Ya, but dammit, usually we (the general public) is usually on the fucking losing end.
I remember back in 1989 my first wife happened to open the mail, and saw a letter from the IRS addressed to me.
She opened the shit, and it said I had made a mistake, and had 90 days or something to pay 400 some odd dollars.
I got home, and she tells me she went to the post office and overnighted a check for the amount and I almost back handed her.
WHY send shit in a panic like that, when we don't even appeal it yet?
Long story short, 7 months later, I get a check in the amount of my check because THEY had fucked up, not me.
Did I get interest or even a damn apology? Fuck no.