January 31, 2002
From the desk of Mindles H. Dreck:Posting May get Angry Tonight
I have just put on some Ahmad Jamal in order to cool down.
You see, I have been desk audited by the State of New Jersey nearly every year since I moved here in 1989. A desk audit is when they ask for specific materials but don't come a-visitin'.
Each year I dutifully file my New Jersey returns, including copies of my New York tax returns, my W-2s and 1099s and K1s supporting the return. The supporting materials are copied on colored paper in order to separate them from the New Jersey required. Thus, if there are any questions, it is all in a neat package. I am this anal retentive about filing the extra materials because the requests for these supporting documents have come routinely, 1 to 3 years after I filed. Unfortunately, filing them doesn't seem to make a difference.
So I was not surprised to see a letter arrive this evening asking for W-2s and a copy of my NY return. After all, I had to give them my W-2 and NY State returns for 1998 last year. Annoyed, resigned, but not surprised.
Except on closer inspection it seems they are asking for these documents for the 1998 tax year. Again.
So this is a first. I have been desk audited twice for the same year, and both times the State has requested documents that were filed with the original return in April 1999.
I'm trying to forget that the Governor's mansion is only a few miles away.
Posted by Mindles H. Dreck at January 31, 2002 09:27 PM | Technorati inbound links