Thanks for all the replies. I indeed have both called and
> written to IRS (with copy of cancelled checks etc) several
> times already. What really frustrated me was whenever I
> called (on the number indicated on the notice), the IRS
> agents seemed to have no clues. Everytime I would be
> transfereed among a dozon of agents. All of them could
> neither find the record I owe sth nor the record of my check
> payment. There was even one occassion, an agent seemed to
> suspect my call was hoax. He could not even believe I had
> received several notices from IRS!!! I guess all those
> agents could only retrieve Form 1040 related information,
> but my case was related to Form 8288. Saying this I still
> don't understand whey they could not find my check payment
> given it was sent with the IRS provided payment coupon and I
> wrote my SSN on the check.
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> I have written to local Tax Advocate earlier this week with
> supporting documentation. But I am not sure whether they
> can help solve the issue quickly before the matter
> escalates. (BTW, is Tax Advocate the samething as the IRS
> Ombudsman?)
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> Do you think is there any other matter I can take? Sometime
> I really feel it's just wasting time to call or write to
> IRS. But I am really struggled to find any effective
> options.
You have been given many good options. Perhaps you should have someone else contact the IRS who understands the collection process and correspondence processing within the IRS.
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