ginmar ([info]ginmar) wrote,
@ 2008-05-12 15:49:00
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Fuck the IRS
I made less than two grand last year. My refund is less than four hundred bucks. I filed online. When I checked, they said I should have my refund electronically deposited by today. It wasn't. I called. They said they 'were working on it.' How much 'work' does it fucking need? No deductions, no interest, nothing. I had zippo. What the fuck are they doing, chiseling it on stone tablets in ancient Babylonion cuneiform?!

So no tax refund until they're damned good and ready.

And if I have to hear "The Waltz of the Goddamned Snowflakes" one more fucking time, I'm going to throw stuff and that scares the cats.


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[info]stardragonca
2008-05-12 08:58 pm UTC (link)
I think we have a theme.

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[info]pbrim
2008-05-12 08:59 pm UTC (link)
I suspected something of the sort. I used to have to pay estimated tax quarterly -- $Deity forbid you get your money to them a day late, you start paying interest and penalties. Getting your refund back, well, that'll happen any day Real Soon Now.

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[info]ginmar
2008-05-12 09:01 pm UTC (link)
I mean, how do you have to continue to work on something so small? It's not like it's GWB's dick.

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[info]alleycatsphinx
2008-05-12 09:06 pm UTC (link)
Are you entitled to a stimulus cheque?

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[info]ginmar
2008-05-12 09:08 pm UTC (link)
I don't know. I really don't. This shit is so fucking confusing.

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[info]alleycatsphinx
2008-05-12 09:11 pm UTC (link)
I feel ya. I'd rather fight my way out of a dark alley full of who knows what with an arm tied behind my back than do taxes. At least hitting things and running is straightforwards.

Taxes feel like they are a hundred years of confusion engineered into paperwork - the most advanced and official scam by which we all get our government.

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[info]me_not_you
2008-05-13 01:46 pm UTC (link)
http://www.irs.gov/app/espc/

Grab your tax return and enter the information.

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[info]ginmar
2008-05-13 03:09 pm UTC (link)
The problem is, I don't get any statement from the VA, so that income doesn't exist, but the IRS says it does.

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[info]semiotic_pirate
2008-05-13 02:36 pm UTC (link)
nope. you gotta make at least 3000 dollars to get any stimulus money. fucking assholes don't think we need the money.

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[info]fiona64
2008-05-12 09:17 pm UTC (link)
If you had your filing fees deducted from your refund, you will get a paper check ... mine isn't due to be mailed until June 27, despite all the hype about how if you had direct deposit for your refund, the bribe stimulus check would be deposited 5/9.

Yeah.

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[info]ginmar
2008-05-12 09:20 pm UTC (link)
I got free tax filing because I'm a veteran.

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[info]fiona64
2008-05-12 09:39 pm UTC (link)
Then your damned check should have been there. Period.

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[info]ginmar
2008-05-12 09:40 pm UTC (link)
I got direct deposit.

Now comes the fun part: pay the phone bill or the electric bill? Which one?

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[info]puglette
2008-05-12 09:45 pm UTC (link)
Is it possible to arrange or simply make a partial payment to both, so you're still current albeit behind? I had to do this when we were up against it years ago.

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[info]ginmar
2008-05-12 09:49 pm UTC (link)
I'll be cleaned out by either one. The electric bill is huge.

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[info]puglette
2008-05-12 10:01 pm UTC (link)
Yikes.

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[info]glinda_w
2008-05-12 09:38 pm UTC (link)
Heh. That whole "deposited 5/9" lie: see my post below. I'm truly pissed off about it...

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[info]glinda_w
2008-05-12 09:37 pm UTC (link)
I e-filed back in January, for something like $40 in Earned Income Tax Credit. The social security disability isn't taxable.

It is, however - and supposedly - a qualifier for that "rebate". Last I'd heard, for my SSN, it was supposed to be in the bank account May 9th. Now they're saying "will be deposited no later than May 16th". I'll believe it when it's there. (And Annie-cat needs about $200 of dental work, so I really do need it, y'know?)

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(Anonymous)
2008-05-12 09:48 pm UTC (link)
And if you OWE money like we did with the IRS? They cash the check the day they get it.

We get a small refund from the state and haven't seen that yet either.

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[info]ginmar
2008-05-12 09:50 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, the state takes even longer. I'm looking at three more weeks' wait.

Fuckers.

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[info]kalimeg
2008-05-13 12:24 pm UTC (link)
I get paper checks, and mine have always turned up fast, with MO being *very* fast -- but I do it in March.

:: shrugs ::

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[info]ivyfree
2008-05-13 06:58 am UTC (link)
:::nods sadly::: I do Mom's taxes, since I activated the POA and took over her finances. Well, that's an exaggeration. I save all her paperwork and take it over to H&R Block, with an offering of chocolate and caffeine for the nice lady who's done Mom's taxes for five years now. I got a letter from the IRS today, IMPORTANT! SAVE FOR YOUR RECORDS! saying that Mom was supposed to get $600 but might get only $300 but anyway, sooner or later she'll get a check.

IOW, when government and gov't agencies are run by people who don't believe gov't works, guess what? It won't.

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[info]semiotic_pirate
2008-05-13 02:34 pm UTC (link)
yup... you and me, we get no extra money from the W... cuz, having made so little money, they KNOW we are that much less likely to spend it on something "fabulous"

bastards.

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