February
4, 1997
Franchise
Tax Board
Regarding
taxpayer ID No. 554-68-xxxx
Dear
Sir or Madame,
I am writing for my husband, Craig
Franklin, who has been a non-filer for many years. Although we have been married for ten years I
was not aware that Craig was not filing.
In fact, I believed that he was and has initiated the preparation of tax
returns for 83 - 87. These were mailed
off yesterday and should have arrived (I hope) before this letter.
Although we many not be able to file
all past returns before February 20th the necessary documents are now in the
hands of an accountant and all returns will be filed as soon as possible. I have now taken over this responsibility and
future retirns will be filed promptly.
Would it be possible you to to give me some more time to get in years
1988 - 1995? Craig has badly mangled our
personal finances as well, and I can’t afford any help.
Craig is now under the care of a
psychologist who is helping him sort out the source of this deep-seated phobia
regarding all paper work. I have
personally sorted through 12 cartons of papers dating from the late 60’s. I have been working day and night on this for
over a week. It was in the course of
this excavation that I discovered the never-mailed tax returns at the bottom of
carton 9 (Saturday night around 11:00 p.m.)
In the cartons were unopened letters from family members, traffic
tickets, some over 20 years old, and an astonishing array of stuff that I will
not bore you with. I have no idea how it
was possible for him to deceive me, his birth family, and others. The boxes were in his office at work. I believed they contained books and old
business correspondence he was reluctant to part with. Craig is a terrible pack-rat, but the boxes
at home were very different. They
contained advertising, offers from book clubs, clippings for magazines (some
now out of business) and other
papers. I did find some things relevant
to our personal finances that I needed, so those boxes must be finished,
too. This isn’tany fun, believe me. They filled half the garage. (Now a quarter!)
Craig has just been diagnosed with
adult on-set diabetes as well and this has necessitated many changes for
him - including my going into the office
to organize his work.
I am simply appalled to discover
what has been going on behind my back.
Please except my apologies and assurances that things will be different
in the future.
The accountant we are using has been
in business for along time and I know from friends he is very competent. I am taking him information as fast as I can
assemble it.
If you can, in any way, help me
please let me know. Thank you in advance
for your kind attention in this matter.
Sincerely,
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