The speech was limited to 5 minutes, so it was short and succinct. This is the text of the speech. The written submission is long and detailed, and includes links to proof of the allegations made. This year, I’ve also made a legislative change request about treating married couples as a single tax entity, which has more details on exactly how the married couple embezzlement/racketeering scheme works.
Summary: This year, I made 7 requests:
Full disclosure of information regarding FTB’s “no payment suspense account” — this appears to be an “off-the-books” spending account and I’ve been trying to get more details about it for years. FTB has been deceptive and evasive about providing info on this account.
Disclose exactly when tax payments are applied to the taxpayer’s account — in Grab v FTB, FTB’s records showed that payments are not actually applied on the dates advertised. The payments are backdated to when they should have been applied. If you ask for records from FTB, you’ll see the whitewashed backdated documents, not the “real” docs that had to be submitted in court. I could be wrong, but I suspect the dates payments are applied are somehow tied to the “no payment suspense account.”
Disclose which payments and/or portions of payments are recognized for interest calculation purposes — in Grab v FTB, I caught FTB not crediting all my payments for the purpose of calculating interest.
Disclose the laws which justify not including payments into NPA totals and denying Protests on the grounds that FTB under-reported the payments — I believe these policies are both unlawful.
Proof that the scheme where Collections agents overcharge constituents has been halted. Twice, I caught FTB Collections employees directing me to send more money than the bill stated was due, then falsifying FTB’s internal records to make it appear that was always the amount due. First time, second time.
Conform To IRS Guidelines by Considering Married Couples as One Tax Entity — FTB demands more money in estimated tax payments and tax penalties than is actually owed. I believe this an embezzlement/racketeering scheme that targets married couples and a violation of the 14th amendment. More details on how the scheme works.
The Advocate Must Address Issues of Constitutional Violations — This is literally her job and FTB prohibits her from doing her job.