Dude, the IRS makes everyone its bitch.

*snorts wine*

I've honestly given up with calling Government offices. I've NEVER had one answer the phone for me.

::sigh:: good luck. asked dad and he agrees that most of his colleagues don't give a damn. He once spent over four hours straightening a lady's taxes out over the phone - she later told him that she'd been slamming into the figurative wall for over five years before she got to him because no one else would help

side note: the check should be cashed with the bank that the taxpayer uses