Pete Hendrickson (@LostHorizons)

Closing 2023 With A Nice Christmas Present For The CtC Community I'm delighted to share a couple of recent wins over the obnoxious IRS "partial refund" (victory in progress, or v-i-p) ploy, which should warm the cockles of every righteous heart this holiday season. SO, THE LAST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH not only a lot of victories but also two important crack-in-the-ice wins over the lame and indefensible "partial refund" ploy resorted to all too often over the last few years by an IRS struggling to preserve its scheme in the face of CtC-educated Americans. As we settle in for a nice Christmas break in this otherwise pretty tough year, let's enjoy those special wins and a selection of the others. Ben Pezzano BEN FILED NOT ONLY an educated return and claim concerning 2022 withholding totaling $7,884.03 early this year (albeit with a little confusion over the proper way to rebut an erroneous K-1). He also provided a very clear cover letter explaining his filing. (See both here.) Nonetheless, the first response by the IRS was to try its ridiculous and corrupt pretense of acknowledging that Ben had had no tax-relevant "income" and owed no tax, but was somehow entitled to keep what had been withheld from him as Social Security and Medicare taxes (by pretending that those amounts had not been withheld, or don't qualify as "federal income taxes", and falsely reporting the amount shown on line 25(d) of Ben's 1040 to be only $2,493 (just as discussed more fully here in regard to the same corrupt treatment visited upon Lance Cole): Continued: https://losthorizons.com/N/264.htm#1