A few months ago, the IRS looked into my 2017 charitable deductions (not actually a full tax audit). Recently, I received a questionnaire from a firm working with the IRS; they wanted me to report on my interactions with the IRS, and how I was treated, so I filled out the questionnaire and mailed it in.

The questions were basically reasonable, even if I did not fully recollect the answers, but they were directed at small businessmen and the self-employed who had been audited. I used the space where the form asked for my recommendations to write that my examination had not been a full audit, and that I was a salaried employee, not self-employed or a small businessman.

There is a sort of humor in the IRS having a polling firm ask people how they liked their audits.

On Tuesday, I got a letter from the IRS requiring me to provide further documentation of two donations in 2017, and by Monday September ninth, so I emailed the Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Economics, who emailed me back, and then sent me requisite acknowledgments as PDFs earlier today; I printed them, and put them in the mail, so the Revenue Agent should have them on schedule.

I had referred to a tax audit; I’ve spoken with someone from the IRS, and it’s only an examination; they aren’t doing a full audit, but they want me to document my 2017 charitable contributions. I have an appointment in late August, and according to what I was told, I’m going to be on-the-job training for a new IRS employee, who will be working under supervision.