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[madoka]

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/13/2604016/irs-suits-pay-visit-to-car-wash.html

It was every businessperson's nightmare.

Arriving at Harv's Metro Car Wash in midtown Wednesday afternoon were two dark-suited IRS agents demanding payment of delinquent taxes. "They were deadly serious, very aggressive, very condescending," says Harv's owner, Aaron Zeff.

The really odd part of this: The letter that was hand-delivered to Zeff's on-site manager showed the amount of money owed to the feds was ... 4 cents.

Inexplicably, penalties and taxes accruing on the debt � stemming from the 2006 tax year � were listed as $202.31, leaving Harv's with an obligation of $202.35.

Zeff, who also owns local parking lots and is the president of the Midtown Business Association, finds the situation a bit comical.

"It's hilarious," he says, "that two people hopped in a car and came down here for just 4 cents. I think (the IRS) may have a problem with priorities."

Now he's trying to figure out how penalties and interest could climb so high on such a small debt. He says he's never been told he owes any taxes or that he's ever incurred any late-payment penalties in the four years he's owned Harv's.

In fact, he provided us with an Oct. 22, 2009, letter from the IRS that states Harv's "has filed all required returns and addressed any balances due."

IRS spokesman Jesse Weller isn't commenting "due to privacy and disclosure laws."

Zeff says he's as offended as much as anything else by what he considers rude behavior by the IRS guys. While at Harv's, he sniffs, "they didn't even get a car wash."

[Olivencia]

Abolish the IRS.

[Teelo]

lmao

[Moldy Rutabaga]

The Edmonton public library falsely claimed I damaged a book, and sent me statements asking for $20 to replace it... every month for some fifteen years! They finally gave up after probably spending who knows how much to process and mail those letters.

I finally finished paying those gentle, amiable people at the collection agency who had so politely requested that I pay my student loan bill a few years ago. Then they sent me letters from Toronto to Korea demanding 70 cents because of interest accrued in the time between me paying the entire total and their processing of it.

There's a special plane of hell for these people, and it involves a whole lot of paper cuts.

[Teelo]

I remember getting a power bill for 3 cents many years ago.

[bucheon bum]

every month i get a statement from my alma mater saying I have a credit of 85 cents. I keep meaning to tell them to just keep it.

[AmericanExile]

I skeptical of the article because the IRS allows you to round to the nearest dollar.