coloradotaxguy wrote:

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Actually what the OP said was that IRS doesn't accept
certified mail receipts as proof of mailing, which in itself
is incorrect as we both know.

Probably what he meant to say was that IRS doesn't accept
this medium as proof a particular return for a particular
year was received by them.

ChEAr$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA

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Depends on when you received the initial request from the
IRS for your 2000 return. You have 2 years from the date of
payment to request a refund or you can sue for any payments
up to 3 years prior to the date of the IRS request for your
return.

As far as the IRS not accepting certified mail receipts -
I've never heard anything like that. We send out hundreds
of returns every year and haven't ever been questioned on a
proof of mailing.

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You posted essentially the same questions (twice) on June 21
with a different subject heading. You received two replies,
on June 27 and July 1. Have you contacted the Taxpayer
Advocate or a local tax professional, as those replies
recommended?

The subject of the earlier thread is "IRS Took Older Tax
Refund - Said Refund Period Expired - Any Recourse?"

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The IRS had requested an older tax return, saying they had
not received it (year 2000), though I had sent it in on
time. (I had overpaid 2000 by over $1,000., and applied this
to 2001.)

Since they said they had no record of 2000 being received, I
sent them a copy of my return.

But now they're saying it is past the date to apply any
refund to 2001, and they are just keeping the overpayment -
they will not apply it to anything!

Is there any recourse to this? Can they just keep this
money? No refund? No reimbursement? No application of funds
to 2001? Nothing?

I really just want to apply this amount to 2001, since it
had taxes to pay, and not applying it means they will be
charging penalties, etc.. Is there nothing I can do to get
the money back?

I did not intend to just give the IRS a gift, so how can
they just keep this amount of money without applying it
somewhere or giving it back?

They also don't accept Certified Mail receipts as proof of
mailing any longer, so what the heck can any of us do if
THEY lost our tax return records and we only have the copy
of the return we sent in as proof?

Can they really just keep all of the money I sent in???!

Please help if you can.

Thanks!

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