Comments on: Balls

By: Fox

Fox — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:46:42 +0000

…I wonder if they read your blog, that would be real irony…

By: Joe Huffman

Joe Huffman — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:50:37 +0000

Passive aggression via the company lawyer. You being an ex-shrink that should be childs play. Have fun with it but don’t let them know that.

By: The Other Mike S

The Other Mike S — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:33:37 +0000

I guess it all depends upon who they are. I’m in banking, and if I were asked for an extension by our regular, and I legally refused, my next exam would be a nightmare. They’d also most likely pull some random, “your numbers look funny” garbage during our next quarterly filings, and I’d have them camped out for weeks on end.

It ain’t right, but it’s reality.

By: Volunteer Voters » A Little More Time

Volunteer Voters » A Little More Time — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:31:53 +0000

[...] Our Uncle Say is in the process of being audited by an unnamed government agency. He thought everything was hunkydory when he gets a call: Them: Well, we need to get you guys to sign a waiver as we’re approaching the end of statutory period for conducting the audit. [...]

By: straightarrow

straightarrow — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:25:01 +0000

And if they had found something, they wouldn’t need a waiver. They could just follow the evidentiary trail wherever it led by filing what they found and justifying further extension.

Lawyer up.

By: straightarrow

straightarrow — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:22:55 +0000

They are unfriendly now. Do you think they are being friendly when they ask for more than the statutory time in order to find something to use against you? Could they be more unfriendly next time? I doubt it, if they are now so determined to find something even though they obviously have no reason to suspect anything is there. Remember, they already looked and if they had found anything they wouldn’t be wanting a waiver, they would be coming down on you like a ton of bricks.

Have your attorney contact them. He will know how to refuse them. Or expose the witch hunt for a witch hunt.

By: _Jon

_Jon — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:25:18 +0000

Consider this:
A) If you sign it and your company gets screwed, you are gonna get fired. Possibly sued.

B) If you don’t sign it your company is going to get audited — again.

Tell me why you would choose anything other than “B”, above.
I would use the tactics mentioned above – involve a lawyer.

By: Lysander

Lysander — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:51:36 +0000

Have them give you the blank waiver – to keep, not just a look-and-return in 5 minutes (if they want to do that, then photocopy it). Then, call an attorney that deals with the area that the IR, er, unnamed governmental agency operates in. Get the best recommendations you can on what to do after someone who has dealt with it before has looked it over.

By: # 9

# 9 — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:51:04 +0000

Ask your company attorney to send them a letter.

Have your attorney write that the company will comply if they will agree do such and such. The such and such is a poison pill; something they will not agree to. They will go away. They only pick low hanging fruit.

To win against bureaucrats you have to fight them with paper.

By: Rabbit

Rabbit — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:47:06 +0000

The term ‘pound sand’ comes to mind.

Regards,
Rabbit.

By: Rob K

Rob K — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:18:10 +0000

Tell them to send you the paper work, then “lose it in the mail”.

By: Cactus Jack

Cactus Jack — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:59:25 +0000

Now let me get this straight; the feds want you to grant them a waiver so that they can mess with you longer? To give them permission to fuck with you? And, if I know the feds, you will probably have to pay for the waiver. Speaking for myself, I’d tell them to fuck off. If they didnt find anything in the authorized time frame, too bad.

By: trainer

trainer — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:44:42 +0000

I wouldn’t sign and haven’t signed.

I jerk them around getting extensions and getting audits rescheduled. I lose paperwork and ignore fees. I negotiate with 10% being the max I will pay on any arrears. I spread out the payments for years and then pay it off…and start over again.

In the IRS handbook, my picture is there under nightmare.

They treat me just the same as if I was trying to be helpful.

As flies are to little boys so are we to the IRS, they torture us for their sport.

By: blackfork

blackfork — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:23:52 +0000

I’d send him a video copy of Debbie Does Dallas instead with a card that says: Seasons Greetings! Then lose any paperwork they send you for a bit. Company policy you know. I’ll get right on it.

By: Ninth Stage

Ninth Stage — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:05:11 +0000

It fucking sucks that .gov types have taken so much power that we feel scared to stand up for our rights this time for the fear that they’ll fuck us harder the next time if we do.

I’d tell them “my lawyer told me not to sign anything before he reviewed it.”

By: Gringo_Malo

Gringo_Malo — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:04:57 +0000

NEVER give the feds consent to do anything that they’re not legally empowered to do. For how much longer does the waiver empower them to jack you around? Forever?

By: ben

ben — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:39:13 +0000

I love it. I wouldn’t sign, but that’s me. You’ve got to live with those dicks and I don’t.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:38:00 +0000

What else does the text of the waiver allow them to do?

By: Rustmeister

Rustmeister — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:28:51 +0000

If you’re sure there are no major violations, then let them get their waiver. If you do refuse, then they think you’ve got something to hide, and they bring the XXL anal probe along with them next audit.

By: ParatrooperJJ

ParatrooperJJ — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:55:27 +0000

Don’t sign. They are not your friend. I am sure they are evaluated on how many violations they find.