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IRS visits Sacramento carwash in pursuit of 4 cents
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.”
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The State of California owes Jerry Doyle $1.12, I believe it was. He has sent dozens of letters over the years to get it, without a response. He has no doubt what would happen to him if he owed them four cents.
- jamzw | 03/14/2010 @ 22:31This isn’t the first time the IRS has menaced Sacramento. I remember a number of years ago (I want to say this was in the mid-90’s), there was a story on the local 11PM news about a girls’ softball team here in Sacramento, a Little League team or something of that sort. A non-profit organization.
Well, apparently the IRS got it into its head that the team wasn’t paying enough in taxes (again, this is a NONprofit organization). The team’s coach said that apparently, someone mis-filed a form, which isn’t inconceivable considering the amount of paperwork required to start and maintain a nonprofit of any kind. Well anyway, the IRS actually came by the field and – get this – threatened to take away the bats and balls until the taxes were paid.
Remember, boys and girls…these are the kind of people that Chairman Zero, Granny Botox, and Dingy Harry want to put in charge of YOUR health insurance.
- cylarz | 03/14/2010 @ 23:52One of our very favorite movies. 🙂
- philmon | 03/15/2010 @ 07:19He should have used the old “My Grandma dropped acid and hijacked a bus full of penguins, and my brother got his arm caught in the microwave, so it’s kind of a family crisis” excuse.
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