Buenas, folks!
February of 2019, after lots and lots of research, and after having decided to apply on my own instead of paying for a service to do it for me, I carefully filled out my 2553 s-corp application, triple checked it, and faxed it to the IRS.
Then I waited.
And waited.
…and waited…
In October of 2019, I finally contacted the IRS, waiting on hold for a couple hours or so, and finally getting a live person to talk to in a terrible reception area. I literally ran up the street because the IRS person couldn’t hear me, and I was frantically trying to get to a place with reception before he hung up, with my having waited so long to talk to a live person.
I managed to make it to a place where he could here most of what I was saying, enough to get the gist and to let me know that the IRS had lost my 2553 application, and that I should resubmit it with the words (***SECOND ATTEMPT***), or something like that, at the top.
So… I did. I resubmitted my application that month, and waited.
And waited…
Then in I think March of 2020, I got a letter from the IRS saying that my application was incomplete, that I was missing a page (unless they just lost it again…).
So… I resubmitted a third time in April of 2020, this time certified letter, return receipt, sent to two different agencies. Can’t lose it this time, right!?!?
Covid.
And I waited.
And… Yup… waited some more.
Nothing.
I finally called in August, I think it was.
They had no record of my application, and couldn’t even see if it had been received, due to Covid problems.
She said she’d put some kind of a priority on it or a ticket or something and told me to call back in a couple months if I hadn’t heard anything.
I waited.
And waited.
October.
I called again. Same response, different lady. No record of my application. Would put a ticket in, make it a priority.
November.
I get a letter from the IRS saying they have no record of any application and to please resubmit or call the help number.
I call the IRS. They’re so busy, they say they can’t take my call. I call again. And again. Multiple times a week over the next few weeks. Same message–too busy to take my call.
Good gravy.
I finally get a hold of a lady.
She’s awful. Treats me like I don’t know anything at all. Gives me all sorts of a hard time to the point that I’m quite frustrated with her and ask to speak to someone else. She says I have to call back (and wait another hour and a half), and she hangs up on me (granted, I was frustrated).
I call back. I get a fabulous lady. She helps me, even if it’s mostly just emotionally. She has me fax her my application, and then she faxes it in for me on an internal line.
Meanwhile, I’ve tried to make an appointment with a local office to work it out in person, but that’s not working out. Circular reference on the phone numbers and messages.
One send me to the other that sends me back to the first.
Government. And we want to give them more power and more money? Ugh. Flat tax anyone? 10% for everyone? No need for accountants, tax lawyers, software to calculate a billion things.
Sorry. Tangent.
Soooo… in the meantime while I’m talking to the second IRS lady, the really nice and helpful one, I’ve left a message with the Ogden, UT IRS office, the place that’s lost my application who knows how many times. They say they’ll get back to me within 10 days.
McKenzie calls. It’s only been two days! I explain my sob story. She asks if I can fax my application over. I can, but I’m out trying to get my lasted junker van home.
I get home with just a few minutes to spare in the day. I try to fax it. Line is busy. I try again. Busy. I keep trying, and finally it acts like it’s going through, then doesn’t.
Now the IRS is closed.
I try again several times the next morning. It’s busy every time.
No dice.
Now it’s today. I’m home. McKenzie with the IRS calls right as I’m getting ready to leave to take parts to David.
She asks if I’ve sent the application. I explain I’ve tried multiple times. She says nothing has come through. I try again while she’s on the phone. Line busy. I try again. Line busy. I try again…
Wait for it… wait for it… wait for it…
It goes through!!!!!
She gets it. It’s in her freaking hands!!! And guess what?!?!? She’s one of the people who actually processes applications. She’s not just a talking head passing info along.
She tells me to wait on the phone while she processes my application.
😶😶😶
Of course I will!!! I’ll buy you dinner. I’ll buy you flowers. Heck, I’ll buy you a car! I’ll wait on hold all day if you can get this done.
Five minutes later… I’m an s-corp. Says I’ll get the letter in a couple of weeks letting me know.
It’s done. She’s an angel. Finally!!!
Yay!!!!!!!!
I wanted to do something for her, same with the other super helpful lady from the other day. But… no… can’t. So I Facebook stalked her. Found her. Looks like a wonderful young woman, new family, young baby. Wish I could do something to make their Christmas brighter, but I’d probably just scare her if I contacted her, so… oh well. Thank you, McKenzie. So nice to have that piece of good news today.
Soooooo nice!!! Lots smiles from yours truly.
Cory asked if it made a significant impact on the level of stress I feel right now. I was like… uh… not really. 🙃 I went from drowning with four feet of water between me and air to drowning with three feet of water between me and air, but I’m still super happy it’s finally done, and I’m one foot closer to air.
Of course, if I’d let go of all the weights, I’d just float up.
😶
But I’ve not quite gotten that good yet. I’m like homer and the Twinkies, or whatever they were, in the candy machine. All I have to do to get out of the predicament (stress in my case) is let go.
Working on it.
Anyway, so that’s the big story of the day today.
Otherwise, it wasn’t a great day workwise. I worked all day but only did one job myself, and David ran into issues with the second job he was on, and it was already an expensive repair, and with mechanics having a bad reputation already, I didn’t feel like I could add more labor onto an already expensive repair (greedy mechanic just making up more things wrong, so it costs me more, kind of thinking that I worry about because of the industry’s reputation), so I just paid David more but didn’t charge the customer any more labor costs, just parts.
Fortunately, I made a little bit on the only job I did, sold two batteries, along with the service call, and he gave me a $20 tip. That was nice.
So… let’s see.
#1. I’m grateful I’m an S-corp. That’s so nice to get off the to-do list. Of course, I don’t actually have the letter yet, but she said it was all done and entered and approved. 😊
#2. I’m grateful we made progress on the walking path today. Mom’s been working on it more than I have, and it’s looking really good.
#3. I’m grateful to the Indian gentleman who gave me the tip today. That was nice.
#4. I’m grateful I was able to have had a lighter day (in my heart) today. A lot of it was from not thinking about things so much, I think, but still… it was a reprieve, and that was nice.
#5. I’m grateful for y’all’s comments and love and support. Much appreciated.
Thought of the Day: “Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.”– Bernice Johnson Reagon
Well, my lovelies, I hope you’ve had a beautiful day. I hope your efforts to choose peace and love and light are progressing bit by bit.
Loves and hugs to you.
Lift the World.
~ stephen
Oh, clean and sober today. Love, not selfishness.
Lift the World 