Originally Posted by
patentcad
So I'm 59 years old, perfect credit score, then yesterday I bounced the first check in my entire life. Wrote a check to the IRS and then spaced out and forgot to transfer the money from savings to checking. Either they routinely re-deposit it (that's my assumption) or IRS Blackhawk choppers descend on Mt. Doom and the IRS Commandos repel down the ropes, apprehend you and whisk you off to Guantanamo for interrogation and overly spicy Cuban cuisine designed to intimidate you further still.
Actually they are pretty decent folks. I got a notice telling me a I had filed my partnership return late and assessing me $390 penalty...$195 for each myself and my wife...er, partner. I knew I had submitted it on 4/4, eleven days early. What I didn't know was that the due date had been set back to 3/15 for the first time this year. The only way to know was to have an accountant or read the info on the tax form or software. When a I told the guy I had not even bought the software until after 3/15, he zeroed out the penalty for me. I thought that was pretty nice on sue it only made sense, but he didn't have to do it.