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DYK that the IRS can block your passport renewal if they think you owe taxes or penalties because they’re behind on updating their records? I found out after flying 6 hours to my emergency renewal appointment only to get a rejection letter handed to me instead of my new passport.

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Jameson Lopp

@lopp

· Jan 20

In 2021 the IRS received 282M phone calls. Customer service representatives only answered 32M (11%.) IRS didn't complete processing all 2019 returns until June 2021. IRS aims to respond to taxpayer correspondence in 45 days. As of Jan 1 their turnaround time is nearly 1 year.

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Jesse Powell

@jespow

They admitted their mistake but by the time they were able to clear the holds with State Dept and mail my passport to me, I’d missed my window for the trip. Why couldn’t they have informed me of the issue at the time they booked the appointment? A few thousand $ and days wasted.

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Jesse Powell

@jespow

Jan 21

You pretty much have to do it in person if you can’t wait 8+ weeks right now.

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"Sorry our bad, here is your passport, bye. - What about the money that got spent because of YOUR mistake ? - Your problem :)"

TiberiasMax.eth | 3877.eth | ٩٧٤.eth

@TiberiasMax

Jan 21

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@jespow

because governments don't really care about individual citizens... now if there was a system to tie the compensation of government workers (maybe a portion of it) to individual performance and customer satisfaction...

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Reminds of this book (worth the read)

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By John A. Andrew III - Power to Destroy: The Political Uses of the IRS from Kennedy to N (2002-0...

By John A. Andrew III - Power to Destroy: The Political Uses of the IRS from Kennedy to N (2002-08-31) [Hardcover]

Recovering TradFi Chad

@jofo_real

Jan 21

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@jespow

“Cost of doing business bro” “Btw, watch out for those shady shitcoin scammers, shame if anything bad were to happen to u”

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Which is a BIG REASON YOU NEED A SECOND PASSPORT....

Haile Selassie I.ALGO-GOBERNADOR

@FlyHigh407

Jan 21

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@jespow

That’s fucked up and they just be like deal with it .

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Happy you finally got your passport. Hope you can travel soon. I could write a book about all the issues I faced when they lost my tax returns. 😥

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Brutally expensive gov inefficiency. A builder like Jespow works to serve customers w max productivity, makes a fortune, pays a bundle in taxes, and the pile gets wasted by bureaucracy. The lack of malice in this tweet speaks highly of the writer’s character.