What a long, exhausting day.
I tried to call the IRS for a clinic client three times today. The first two IRS agents refused to talk to me because I don’t have my CAF1 number yet. They wouldn’t let me fax my power of attorney and special order, claimed not to have access to fax, and it was just ridiculous.
A third agent looked me up and then transferred me to wonder woman. The skies opened up and angels sung a Beyonce medley. Wonder woman looked up my information, located my CAF number (which was apparently already assigned) and then helped my client out. This only took about an hour and a half.
I spent the rest of the night writing client memos in ProLaw and clocking my time in 6-minute increments like a good future lawyer. I was exhausted when I stumbled into my apartment, but at least there was a drooling bullmastiff to greet me when I came home…
1Centralized Authorization File. It’s essentially an ID number assigned by the IRS.
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