Got this from a frustrated reader, Jeff Tracy, responding to Carolina Journal‘s article on audits of large families by the N.C. Revenue Department:
[The] 30-day deadline for submitting the required information starts from the date of the letter, not from when it was sent nor when it was received. ?I received my letter yesterday, postmarked the day before (5/20), but dated 5/13. ?My 30 days started on 5/13 according to the auditor, so I actually have only 22 days to get the information requested, with no allowances made for lead times to get replacement documentation from government entities.
This is an extremely poor approach to catching fraudulent activity, since those committing fraud would have to be particularly bold or idiotic to fake so many exemptions that they couldn’t help but attract attention. ?Mr. Lay neither considers, nor apologizes for, the wages lost and productivity reduced as a result of his capricious witch hunt.
