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If you can actually contact the IRS at all. I called multiple times last year and wasn’t even able to be put on hold, just “sorry we have too many people trying
by mdorazio 5y ago
If you can actually contact the IRS at all. I called multiple times last year and wasn’t even able to be put on hold, just “sorry we have too many people trying to contact us, try later”. If you do actually get a hold of someone, IRS is helpful but also outdated (I had to sign up for a fax service to send documentation to them).
Apple’s responses often leave a lot to be desired, but at least you can use support forums and emails with a good response rate.
Note that I don’t think this is the fault of the IRS at all - they are woefully underfunded and understaffed.
- e4e78a06 5y agoI still find it baffling you need to _physically mail_ your stock brokerage transactions to the IRS in 2022. And you can only do it via USPS! My brokerage already reports all my gains/losses to the IRS, why do I need to mail another set of the same documents on top of that?
- lotsofpulp 5y agoDo you? I never have and I do not see any instructions on Schedule D to breakout individual transactions if they were already included in 1099-B.
- Kye 5y agoContext! Remember, they were slammed with more filings than usual due to the stimulus on top of the backlog from the previous new filings for the previous stimulus. They had to deal with this using a reduced staff amid figuring out how to deal with a newly remote workforce.
- kmeisthax 5y agoThe problem is at least partially that companies flood the IRS call center with spam calls, for the express purpose of "reserving a spot" for people who pay them for expedited access to the IRS call queue.