Monday, August 1, 2011

Good News and IRS

Seems like a bit of a contradiction, eh? But there is good news! We are one of the thousands of adoptive families still waiting on the adoption-tax-credit-now-turned-refund-for-tax-years-2010-and-2011.

Remember this post back in April? At that point we were 60 days post filing and received 'the letter' requesting receipts for our first 5 adoption processes. I produced and mailed those receipts within 24 hours, only to receive another letter 30 days later stating the IRS would respond within 60 days. At 40 days I began calling the IRS once a week (because I have the time to do this - bahahahaha), always getting the same polite response: "Your case should be up for review soon."
Soon? Ya'll, I've been through enough adoption processes to know that soon is a relative term!

Finally in June we scored! Once I told the representative we were past the 60 days, she referred me to the Taxpayer Advocacy Service. That's when things started moving. Well, moving faster than they were before :)

Basically our advocate is the mediator between the IRS and our family, informing us exactly what documents are needed and then furnishing said documents directly to the proper person, all the while anticipating a timely response.

I'm happy to say that now, 40 days later, we've been notified that the IRS is going to issue our refund finally! It will likely be 7 months post filing once our refund is issued, without penalty and interest, of course ;-)

Now mind you, we aren't sitting around counting the money just yet, and we won't be wealthy when it does come...but we do hope to be sporting one of these lovelies to tote our krew in style soon.

What I'd really like to do with the refund is bring another child home, but then people would say we're crazy...and I worry so much about that. (bahahahahahaha)

10 comments:

Unknown said...

Praise God! We're on our 3rd round of resubmitting the exact same receipts & documents...ugh! Yes - this refund is keeping some big things on hold for us too! So happy for your good news!

Rich Klink said...

We just got our last month! So glad yours came through too!!!

Anita said...

Praise GOD!!!!! And I think another child makes so much more since than anything else--lol!!!

Shonni said...

I’m so glad for you!! Praise the LORD!!

PlainJane said...

We got our refund 2 weeks ago - after much breath holding. The end is in sight! Hang in there. :)

Kim said...

Awesome! ...and now you can be a "bus" driving mama too! ...and yeah, I'd rather bring another baby home...
...I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE being the crazy one...glad God allowed me to share this journey with you sister friend!

thesleepyknitter said...

Happy for you! Praise God!

We received ours just a day or two before a big dossier payment was due. I think God "timed" it rather than the IRS.

Chris said...

They should owe you some interest too! Maybe enough for a cup of coffee or 3.
Hey don't you need CDL license for one of those vans? JK

The Greens said...

We're still waiting on ours-- ARGH!!

I'm not sure how I stumbled on your blog, but it's been fun, fun, fun to read about your family. We have lots in common!!

Christianne

Unknown said...

Still waiting here also! I called last week to find out that it still hasn't been reviewed. We were told we would have an answer on whether our documents were all accepted by Aug. 7, so hoping it is on the way soon!

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