Best wishes from the IRS

So we just received a letter from the IRS about our 2007 tax refund.

Page 1 reads in part, “We are writing to you because there is an error on your 2007 Federal Income Tax Return. We will explain why we made the change and what you need to do.“

On the next page, they list the error in Adjusted Gross Income, resulting in a lower refund.

Further down page 1, they also say that “Due to a processing error, you didn’t receive the correct refund. You will receive an additional refund in 3-4 weeks.”

Following this? Same letter – my error and their error.

Sure enough, we received two checks. Total amount? The same as the refund on the tax forms we sent them.

Ha ha ha. That’s a good one. True life is stranger than fiction. Or maybe the IRS is stranger than true life.

I blame it all on W. Why not?