http://veteranveritas.com/?p=691 Hang out for combat veterans and families. Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://veteranveritas.com/?p=691#comment-1568 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:03:52 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/?p=691#comment-1568 Mike, You are referencing real time, and current disabled veterans. Yes, they are good candidates for an OIC, currently. However, this piece is referencing historical cases that were never resolved.  The IRS was not staffed well in the late 90’s. Right after Congress promoted the OIC, they in turn did not give the IRS the proper budget for staffing. In many respects they are not culpable for not being able to process the flood of applications that hit them.
I have not suggested that a veteran is “disqualified” as you state. That was not mentioned. You have somewhat missed the point. My protestation is about those who made offers but could not get them processed before they were rated 100%, resulting in a Lien. My beef is about the lien placed on permanently disabled veterans, not about whether they qualify for the OIC.  In fact, the irony is that if a 100% disabled veteran re-applied, based on their VA compensation, they would most likely not qualify. Which leads to my point…why place a lien on them when you know there income is exempt by way of Title 38 of the CFR?
The IRS was noted to change its forms in the middle of an offer, causing for great angst in the population of applicants. It has been rumored by former IRS agents that this was a form of purgation of the case load, and a rather rapacious way of  vetting those who were for real.
Real life stories, coming first hand from disabled veterans can hardly be “wildly inaccurate.”  They just prefer not to have their names announced for fear of retaliation. 
Are you an IRS agent? Are you a former one?
What would your suggestion be to have those liens released or forgiven?
 

]]> http://veteranveritas.com/?p=691#comment-1567 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:29:07 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/veteranveritas/?p=691#comment-1567 This article about Offers in Compromise is just plain wrong. A disables vet is an excellent candidate for an Offer and is in no way disqualified from them. But you have to know what you are doing. Furthermore, the IRS has gotten pretty good about processing Offers in a timely manner. This article expresses a level of frustration that I can understand but it is wildly inaccurate.

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