Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Okay, So I'm not really happy right now

Alright, I generally like to write cool stuff here. But sometimes things bum me out and this is one of them. Last week or so I wrote about the IRS saying I owed a bunch of money. I wrote them and they reduced the amount to just over $5000. How? I have no stinking idea based on what's earned and what goes out legitimately to feed people around here. Legitimate people.
So I went to a CPA who spent half an hour going over things and said, "Well, you might owe $1.200, but not more than that. Give me a few days and I'll write up the papers for you."
So I went home happy. I don't think I owe even the $1.200 but it beats the heck out of the bigger figure.
And then today I called his office and his associate told me she was about to call. The paperwork was done. The bad news? "Well, you still owe the amount the IRS says you owe."
"How?"
"I have no idea. But you do, so we've included a partial payment form with your paperwork."
I am not happy with this. I don't mind paying my taxes. But I think I'm genuinely being jobbed on this one.
Okay, that's my bitch.
Everything else is great.
And if you're reading this, I've got trips coming up in June (jungle/mountains, either or both) and July (jungle intensive). So if that's something you would like to do--and the trips are better, much better than fair to middlin', now would be the time to write me either here or on private email (you'll find that at pgorman.com) to get the luscious details.
Sorry for complaining.
I hope you're all having the most fantastic of days!!!!!!

3 comments:

Morgan said...

Damn man, there's gotta be a way around that.

The Grudge said...

It makes me angry that the government can do its job so poorly and or so unclearly. If you owe, then you pay, but it seems that the question of how much you owe can't be answered clearly as why you owe what you owe. Very frustrating. Best of luck.

Unknown said...

yea"" I'm a somebody who just wants to say thanks for noticing something wrong about the Jose Cardenas situation i still have nightmares about the situation and i am so upset still with the law enforcement actions on the situation to add more details to the story my question is why would they put him in population when they knew he was injured in the first place also there are witnesses that say that they seen it all that jose was hit by officers not an inmate johnson county is crooked one day everyone will know to bad Jose had to be a victim of their shadyness RIP JOSE