I have never received Letter 12C in the past, requesting verification of Federal Taxes withheld, each and every letter relates to a 1099-R and SSA-1099.  The payers would have reported the Federal Tax withheld and the IRS should have this information.  Is anyone else getting these letters this year?  Very time consuming to respond and then to find out the IRS will take 6-8 weeks before processing their return after mailing in copies of the 1099-R and SSA-1099's.  WHY!!!  Is this a problem with the software or is the IRS just being ridiculous?