Friday and Monday we visited the main county office building to take care of some business. This is the same building I went to many times before and during the construction of the house in 2017 and beyond.
The county auditor is there along with the treasurer, the board of elections, the building and zoning office and several more that I have not had any dealings with. It is a beautiful building.
Friday I found out what I needed to take care of business and Monday I took in the paperwork. I have always found the staff in each office to be more than helpful with whatever I have needed to know.
I went into this building in December 2014 right after we purchased the Lazy OD Ranch. A helpful lady in one of the offices searched through records for at least 45 minutes helping me find the information I needed. She acted as excited to find the proper documents as I did.
This is the exact opposite from our dealings the last few years with the IRS. We send in the proper 501c3 reporting forms on time and then receive a letter that we did not send them. We must send them again, even though we have proof we sent them and proof they received them.
One year, we sent the 501c3 reporting forms three times. By then, they were charging late penalties and we had to apply to get the completely invalid penalties removed.
One year, I talked to a nice IRS lady on the phone who was looking at both copies we sent in and she readily admitted the mistake was on their part and we owed nothing.
I breathed a big sigh of relief until she told me that she had no authority to remove the penalty even though it was obviously fraudulent. I ended up paying a third party to prove we owed nothing.
My experience at the Warren County offices has been completely opposite of that. The employees are competent and at least cordial and most of the time, they are downright friendly.
Now, they can not work miracles and we are still waiting on answers, but going there is always a pleasant experience.
That is why the signs below left me confused. This seems more like the entrance to the IRS.
Can you read the bottom sign? It says Public Entrance. But the sign on top says Do Not Enter. Which is it? I was as confused as a termite in a yoyo!
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Thank you for reading Mile Markers today.
Davy
