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IRS got knocked the **** out by mother nature

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Goosemaster

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that's what they get..for taking my money😉



Floods close U.S. IRS headquarters for 30 days
Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:15 PM ET

WASHINGTON, June 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service said on Thursday its headquarters building in Washington is likely to remain closed for at least 30 days due to recent flooding and electrical outages.

However, repairs to the building on low-lying Constitution Avenue, expected to cost in the tens of millions of dollars, will not affect tax services or enforcement operations, the IRS said.

Days of torrential rain followed by floods and storm-related road accidents have killed at least 16 people in the eastern United States.

With buildings submerged, roads washed out and rivers surging, authorities declared emergencies and ordered hundreds of thousands of people evacuated across much of New Jersey, New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

The IRS said it has executed business resumption plans to relocate the 2,400 employees who work in the building to 12 other sites in the Washington metro area.

The IRS said the building's sub-basement, which holds all of the building's electrical and maintenance equipment, was submerged in over 20 feet of water during heavy rains in Washington earlier this week. These systems appear to be 95 percent damaged or destroyed.

The basement level was flooded with five feet of water, destroying the fitness center, food service canteens, and office equipment, fixtures and computers on these levels. Vehicles garaged in the building also were destroyed.

Even with 12 pumps working, the IRS said the sub-basement will not be completely drained until Friday.

"The building will be closed for an extended period of time, and we will reoccupy it only when it is safe to do so," IRS Commissioner Mark W. Everson said in a statement. "We're working closely with the General Services Administration to make all necessary repairs."

An initial clean-up and decontamination crew began cleanup efforts in the basement level on Wednesday. By Friday, two crews of 50 will be working 24 hours a day, seven days a week until cleanup is complete.
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Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
the way they tell it...it was never your money to begin with.....
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you people are supposed to be on my side:|
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you ever see that that episode of the simpsons where he turns into an IRS snitch?

lets just say i owe some people some money.....

so goosemaster....do you ever like take trips and write them off like business expenses..can you show me how you did that.....

speak clearly and into this ummm pen that im holding...

*taps pen*

'check one, check two ..is this thing on?'
 
Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
the way they tell it...it was never your money to begin with.....
Click to expand...

you people are supposed to be on my side:|
Click to expand...

you ever see that that episode of the simpsons where he turns into an IRS snitch?

lets just say i owe some people some money.....

so goosemaster....do you ever like take trips and write them off like business expenses..can you show me how you did that.....

speak clearly and into this ummm pen that im holding...

*taps pen*

'check one, check two ..is this thing on?'
Click to expand...

heh
 
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