The Official a2k Tax Rave and Rant Depository

Ugh. I spent six months last year going around with the IRS on some question they had about my return a couple of years ago and a withdrawal from my kid's college fund. I ended up having to pay an accountant to convince them my college expenses were real.

I’ve always used the same Tax Attorney; she’s a friend of my parents and did their taxes every year. Knock on wood I’ve never had any issues with the IRS.

Of course, now we're wondering what Cartel you're working for

LOL actually the company I work for is the parent company, they own this other company. My company asked me if I would do some contract work for them and I would get paid after invoicing them, I had no idea they were incorporated in the Cayman Islands, probably explains why they sent me paper checks and couldn’t use my bank for direct deposit.

The CRA is our equivalent to your IRS. My husband sent them a cheque for the balance on his late father's account... they cashed it but they couldn't find where it went so he couldn't finalize things with his family for about 8 months.

When ever I've had to pay the IRS, like a quarterly tax payment I always pay online, never by check. They will charge you a fee if you were to pay via debit or credit card but if you pay via ACH, directly out of your checking account there is no fee. I only make a payment when I do contract work because no taxes are taken out.

I did more work for them last month and they still are sending me more projects but now they want me to invoice every quarter and not every two weeks. So in three months I get a big fat check.

The tax deadline is Tuesday. So far, refunds are 10% smaller than last year
I sneaked my state tax payment in yesterday morning thinking I was a day late because I was thinking of the old April 15th deadline.