I sent out by Iowa Tax papers on the 15th of April 2009 by certified mail. Having not heard from them in one and a half months, I decided to track the no. given on the slip.(Luckily I was carrying that slip around in my wallet all this time).

The track and confirm generates the following results:

Label/Receipt Number: 7008 1830 0003 0793 9462
Class: First-Class Mail®
Service(s): Certified Mail™
Status: Acceptance

Your item was accepted at 12:04 PM on April 15, 2009 in ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87109. No further information is available for this item.

When i take the receipt to the post office- all they can tell me is to hold on the receipt because apparently the IRS at Iowa would understand and ask for a refund if nothing else (of $3.12)-as if i care about the money and not the delivery of my parcel.

I am extremely disappointed!