seems i have a (stupid )payee who is threatening to take me to court
and sue me for “non payment”–
however i have proof that this person has REFUSED a recent payment
which was in the form of a cashier’s check–
the proof is an envelope with the cashier’s check i sent still in it
that was marked “return to sender” by the person who has refused payment–
( probobly to avoid the “600.00 amount” so they would not have to report the income to the IRS ?)
the seal of the envelope is undisturbed ( nice )–
to top it all off,
i had written “check enclosed” on the check before sending the check off to the payee,
and the post office put a sticker over the end of the word “enclosed”
( sweet )
so i think that proves i had written “check enclosed” on the envelope BEFORE
the envelope was handled by the post office a second time–
( the first time it was sent by priority mail delivery confirmation in one of those clear envelopes )
i have made atleast 3 official requests for a
w-9 during a 6-9 month period to this payee
because the IRS told me i should not pay anyone who refused to give me a w-9–
since he has continuously refused to provide me with a w-9
and since he has sent a cashier’s check back to me ( refusing payment )
i am now refusing to issue payments until the payee provides me with a w-9–
now, people who know me and the payee
are giving messages to me from him that basically state
that he is demanding that i pay him in cash (crazy and stupid )–
needless to say, i have refused to issue any cash payments
and will continue to refuse to issue any cash payments so can i be sucessfully sued for non payment if i am taken to court by this payee? we never went to an attorney to get contracts drawn up between us that specified a method of payment ( i knew that question was coming)–
thank you in advance for any time and attention you may give to this question (please don’t ask any questions, cause i can’t answer them if you don’t allow emails)