Don’t Drop Your Tax Court Petition In the Mailbox
The envelope that arrived at the Tax Court was kind of extraordinary. It had been in the USPS system for several weeks, without having any marks at all placed on it. This created a real puzzler for Judge Vasquez.
Couple Loses $7,000+ Tax Refund From Being Two Days Late
Judge Conley did note that the result was harsh. Harsh as it is it is an important lesson. When you are dealing with a refund claim, you need to allow more than a week, since you can’t rely on the timely mailed rule. You want enough time so that if your return receipt is not back two weeks before the date you need to hit, you still have time to send in another claim.
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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.