Taxmanian morons
Apr. 15th, 2008 04:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoI can't wait for April 15th to be over. For some reason (probably the idiotic "stimulus plan") people are just nuts and extra stupid about filing taxes. Many of them expect us to be serving as their private tax accountants (for free) and that we should have copies of every bizarre and unheard of federal and state form number on the shelf for them to pick up.
The worst are the ones on the telephone, who get really rude and nasty when we tell them "No, we don't have a tax lawyer here to answer your question. Call the IRS hot line." I imagine the wait times on that IRS 800 number are in the hours right now. But if you waited until the last minute to do this, that's your problem, not mine.
Libraries have never been the place to get expert tax information, medical advice, or legal advice folks. The best we can do is point you to the book containing the information. We do not advise or interpret the data. We do not read the book for you. And we do not file your taxes. You have to do that yourself! You can complain to the city council, the congressjerk, and to God himself, but that isn't going to change. Calling the local newspaper to tell them we wouldn't redo your taxes after your son "did them wrong" isn't going to change it either. If you can tell that your son did them wrong, you can redo it yourself.
Yes, we have the form you need to file for an extension. No, we won't tell you how to fill it out. And as soon as we close tonight, tax season is over. You can take it up with the federal government. We are NOT the federal government, damn it.
The worst are the ones on the telephone, who get really rude and nasty when we tell them "No, we don't have a tax lawyer here to answer your question. Call the IRS hot line." I imagine the wait times on that IRS 800 number are in the hours right now. But if you waited until the last minute to do this, that's your problem, not mine.
Libraries have never been the place to get expert tax information, medical advice, or legal advice folks. The best we can do is point you to the book containing the information. We do not advise or interpret the data. We do not read the book for you. And we do not file your taxes. You have to do that yourself! You can complain to the city council, the congressjerk, and to God himself, but that isn't going to change. Calling the local newspaper to tell them we wouldn't redo your taxes after your son "did them wrong" isn't going to change it either. If you can tell that your son did them wrong, you can redo it yourself.
Yes, we have the form you need to file for an extension. No, we won't tell you how to fill it out. And as soon as we close tonight, tax season is over. You can take it up with the federal government. We are NOT the federal government, damn it.
