Back Taxes Owed

[Jolly]

Kamala-lama-ding-dong must have forgotten to include the Hostage Tax Forgiveness in the Student Loan Forgiveness proposal.

OTOH, there's a lot more students!

[taiwan_girl]

I would think/hope a phone call would solve this.

I am sure the credit, taxes, etc are all automated and if someone misses a payment or taxes, it immediately sends out a notice.

[George K]

@taiwan_girl said in Back Taxes Owed:

I would think/hope a phone call would solve this.

You hope the IRS would solve this?

The IRS asserts that it lacks the legal authority to waive tax fees for returning hostages.

[jon-nyc]

This is not uncommon that some situation no one envisioned when the legislation was written forces an agency to act in a way that breeches common sense but the agency has no authority to selectively ignore the law.

Our own bill I’ve been pushing is like this though to a less obvious extent.

Hopefully congress will fix this.

[Mik]

@Jolly said in Back Taxes Owed:

Kamala-lama-ding-dong must have forgotten to include the Hostage Tax Forgiveness in the Student Loan Forgiveness proposal.

OTOH, there's a lot more students!

Hostages can’t vote until released.

[jon-nyc]

Fixing this would reveal the rather blurry line between hostage and foreign prisoner.

[Aqua Letifer]

@taiwan_girl said in Back Taxes Owed:

I would think/hope a phone call would solve this.

After the IRS looks bad in national news. That's what it takes.

[taiwan_girl]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Back Taxes Owed:

@taiwan_girl said in Back Taxes Owed:

I would think/hope a phone call would solve this.

After the IRS looks bad in national news. That's what it takes.

Yup. Usually the case.

Governement organization (or company, etc.) treats a person bad. Nothing is done. Story gets on the news. Same organization or company suddenly is able to "solve" the problem.

[Jolly]

Well, their union does support Kamala-lama-ding-dong.

Perhaps she'll give them a buzz...

[jon-nyc]

I suspect they’re correct in saying the law doesn’t allow them to make unilateral exceptions to tax penalties except under prescribed circumstances.

[jon-nyc]

By the way, was Britney Griner a prisoner in a foreign land or a hostage?

[Aqua Letifer]

@jon-nyc said in Back Taxes Owed:

I suspect they’re correct in saying the law doesn’t allow them to make unilateral exceptions to tax penalties except under prescribed circumstances.

That doesn't exempt them from doing it.

[Axtremus]

You want government agencies to follow the law or do you want government agencies to not follow the law?