[rietta]

As a business owner, I can tell you certain letters have a look to them before opened and can trigger anxiety and “heart skip a beat.” A letter looking like its from a law firm is going to trigger concern and even calling an attorney. Not fun to then have the rug pulled out. Reminds me of the terrible pranksters who worry people and then say “it’s just a prank.”

[sharkweek]

When I owned a small business every letter from the IRS, no matter how benign, was nightmare inducing.

Never got anything serious from them as most were “we’ve update some random piece of info on your profile” notifications, but still made me nervous every time.

[rietta]

Same! I regularly get address change notifications from the IRS in duplicate despite nothing visible changing about the address.

[Ylpertnodi]

Wouldn't anything really, really legal be recorded delivery?

[skeeter2020]

from experience - no. Requests for more info (the precursors), reassessment notices (the nightmares), bills (the consequences)

[_yb2s]

Really? I think most people get plenty of benign letters from law firms. I do for things like consumer class action lawsuits I’m eligible to join, and stuff related to getting paid for things I invented….

[lukan]

I am pretty sure you are a outlier.

"stuff related to getting paid for things I invented…."