Knowledge

Knowledge

You don’t get paid for what you know; you get paid for what other people don’t know. If they knew how to do it, they wouldn’t need you to do it for them.

I had started my first software company in 1982 and always went to the same bank to make our IRS payroll deposit (before electronic submission). One week, we made the deposit a different branch of the bank. No big deal; the IRS cashed the check and we had the cleared check in hand. Then 3 months later we received a notice that we hadn’t made the deposit, so I called the IRS and was told to fax a copy of the check to them; which I promptly did. In a week, I received a notice that the interest and penalties had been waived since this matter was resolved.

A few weeks later a received another notice that said I didn’t make that same deposit and owed interest and penalties. So I called the IRS again, was told to fax the copy in, did so, received a letter a week later all was good.

A few weeks later a received another notice that said I didn’t make that same deposit and owed interest and penalties. So I called the IRS again, was told to fax the copy in, did so, received a letter a week later all was good. No I did not make a mistake typing this paragraph again. But I will save you the pain of reading it a 3rd, 4th, and 5th time – get the picture?

I called a friend of mine who was an ex-IRS agent and asked for his help. He said sure but only if I came and fixed his computer. As I worked on his computer he made one quick phone call to the IRS and got them to update their records. He told me that if he knew how to program computers, he would just do it himself and I said if I knew who to talk to at the IRS, I would have made the call myself.

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