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It could completely suck and still be incredibly useful if they would just tell me what 1099's (or other) they have on me. They're going to eventually if I don

by LanceH 3y ago

It could completely suck and still be incredibly useful if they would just tell me what 1099's (or other) they have on me. They're going to eventually if I don't file it appropriately. For instance, I just received some mail that I owe tax based on my Uber and Lyft earnings. One problem, I never worked for either. So now I'm expected a big slog through paperwork to remedy this problem that happened a couple years ago. Oh, and it may continue on to the next two years. I have no way of knowing what they think they know about me.

Firmwarrior 3y ago
I thought you could get your tax transcripts from the IRS any time off the website, unless you make over a certain amount of money (to be fair, I think most HackerNews readers do exceed that limit..)
- LanceH 3y ago
  That's really interesting. I've never been able to see anything like this on their site before. Also interesting is my account balance is currently $0, and I know that's not true even if they 100% believe the last mailing denying my 1099's from Uber and Doordash (not Lyft as I said above). Incidentally, Neither Uber, nor Lyft can help through customer service. I was thinking of taking them to small claims court since I'm not bound by any forced arbitration.
  - Volundr 3y ago
    The IRS says you owe money from past earnings but irs.gov says your balance is zero? Are you sure this isn't a scam for money or personal information?
    - LanceH 3y ago
      It was 17 pages of mail with SSN, all my tax info, accounts, etc... Even if it were sent to someone scamming me (and I know it was sent to the IRS), I would have been sending back less info than they sent me. The mail I was sent does match the the 1099's in irs.gov. So maybe the mail I sent back was believed and they just zeroed out everything as the only dispute left would have been around $13. I'm sure it will play out over time. I've had a couple interactions with the IRS over the years and it's always been a fair experience. I'm sure Uber and Doordash will have a hard time providing any valid identification to the IRS.

by LanceH 3y ago

Firmwarrior 3y ago

I thought you could get your tax transcripts from the IRS any time off the website, unless you make over a certain amount of money (to be fair, I think most HackerNews readers do exceed that limit..)

LanceH 3y ago
That's really interesting. I've never been able to see anything like this on their site before. Also interesting is my account balance is currently $0, and I know that's not true even if they 100% believe the last mailing denying my 1099's from Uber and Doordash (not Lyft as I said above). Incidentally, Neither Uber, nor Lyft can help through customer service. I was thinking of taking them to small claims court since I'm not bound by any forced arbitration.
- Volundr 3y ago
  The IRS says you owe money from past earnings but irs.gov says your balance is zero? Are you sure this isn't a scam for money or personal information?
  - LanceH 3y ago
    It was 17 pages of mail with SSN, all my tax info, accounts, etc... Even if it were sent to someone scamming me (and I know it was sent to the IRS), I would have been sending back less info than they sent me. The mail I was sent does match the the 1099's in irs.gov. So maybe the mail I sent back was believed and they just zeroed out everything as the only dispute left would have been around $13. I'm sure it will play out over time. I've had a couple interactions with the IRS over the years and it's always been a fair experience. I'm sure Uber and Doordash will have a hard time providing any valid identification to the IRS.