IRS

So for the last 3 weeks I have been trying to get a hold of the IRS because when I got my wonderful stimulus check it said I didn’t have a qualifying child. So as I wonder who the little boy is who lives in the room across from me and spends every penny I have for the last 3.5 years I quickly figured out that I was jipt the $300 because on my taxes I misspelled Tyler’s name, (we changed Ty’s last name last year on his birth certificate but I have not gone down to the social security office to change it there yet. I put his ‘new’ name and not the one registered with the SS office.) The IRS fixed the name a while ago and everything was wonderful. So after being on hold for over 2 hours this morning I explained my situation to the rude lady and she was so quick to tell me that they don’t re-issue out checks. (I don’t want another check I just want an additional one) She also explained to me that they base the stimulus check off of the first copy of taxes you submit… so I asked her what happens if they over paid someone on the check? She then told me that they never over pay anyone. I just read an article yesterday that they accidentally sent out duplicate checks to a lot of people.

I decided that I am not going to complain about it because really it’s awesome to get the $600 in the first place. I know a lot of people hate the government because they ‘take all our money’ but I am not one of those people. I have a child and I’m not rich so I always get a big check around April, which makes me happy. But not being able to get a hold of them for 3 weeks, being on hold for over 2 hours and then getting a rude customer service rep, kind of made me mad.