In a message dated 11/17/06 6:18:39 PM, queenofcomps@cox.net writes:
<<
As Marissa and I kept repeating over and over. Do not take our words as
God's truth - I don't think the IRS cares about God or even acknowledges
him/her!!!! >>
I've posted before on the variation of answers to various VP gambling
questions that I had with as many as eight (8) persons from the Underreporting
Section of the IRS. I add to Jean's words by saying "Do Not take the words from
only one or perhaps two IRS reps as being the whole truth etched in granite.
Tenacity is your greatest weapon ; in my first and longest audit, for their
every letter I had referenced at least one answer, a follow-up telephone call
and perhaps a second letter demonstrating their very slooow lag time and my
active posture to get the thing settled.
Every letter referenced this timeline correspondence from them followed by my
litany of responses. Somewhere, a cc: to my congressman, senator was
included (whether or not actually mailed).
Since that first audit , the subsequent four (4) to five (5) paper inqueries
were more for developing a better, clearer format. In this regard, all
W-2G's, 1099's, etc. are listed as if they were isolated events so it is easy to
compare my list with their paperwork.
In my log , for example, I list 800 hands @ X casino , date, loss of $400.
On the next line I list one (1) hand at the same X casino, date, Royal Flush,
for $4000. By extracting the RF events and reporting them in a separate
column, it is almost always that the remaining winning sessions never out perform
the losing sessions.
It is for each person to judge whether its better to just pay the
differential and rid yourself of the stress and back and forth correspondence, research ,
etc. I, too wish to console misscraps on her situation and hope 2007 brings
better times.
Anteroz