I own an S Corp and do my own taxes. I rarely file on time and always send a paper extension. This year I sent it on March 14 then filed my business when I filed my personal on July 15. Two weeks later I got hate mail saying my 1120S had been filed late and there was a penalty of close to $2000 due by August 31. My assumption was that the notice wasn't postmarked by the Post Office which is annoying but shame on me for not asking.
I called the Infernal Revenue Service not once, not twice but three times in August trying to ask for the First Time Abatement where you can get a late penalty reversed if it's been awhile since you've had one and it has been. After 62+ minutes on hold a really friendly and helpful agent (not a joke, she was great) got on the phone and checked my account. She said they had in fact received my extension and that it had been applied to and there was no balance due. The processing date for that extension? August 25th!!!
So the IRS is sending out hate mail for late filings when they are FIVE MONTHS behind processing the mail. Honestly I'm not surprised they are five months behind but I am surprised nobody thought to turn off the hate mail machine. Oh hell, no I'm not.
Anyway thanks indulging my dear diary moment!
I called the Infernal Revenue Service not once, not twice but three times in August trying to ask for the First Time Abatement where you can get a late penalty reversed if it's been awhile since you've had one and it has been. After 62+ minutes on hold a really friendly and helpful agent (not a joke, she was great) got on the phone and checked my account. She said they had in fact received my extension and that it had been applied to and there was no balance due. The processing date for that extension? August 25th!!!
So the IRS is sending out hate mail for late filings when they are FIVE MONTHS behind processing the mail. Honestly I'm not surprised they are five months behind but I am surprised nobody thought to turn off the hate mail machine. Oh hell, no I'm not.
Anyway thanks indulging my dear diary moment!