tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post8852477560240928558..comments2024-02-23T02:03:23.020-07:00Comments on The Eco Cat Lady Speaks: A Gift From My Uncle SamEcoCatLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-5263689939536661992012-04-17T13:17:49.931-06:002012-04-17T13:17:49.931-06:00No way! I can't believe they would send you a ...No way! I can't believe they would send you a threatening letter and then just tell you to disregard it! Shaking my head in disbelief!<br /><br />It does make you wonder though... they've obviously got a computerized system that does all the calculations etc automatically... so why do they make everybody fill out the ridiculous forms? Seems to me that they only require a few pieces of information and the computer could do the rest. I guess that would put the folks at TurboTax out of business though and we couldn't have that!EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-7772689469487492382012-04-17T11:23:09.505-06:002012-04-17T11:23:09.505-06:00Yeah, we got a letter about some credit a year or ...Yeah, we got a letter about some credit a year or two ago as well. A different year, I filled in some numbers ever-so-slightly wrong, resulting in underpaying my taxes by $0.67. <br /><br />They mailed me a notification that indicated they would be charging interest on what I owed, so I, in a bit of a panic, called immediately and asked what I needed to do to sort things out. The IRS rep informed me that for amounts that low, they just disregard it, no interest, no need to pay, leaving me completely boggled as to why they sent the letter in the first place. Ah, bureaucracy.Melissa @ HerGreenLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03565774385052987756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-77415425893133101942012-04-16T14:06:35.188-06:002012-04-16T14:06:35.188-06:00Wait a minute... you qualify for food stamps but d...Wait a minute... you qualify for food stamps but don't take them?!? Girl, am I gonna have to come give you a talkin' to?<br /><br />Seriously, you should take them. My father had the same sort of guilt about Social Security, but finally came to what I think is a reasonable conclusion. It is a little known fact that these sorts of assistance programs are only partly designed to help out the people they assist, they're also designed to put money back into the economy. So Dad struck a bargain with himself, he would try to spend all of his Social Security money because he felt it was his civic duty.<br /><br />He fails horribly at this task however, and much of it gets donated to charity or goes toward helping his slacker daughter pay off her mortgage - thanks Dad!<br /><br />But really... even if you don't "need" the assistance, you should take it. Maybe you could put the money you save into a fund to help you start a business, or at the very least you could donate it to charity. But you should certainly take the food stamps - it's your civic duty!!EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-57975200813602890792012-04-16T13:55:16.926-06:002012-04-16T13:55:16.926-06:00Seriously?!? I can't believe a paid tax prepar...Seriously?!? I can't believe a paid tax preparer would miss something like that. Sheesh!<br /><br />I mailed in my form this morning. I think I'm gonna get a grand total of $26. But hey... twenty six bucks is twenty six bucks!EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-90345190326111976842012-04-15T18:59:46.154-06:002012-04-15T18:59:46.154-06:00Thank God for the EIC. Otherwise, I couldn't a...Thank God for the EIC. Otherwise, I couldn't afford to pay my taxes. I think there should be a tax break for those who qualify for food stamps, but choose not to take them.InvisibleUrbanHomesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08113847363690063583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-25147957535718841042012-04-15T08:49:13.888-06:002012-04-15T08:49:13.888-06:00I'm with Catman, I say take it!
The IRS once ...I'm with Catman, I say take it!<br /><br />The IRS once sent me a letter about a credit I should have taken as well. This was especially annoying since I had paid a tax preparer to do my taxes that year, but it taught me a good lesson. Doing your own taxes isn't hard, especially if you can use an EZ form! (which I can't anymore, but my situation still isn't complicated...)min hushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09460666548836420815noreply@blogger.com