No offense, but I feel kind of silly only realizing now that you’ve been responding without having read my original post. I already paid the $300, I already talked to a tax lawyer, and the letters after the first one were not automated. If they’re scammers, it’s weird that I paid them by typing irs.gov into my address bar. I wish you all the best.
I did read it originally before my 1st comment. I just didn't link this last comment with that comment. HN does a bad job(no job?) of showing that relationship, and it skipped my brain.
I'm glad you learned something though: It's not worth fighting the IRS over smaller amounts of money like this if you can afford it.
The DMV is usually properly staffed. The IRS is absolutely NOT properly staffed. That was the point of my first comment.
