Ok, I am one of the Americans being audited for taxes. Lame, Lame. Utah State Tax Commission says we under reported our income according to the Federal info sent to them and we owe them 138 dollars. Well, I don't know what they are talking about. I reported the same income to both agencies so I know they are blowing smoke. At any rate in order to contest it I had to send them copies, not faxes, of all my forms. All of them, every little receipt. Then since that paperwork doesn't match up with what is in their database, they have to order official transcripts from the IRS. I also called the IRS and they show what I show, except for some reason they think I got alimony. They put down my state refund from 2004 as alimony instead of a state tax refund. Line 10 instead of line 11. I had them correct that while on the phone, but it still adds up to the same income no matter what line you put it on. They don't show what Utah says we made. So not only am I really mad, I still have to wait to see what penalties we might owe. No wonder people want to shoot auditors. He was really nice on the phone but I really want to send him a nasty letter. Something that starts with "Dear Imperialist Swine," or how about "Why are you wasting my time?"  or maybe "Those who need a system upgrade to correct incompetence,"....   I love the movie Stranger than Fiction. Its about an IRS auditor. If you have not seen it, humor me and rent it. In the meantime I am secretly enjoying the fact that by the time my auditor orders my files, spends the time double checking them, pays for shipping and calling me long distance, and pays for electricity the expense of auditing me might be more than what I owe. That thought helps me to smile while on the phone with him. I think I might put him on hold next time too for no reason... Yep, that will make my day.