Comments on: $8 billion later, and the IRS still sucks http://citizenagency.com/blog/2006/07/08/8-billion-later-and-the-irs-still-sucks/ Collaborating towards ecstasy Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:42:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Annnnd…. then we were legit at Citizen Agency http://citizenagency.com/blog/2006/07/08/8-billion-later-and-the-irs-still-sucks/#comment-23 Annnnd…. then we were legit at Citizen Agency Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:04:57 +0000 http://citizenagency.com/blog/2006/07/08/8-billion-later-and-the-irs-still-sucks-2/#comment-23 [...] The Citizens « $8 billion later, and the IRS still sucks [...] [...] The Citizens « $8 billion later, and the IRS still sucks [...]

]]> By: — at FactoryCity http://citizenagency.com/blog/2006/07/08/8-billion-later-and-the-irs-still-sucks/#comment-22 — at FactoryCity Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:43:24 +0000 http://citizenagency.com/blog/2006/07/08/8-billion-later-and-the-irs-still-sucks-2/#comment-22 [...] After dealing with the IRS site and then hopping over to Blinksale, I realized the beauty of well-designed forms. One key ingredient? Any field in your form must be able to be figured out by your target audience. If you’re asking for something that your audience might not be able to figure out, you should explain what you’re looking for or provide an example of possible values or responses. Blinksale gets this right about 94% of the time. The government? 20. At most. [...] [...] After dealing with the IRS site and then hopping over to Blinksale, I realized the beauty of well-designed forms. One key ingredient? Any field in your form must be able to be figured out by your target audience. If you’re asking for something that your audience might not be able to figure out, you should explain what you’re looking for or provide an example of possible values or responses. Blinksale gets this right about 94% of the time. The government? 20. At most. [...]

]]> By: Paul Fabretti http://citizenagency.com/blog/2006/07/08/8-billion-later-and-the-irs-still-sucks/#comment-20 Paul Fabretti Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:25:36 +0000 http://citizenagency.com/blog/2006/07/08/8-billion-later-and-the-irs-still-sucks-2/#comment-20 Government's are there to either confuse or upset people. If they can't create Macro-confusion, they create departments to create micro-confusion. In fact, in the UK (Ben will testify for me here!), we even have Capita (impolitelly called Crapita) whose job it is to get all the government IT contracts and bollox them all up so that they end up costing us billions more than they were supposed to! Government’s are there to either confuse or upset people.

If they can’t create Macro-confusion, they create departments to create micro-confusion.

In fact, in the UK (Ben will testify for me here!), we even have Capita (impolitelly called Crapita) whose job it is to get all the government IT contracts and bollox them all up so that they end up costing us billions more than they were supposed to!

]]> By: Josh http://citizenagency.com/blog/2006/07/08/8-billion-later-and-the-irs-still-sucks/#comment-19 Josh Sat, 08 Jul 2006 22:18:46 +0000 http://citizenagency.com/blog/2006/07/08/8-billion-later-and-the-irs-still-sucks-2/#comment-19 I agree, The goverment needs to become a 21st century beast. Need to stop spending money where it is not needed and spend it where it is... I agree, The goverment needs to become a 21st century beast. Need to stop spending money where it is not needed and spend it where it is…

]]> By: Chris Messina http://citizenagency.com/blog/2006/07/08/8-billion-later-and-the-irs-still-sucks/#comment-17 Chris Messina Sat, 08 Jul 2006 14:32:24 +0000 http://citizenagency.com/blog/2006/07/08/8-billion-later-and-the-irs-still-sucks-2/#comment-17 Yeah -- it's just, with so much innovation happening all over the place, you'd hope that some of that would spread to the government... apparently not. And sure, the government is a huge beast, but still, there's still a clear need for betterment of these kind of services if they're going to provide them at all. Yeah — it’s just, with so much innovation happening all over the place, you’d hope that some of that would spread to the government… apparently not. And sure, the government is a huge beast, but still, there’s still a clear need for betterment of these kind of services if they’re going to provide them at all.

]]> By: Josh http://citizenagency.com/blog/2006/07/08/8-billion-later-and-the-irs-still-sucks/#comment-16 Josh Sat, 08 Jul 2006 12:05:56 +0000 http://citizenagency.com/blog/2006/07/08/8-billion-later-and-the-irs-still-sucks-2/#comment-16 Man, That sucks. When I helped my mother do her S-Corp, we took the the DBA went to the county building filed paper work and then sent that to the Feds. A coupel weeks later she got a TIN (tax ID #) from the Feds.. Which is the same as an EIN if I recall correctly Man, That sucks. When I helped my mother do her S-Corp, we took the the DBA went to the county building filed paper work and then sent that to the Feds. A coupel weeks later she got a TIN (tax ID #) from the Feds.. Which is the same as an EIN if I recall correctly

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