Sunday, December 14, 2008
"Merry Christmas!" Love, the IRS
We received a letter last week from the Grinch (aka IRS) notifying us that we're being audited. The audacity! Especially right before Christmas! They've called into question the amount we claimed in charitable contributions. How ironic to question our gift-giving--especially when we're so close to Christmas. (It's also ironic that Lance is an auditor for our church.) So, Lance has put on hold all of our pre-planned Christmas projects to deal with this matter. (Our response must be received by the IRS before the end of the year.) He has spent many hours documenting this information and has put it into a tidy little form that even the IRS should understand. Hopefully our documentation is sufficient and we won't hear from them again until we receive a refund early next year. (I have the optimism of a Who.) Wish us luck, please!
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4 comments:
Bah humbug. Honestly, the nerve of those people.
Good luck, for sure! How dare they! I'm amazed they haven't called us out yet- besides tithing, we donate bags and bags and boxes of things and it really adds up at the end of each year!
Ugh. I think the way the economy is going, the govt is trying to get all the money they can get!
Joe (the accountant) and I got audited a few years ago for the same reason--one of the hazardous of being a full tithe payer, I suppose. We put together our packet and documented everything very carefully, and haven't heard from them since. But since that time, I made copies of everything we use in preparing the taxes, just in case we are called on to do it again, I will be ready!
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