Early in 2012 I filed my withholding taxes for the 3rd and 4th quarter for my small business, Metallurgical Viability, Inc. I sent about $20K along with Form 944. Unfortunately, I was supposed to use Form 941. My bad. Of course they took my money. Then late summer, 2012, they tell me I have not paid my taxes for 2011. After many letters, and several calls, I got them to realize they had my money. I thought good. Wrong. I still had not sent them Form 941. I eventually understood they wanted Form 941 and sent it in late summer 2012.
The following is a little guess work on my part since I have never received any letters back from IRS in response to a dozen plus letters. When I call, they tell me to send a letter with the details.
Okay. When do they count getting my money. You guessed it, when they received the Form 941. Originally they fined me about $7K. Then I wrote more letters and now it is $4K. I found that out when I received a notice, below, that they were placing a lien against my MV property. Of course, I have written more letters and requested a hearing. But, the hearing is only to stop the lien, not to get any explanation of why I am being fined.
So, my conclusion is that I am being fined $4K for using the wrong form -- of course, not confirmed by IRS. They are big on the stick, short on the explanations. Apparently, the IRS Gods do not have to explain anything to anyone.
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