that I would contact Senator Roth’s office and explain the
problems I was having with her and ask for his assistance again in resolving
this matter.
| On 02-04-99 I received a letter from Barbara Woods listing some dates and
amounts of payments she had found. I immediately noticed that they were missing
the $8700 payment I gave to Lenna Kirby along with the money they had seized
from my bank account. Nor were they counting the $25,000 the IRS made sure I
didn’t collect from the sale of the painting & drywall business. |
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| On 02-10-99 at 12:45 I called Senator Roth’s office again and left a message
for Katie Quinn to call me. I knew that contacting Barbara Woods about the
missing payments would be a waste of time so I was hoping that Senator Roth’s
office would assist me again. |
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On 02-12-99, I wrote another letter to Senator Roth explaining my experience
with Barbara Woods along with her attitude. I detailed the amounts and dates of
payments and seizures that were missing from Barbara Woods’ list and asked if
they could help me get this situation corrected.
Again on 02-17-99 at 12:01, I called Senator Roth’s office and left another
message for Katie Quinn to please call me.
On 02-22-99 at 12:00, I called again and left another message at Senator
Roth’s office for Katie Quinn to please call me.
. On 03-03-99 at 3:01, I again called Senator Roth’s office and left another
message for Katie Quinn to call me.
Again on 03-04-99 at 3:03, I called Senator Roth’s office and left another
message for Katie Quinn to call me.
Then on 03-05-99 at 2:39, I called Senator Roth’s office and left another
message for Katie Quinn. I then asked the woman that answered the phone if she
had any idea why Katie wasn’t returning my phone calls. Her answer was why
wasn’t I contacting my own Senator’s office instead of calling Senator Roth. I
told her thanks for clearing that up and thanks for their help in the past. I
closed the conversation by stating that I would take her advice and contact
Senator DeWine’s office.
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