orezok
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When the second stimulus payment (debit card), my wife received one but I did not. When the third payment was issued, my wife got one but I did not. Married filing jointly. Tried calling IRS, but it was the middle of tax season and no answer from IRS.
So there was a form that allowed you to claim the second payment on your tax return. Submitted it and waited, and waited and waited. After about 3 months we finally get a check, but they disallowed the $600 stimulus payment.
A couple of weeks later I get a letter from IRS telling me that my refund was “adjusted” because the information in their system did not match my 1040.
Now I have been using the same name and SS number on tax returns for over 60 years. Apparently the info in their system was good enough to issue a reduced refund but not the stimulus payment.
In their letter they provided a phone number, different from the typical IRS number, if you want to “discuss” the issue. Just like all the other phone numbers I have called a dozen times, after 5 minutes of push, his push, that you get the same canned recording that sez, “due to extreme call volume we prefer that you get screwed and call back some other time”. Or something like that.
#%&@-#
EDIT. Maybe the IRS thinks I’m dead and don’t have to pay taxes any more. WOO HOO!
So there was a form that allowed you to claim the second payment on your tax return. Submitted it and waited, and waited and waited. After about 3 months we finally get a check, but they disallowed the $600 stimulus payment.
A couple of weeks later I get a letter from IRS telling me that my refund was “adjusted” because the information in their system did not match my 1040.
Now I have been using the same name and SS number on tax returns for over 60 years. Apparently the info in their system was good enough to issue a reduced refund but not the stimulus payment.
In their letter they provided a phone number, different from the typical IRS number, if you want to “discuss” the issue. Just like all the other phone numbers I have called a dozen times, after 5 minutes of push, his push, that you get the same canned recording that sez, “due to extreme call volume we prefer that you get screwed and call back some other time”. Or something like that.
#%&@-#
EDIT. Maybe the IRS thinks I’m dead and don’t have to pay taxes any more. WOO HOO!
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