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(Paul Ciszek) wrote:
> In article <20080322214403.864$fy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, <xhoster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
> >My federal tax refund just dropped into my account (it took them long
> >enough, I was starting to wonder if I/they somehow screwed up the
> >account tracking numbers). Which got me wondering, just what happened
> >to my tax return? Since I refuse to honor the FFA and their corrupt
> >bargain with the IRS with my business, I file on paper.
>
> Since you are familiar with a variety of government acronyms, perhaps
> you could answer this question: I went to the bank to get a money order
> to pay my federal income tax. (I don't want a large check "hanging
> fire", as it were, and prefer to have the money come out now and be done
> with it.) I wrote "Internal Revenue Service" in the pay-to-the-order-of
> space, and when I started stuffing everything into envelopes I noticed
> that my preparer had included a 1040V payment voucer slip in the
> envelope. This slip said to make my check or money order payable to the
> "United States Treasury". Cancelling a money order you have already
paid
> for (and written on) is a pain in the butt. Can I just go ahead and
send
> it in anwyay?
Yeah, they started that a while ago. I think it was basically a PR thing,
they thought nutty people would be happier with money going to the
Treasury
than to the hated IRS. Maybe they paid Boron or Hamster to think that one
up.
> The government has cashed checks to written to "Internal
> Revenue Service" before. Heck, they even cashed the ones written to the
> "Infernal Revenue Service".
I'd just send it in. Since that change, I've made them out to the
"Internal Revenue Service" and to "The Government of the United States or
America" and nothing ever came of it. But that was checks, not money
orders, if that makes a difference. Heck, I know people who have
cashed/deposited checks made out to "grandma", I don't think they check
all
that closely unless a dispute happens.
Xho
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