Fun With Taxes
There are several ways to torment your IRS people, without getting
a penalty, this was written by an ex-IRS dude in the
mailroom...Enjoy!
During my short employment tour with the IRS in the mail room,
I've found several harmless ways to mess with them and receive no
recourse.
- Always put staples in the right hand corner. Go ahead and put
a down them whole right side. The extractors who remove the mail
from the envelopes have to take out any staples in the right side.
- Never arrange paperwork in the right order, or even facing the
right way. Put a few upside down and backwards. That way they have
to remove all your staples rearrange your paperwork and re-staple
it (on the left side).
- Line the bottom of your envelope with Elmer's glue and let it
dry before you put in your forms, so that the automated opener
doesn't open it and the extractor has to open it by hand.
- If you're very unfortunate and have to pay taxes use a two or
three party check.
- On top of paying with a three party check pay one of the
dollars you owe in cash. When an extractor receives cash, no
matter how small an amount, he has to take it to a special desk
and fill out a few nasty forms.
- Write a little letter of appreciation. Any letter received has
to be read and stamped regardless of what it is or what it's on.
- Write your letter on something misshapen and unconventional.
Like on the back of a Kroger sack.
- When you mail it, mail it in a big envelope (even if its just
a single EZ form). Big envelopes have to be torn and sorted
differently than regular business size ones. An added bonus to the
big envelope is that they take priority over other mail, so the
workers can hurry up and deal with your mess =)
- If you send 2 checks they'll have to staple your unsightly
envelope to your half destroyed form.
- Always put extra paper clips on your forms. Any foreign
fasteners or the like have to be removed and put away.
- Sign your name in ink on every page. Any signature has to be
verified and then date stamped.
- These are just a few of the fun and exciting things you can do
with the man. These methods are only recommended when you owe
money.
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