IRS diversion of refund

[seeker]

Okay, for the second time, a family member has been a victim of the IRS "diversion" Squad.& This time, for a purported debt that was corrected with an amended 1040, which they accepted and issued a REFUND for -- in other words, the debt they orginally "expressed' was not a debt at all, and an overpayment had been made.& This week,a letter stating&a portion of the current refund was diverted to satisfy this debt.& Right hand vs Left hand stuff I guess.&


so my question is, how "strong" do I come on to the IRS regarding this matter?& Is this not fraud?& Definitely unsubstantiated and undocumented.&


Thoughts?


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Thanks!


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Seeker

Be "professional." (If I'd saved it, I'd post it. But I'll find it again. The Internal Revenue Manual addresses such matters as the "tone" of letters received from alleged taxpayers. Doesn't take much and you'll wind up a PDT, potentially dangerous taxpayer....)


Now, having said that....


Be professional, but be ruthless with these bastards!


State FACTS FACTS FACTS


Shove their contradictions down their throats!


Do it by asking questions. E.G.:


""Is it true that the IRS has alleged I have filed no return for alleged tax years.....?"


"Is it true that tax code 666 requires the making of return?"


"Is the IRS suggesting that 'making' a return and 'filing' a return are the same alleged duty?"


That sort of thing.


If you haven't done so already, begin reading the Internal Revenue Manual. You will never, ever appreciate just how lying and deceitful these bastards really are until you begin to read their own "rules."


READ their letters, word for word for word. Take nothing for granted, i.e., that "day" means "any time in which the sun is shining." We're talking about the damned IRS and words mean what they want them to when they want them to mean it!


Oh, I gotta stop.....


Remember this: You're dealing with the consummate bureaucrat, somehow hired off the street and taught to "just do his/her job." You're dealing with arrogance and ignorance of a supreme magnitude.&


Randy