A letter from the IRS for my deceased parents

chrisinhouston · 08-14-2010, 03:47 PM

Just got a letter from the IRS for my parents who died in 2008. It reads:

Mr. F. Basil Summers, Deceased & Eleanor Deceased Summers
(my mailing address)

Dear EFTPS Taxpayer:

For your review, on the reverse side of this letter is the Regulation E information, concerning your rights as a taxpayer. Please read this carefully.

If you have any questions please call the EFTPS Customer Service at 1-800-316-6541

lumberjim · 08-14-2010, 04:16 PM

return it with the message:

"insufficient postage to reach the hereafter"

GunMaster357 · 08-14-2010, 04:25 PM

Got one like that last year from from the French equivalent of IRS for my father who died in 1983. Told them that he couldn't get out of heaven, that they were notified at the time of his death and were welcome to move their asses down to the basement where they kept papers archives to verify it.

Crimson Ghost · 08-15-2010, 12:26 PM

Hey, they gave you a number.

Call, speak to this CSR, and have them listen to the name.
"Mr. F. Basil Summers, Deceased & Eleanor Deceased Summers"

"Now, you have them listed as DECEASED in your computer. Since you insist on causing me emotional distress, and since they are no longer at this address, you need to change the mailing address."
And make them change the address to the cemetery.

This worked when my mother died.

gvidas · 08-15-2010, 05:44 PM

Sort of the inverse problem in Japan:

Japan, Checking on Its Oldest, Finds Many Gone

Quote:

TOKYO — Japan has long boasted of having many of the world’s oldest people — testament, many here say, to a society with a superior diet and a commitment to its elderly that is unrivaled in the West.
Related

That was before the police found the body of a man thought to be one of Japan’s oldest, at 111 years, mummified in his bed, dead for more than three decades. His daughter, now 81, hid his death to continue collecting his monthly pension payments, the police said.

Crimson Ghost · 08-15-2010, 06:10 PM

Is that 111 with or without the SlimJim transformation?

/C'mon, you know you wanna snap into it...

dmg1969 · 08-16-2010, 12:00 PM

Well, it's nice to know that, according to the IRS, we have certain rights as deceased taxpayers. Government stupidity never ceases to amaze me. Even in our rinky-dink law firm, our software is capable of distinguishing between those who are no longer with us and NOT send them mail.

classicman · 08-16-2010, 12:05 PM

IIRC - you can be audited, well your estate anyway, even after death.

Lamplighter · 08-16-2010, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

Just got a letter from the IRS for my parents who died in 2008. It reads:<snip<

A heretic idea...

The government publishes a database containing SSN's of all deceased persons, so IRS certainly knows your parents are no longer living. (But the IRS computer may not recognize they are both deceased, as an explanation of the wording of the letter)

I believe at least one group of taxpayers (small businesses) are now required to use EFTPS for their tax returns.

So, the IRS may just be informing the Administrator of your parents Estate (or the current Financial Officer of their business) of IRS proposing changes, or errors, or incomplete situations regarding their (final) returns.

Pete Zicato · 08-16-2010, 04:54 PM

It's obvious, isn't it?

The IRS has figured out how to tax your 'eternal reward'.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-16-2010, 04:59 PM

You mean the IRS is going to take some of my virgins?

classicman · 08-16-2010, 06:27 PM

Oh the horror!

Sheldonrs · 08-17-2010, 11:51 AM

Well, as they say, the only certain things in life are death and taxes.

Crimson Ghost · 08-17-2010, 09:21 PM

Well, that's how they got Willie Nelson.
He thought he owed "Texas".

TheMercenary · 08-17-2010, 10:53 PM

I wish I owed Texas.

08-14-2010, 03:47 PM	#1
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	A letter from the IRS for my deceased parents Just got a letter from the IRS for my parents who died in 2008. It reads: Mr. F. Basil Summers, Deceased & Eleanor Deceased Summers (my mailing address) Dear EFTPS Taxpayer: For your review, on the reverse side of this letter is the Regulation E information, concerning your rights as a taxpayer. Please read this carefully. If you have any questions please call the EFTPS Customer Service at 1-800-316-6541 Last edited by chrisinhouston; 08-14-2010 at 03:57 PM.

08-14-2010, 04:16 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	return it with the message: "insufficient postage to reach the hereafter" __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-14-2010, 04:25 PM	#3
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	Got one like that last year from from the French equivalent of IRS for my father who died in 1983. Told them that he couldn't get out of heaven, that they were notified at the time of his death and were welcome to move their asses down to the basement where they kept papers archives to verify it. __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

08-15-2010, 12:26 PM	#4
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Hey, they gave you a number. Call, speak to this CSR, and have them listen to the name. "Mr. F. Basil Summers, Deceased & Eleanor Deceased Summers" "Now, you have them listed as DECEASED in your computer. Since you insist on causing me emotional distress, and since they are no longer at this address, you need to change the mailing address." And make them change the address to the cemetery. This worked when my mother died. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

08-15-2010, 06:10 PM	#6
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Is that 111 with or without the SlimJim transformation? /C'mon, you know you wanna snap into it... __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

08-16-2010, 12:00 PM	#7
dmg1969 I got nothing Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 486	Well, it's nice to know that, according to the IRS, we have certain rights as deceased taxpayers. Government stupidity never ceases to amaze me. Even in our rinky-dink law firm, our software is capable of distinguishing between those who are no longer with us and NOT send them mail. __________________ Void where prohibited. Your results may vary. Not intended for resale. Do not remove tag. Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.

08-16-2010, 12:05 PM	#8
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	IIRC - you can be audited, well your estate anyway, even after death. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-16-2010, 04:54 PM	#10
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	It's obvious, isn't it? The IRS has figured out how to tax your 'eternal reward'. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

08-16-2010, 04:59 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You mean the IRS is going to take some of my virgins? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-16-2010, 06:27 PM	#12
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Oh the horror! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-17-2010, 11:51 AM	#13
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Well, as they say, the only certain things in life are death and taxes. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

08-17-2010, 09:21 PM	#14
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Well, that's how they got Willie Nelson. He thought he owed "Texas". __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

08-17-2010, 10:53 PM	#15
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I wish I owed Texas. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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