Jason Bourne wrote:
On 6/29/10 7:27 PM, Jason Bourne wrote:
Got three dead 48" tubes from my shop lights. What's the right method
for disposal?


"Javelining" suggestion is the clear winner-- I like it in part
because I actually threw a javelin back in the day on the high school
track team.
As for the $5000 disposal bill from the feds, that's not as
far-fetched as you'd like to think.

I'm self-employed and have two Keogh retirement accounts. If you own a
Keogh, you have to file a Form 5500 EZ annually with the IRS which
simply is a report of how much money you contributed to the account
the past year and what's the current balance in the account. Why that
form needs to be eight pages long is another story.

Anyway, as I have been doing each July for the last 20 years, I fill
out the forms, stuff them in an envelope and mail them off. In July
2009, I get a form letter telling me I am delinquent because I only
filed one form with them for 2007. So I write back saying that I
filed both forms and mailed them both in the same envelope. I said
that since they got one, they must have received the other one as
well. I also enclosed a photo copy of the form they say I never filed.

About three months later, I get a letter saying they are imposing a
$14,300 fine (yes, fourteen THOUSAND bucks!) payable in 60 days just
for filing a report a year late! Note that I hadn't owed them any
money, just that they said I didn't file a report! They counted the
date they received the photocopy as the original filing date.

I couldn't get through to anyone on the phone so I write back again
saying my report was timely filed and no fine is due. They write back
again and say pay up or they will seize the money from the Keogh
account.
At this point, I know I've got a real problem so I go to my
congressman's district office with the paperwork and ask for his help
dealing with those idiots. I'll say this, the next month, I get
another letter from IRS saying no penalty is due and the matter is
resolved! You can believe the guy gets my vote this year!

I went through a similar event. I politely apologised for the error in writing
and asked them to excuse it, which they politely did.