.An Angel At The IRS.

Just like everyother American, I HATE tax season. A few years ago, I worked for a lawyer who left the firm we were both working for and then I went to work for him. I thought this was great. I was the only one in the office, so no drama. I started to realize that said lawyer was shaddy!! His trust accounts were not kept balanced and he was paying himself out of clients retainers for work that was never completed. To make matters worse he would never return clients phone calls and dragged out cases for years that could have been setteled wihtin the first six months of him taking them on. At the time, I was more interested in parying than I was with my job so these things did not bother me. The fact that I was not getting taxes taken out of my check did not phase me either.

When I found out I was pregnant, I left this job and called the IRS and the NC State Bar on this attorney.  Needless to say, a few days later a W2 was dropped off at my house in the middle of the night by former boss. This dropoff was well after April 15. Me, knowing nothing about taxes, just went ahead and E-filed this W2 online. I fugured this was the right thing to do.

THREE YEARS LATER!!!!!! I file my taxes this year and I am waiting and waiting for my money to get here and it never does. Apparently, by me filing my tax return late, I got slammed with penalties and then they counted it for the next years taxes and it spiraled into a shit storm. So I called the IRS FREAKING OUT! My freak out was so bad that I got transferred to a "supervisor" by the name of Mary Carolyn and she calmed down. She explained how she too was a single mother (please note, I am not a REAL single mother but in the eyes of the IRS and the law, I am) and she understood my struggle and she promised she would call me every week to keep me updated on the progress of my taxes.

I have to say that I did not believe anythign she said. I figured it was a technique that they are taught to do to keep irrate callers from going off the deepend. BUT, Mary Carolyn has called me once a week since February to keep me updated on wehre my return is and what it is doing. And when my return was returned back to me for missing information she even gave me her personal fax number to fax her the missing forms so she could expedite my return so I could get my money ASAP!

This women has never met me, seen me or anythign but she has opened up and told me about her struggles and has helped me in every way she can. I appreciate her and her work so much. She has made me realize that not every person employed by the IRS is an asshole. I want her to know how much I honestly respect her and what she has done for me!