Shuttered IRS Is Sending Automated Warnings of Asset Seizures, With Nobody to Call to Stop Them

Summary: The letter from the IRS is datedDecember 24,2018, the Monday after the start of the government shutdown. The headline reads, “Notice of intent to seize (levy) your property or rights to property.” It describes how the recipient, Aaron Caddel, owner of a small chain of boutique bakeries called Mr. Holmes Bakehouse,has 30 days to pay the $86,296.40 owed the government or face seizure of the funds from his company’s bank account.