https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov I can't tell if this is trying to seem fake.
What seems fake about it?
Taxpayers May Be Eligible for Significant Tax Refunds – If They Act by July 10
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#12> A Practical Challenge: Paper Is Still the IRS’s Kryptonite Please just give us the prompt.
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#13> A Practical Challenge: Paper Is Still the IRS’s Kryptonite Please just give us the prompt.
I still file my tax returns on paper, via certified mail.
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#14> For COVID-19, a federal disaster declaration was in effect from January 20, 2020, through May 11, 2023. [...] As noted, tens of millions of taxpayers have been assessed penalties or interest for late filings or payments during these years.
I'm a little surprised that many people are late with their tax filings.
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#15https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov I can't tell if this is trying to seem fake.
What seems fake about it?
Compare this site to the base domain.
Do you think it looks official? Or does it look like someone spent $10 on a 3rd world rando to make a site on Wordpress and a spoofed URL and didn't even bother to make it part of the official site.
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#16I'll save everybody else 120s: if you didn't get penalized for filing your taxes late during covid, move on.
It seems to also argue that we all have claims for lost interest on what we paid to the IRS during the period in question, but that's a stretch. I am getting Wesley Snipes tax advisor vibes here and will move along.
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#17I'll save everybody else 120s: if you didn't get penalized for filing your taxes late during covid, move on.
It's not just if you filed late. It also says payments "due any time within that window were not late until after July 10, 2023." So for example, if you were a contractor who paid your taxes on April 15 (rather than making quarterly payments).
Shit, that was me. I never pay my quarterly payments, it's easier (for me) to let the government send me a bill lol.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not just if you filed late. It also says payments "due any time within that window were not late until after July 10, 2023." So for example, if you were a contractor who paid your taxes on April 15 (rather than making quarterly payments).
Shit, that was me. I never pay my quarterly payments, it's easier (for me) to let the government send me a bill lol.
Used to do the same, realized the penalty was so minor compared to my time filing quarterly.
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#19> Without IRS or congressional action, outcomes may unfairly favor the “well advised” over the “unaware.” Part of the governments job should be to make sure those with expensive advisors do not end up much better off than those who do their own taxes with little knowledge of tax law. The purpose of taxes is not to tax the dumb extra.
you're right but the purpose of the IRS is to tax the dumb extra.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Shit, that was me. I never pay my quarterly payments, it's easier (for me) to let the government send me a bill lol.
Used to do the same, realized the penalty was so minor compared to my time filing quarterly.
I think the interest rate is 7% so if you have other debts, not making the quarterly payments is probably the cheapest loan you can get.