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Need To Talk To The IRS? Good Luck With That
Last year when my accountant went to to file my taxes, it was kicked backed saying I had already filed. It turned out that someone had used my information in some scam attempt, and led me to having to file identity theft paperwork.
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I owed the IRS around $1700, which still baffles me that is possible when I work three jobs and claim zero. Anyway, I was told by my accountant to wait and see what the IRS says back with the dual returns and the identify theft form filed. It was November when I received the first of two letter from the IRS. They needed to confirm the appropriate tax return, the issue I had was that the phone number on there to call was disconnected. I of course thought maybe this is part of the initial scam attempt, so I tried called the IRS phone number right off of their website.