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Waste at the IRS

Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 6 months ago to The Gulch: General
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This may seem small but yesterday we received a letter at work from the IRS telling us they had changed our mailing address. It listed our old address and said it would be changed to the new one. The next letter we opened was also from the IRS and it had our new address on it. The letter was sent to confirm that they would now start using that address. Two nearly identical letters sent in two different envelopes. Why not just list the old and new address in one letter. I hate inefficiency. What sucks is the only change is our street is now called a Road and not an Avenue.

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  • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    My brother works at a bulk mail mail center. When a similar facility closed 3 guys transferred to where he was. The closed center was re-opened briefly for logistical reasons and then closed again in a few months. The 3 guys who transferred sued claiming they would have been paid overtime if they still worked there. The post office paid them for lost overtime pay. Maybe I should say the taxpayers paid them. What a waste.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 6 months ago
    Oh Rich, I feel your pain. However I think if you look closely and any government agency, without exception, you will find waste to an astounding degree. It is built in to the very nature of governments with mixed economy as their monetary method. This methodology applies not only to money but to every phase of everything that they are supposed to regulate. It's simply a matter of too much government = too much regulation = too many screw-ups = too much loss of freedom.
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  • Posted by $ jdg 9 years, 6 months ago
    Given all the evil things government wants to do with our money, I'd sooner have them waste it.
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  • Posted by edweaver 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    At least a third. They would also close at least a third of the post offices too. Of course the post office would do the same thing if we got government out of it and they received some competition. Do or die.
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  • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Somebody has to. I wonder what would happen if UPS took over the Post Office duties? How many people would they get rid of?
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  • Posted by mshupe 9 years, 6 months ago
    I think a lot of financial services related organizations do this for security reasons, like credit card companies. It may seem duplicitous may actually a best practice. The real waste at the IRS is their massive salaries and benefits they amass and much worse the cost of compliance imposed on people and businesses.
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  • Posted by ProfChuck 9 years, 6 months ago
    Government agencies face little if any oversight when it comes to economic competence. When the IRS began referring to tax paying citizens as "Tax Payer Units" everyone should have seen the insular arrogance.
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  • Posted by edweaver 9 years, 6 months ago
    I have received the same letters only each was mailed from a different IRS office. Maybe they are doing their best to prop up the postal service. :)
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  • Posted by $ CBJ 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    And for a faster response by us, be sure to write the words "Tea Party" somewhere on the form. :-)
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 6 months ago
    the third will go to the IRS. They dunned me an extra $153 last year. It got there a day or two late as it was almost payday and I had foolishly spent my money on things like food. they fined me eighty seven cents and demanded immediate payment. i sent it by check. six weeks later they cashed it. Where do they get these dolts?
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  • Posted by robgambrill 9 years, 6 months ago
    Please submit "Request to Not Receive Change of Address Notification in Duplicate", Form 1110 , in triplicate. to your local IRS office. We are offering taxpayers this option to enhance efficiency here at the IRS. This form must be submitted each time you move. We will mail you confirmation letters upon receipt of the form, and when your request is approved. Thanks for your cooperation.
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