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14 April 2006

Another tax-related rant Settle in, kids... this is a long one.→[More:]

So last February, I got a $889 check from a class action lawsuit that had been filed against Best Buy for improper wage distribution. At the time I was over the moon and amazingly pleased. I used that money to fund the deposit for two rooms in a house in in Bushwick (NYers, you can stop laughing now) with the then-boyfriend.

Unfortunately, while the lawyers did take out their fees from the original $1025 gross check, I found out when I did my taxes this year that they didn't take out any taxes. I currently owe $402 to the government and $106 to the state, which added to the $200-something I forgot to pay last year when I moved again to Flushing means I owe the government about $600 now. (This is part of the reason why I'm not drinking with y'all tomorrow night.) [continued]

post by: TrishaLynn at: 20:59 | 2 comments

I filed an extension on both, sent the state payment and about $50 to the IRS. I'm also going to get a hold of an accountant here who can figure out if I really do owe that much or if I just fucked up my math (I do my taxes myself by hand because I file a Schedule C).

Today, I'm sorting through the mail that has accumulated on the coffee table when what do I find?

A postcard saying that because I was a Verizon ISP customer for a certain time period, I might be eligible for compensation in a class action lawsuit.

Okay, so I went to the website about the claim and because I didn't use my verizon.net addy at all and because I doubt I was getting any email from the countries named in the suit, I'm not going to be entitled to my $28 share, but still... it's the principle of the thing, isn't it?

posted by TrishaLynn 14 April | 21:06

We got a couple of programs to "help" us do our taxes since we opened our own business in 2005. Its a flippin' nightmare trying to figure out where all the deductions are supposed to go.

You could refuse to pay your taxes along with the war protestors? That'd buy you some time at least.

posted by fenriq 14 April | 21:17

← Did anyone else in the US do their taxes this very morning, all hungover and shitty? || EAT PASTE →

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