Newfie wrote:Hallelujah! The wire transfer came in! Only took 24 hours.
I agitation down, and a big one.
Ah yes, bourbon and branch was a great help dong taxes.Newfie wrote:G&T helps too.
Here's what I know.
The packages were packed and ready for shipment on March 29. I finally got the quote from UPS on March 28 and requested an immediate pickup.
The latest from UPS is that there is no record of the packages being picked up on March 29. In fact, there appears to be no record of the packages being picked up at all.
I have an escalated request in with the international air freight department and I'm waiting to hear back from them.
To quote an ad from another age, "Is this anyway to run an airline?" I don't think so. (A small consolation is that FedEx, my carrier of choice in the past, quoted more than twice as much and weren't even sure that they could get to the packages to pick them up. The whole industry appears to be in shambles.)
More as soon as I know it.
What gripes me is the general sleaziness of companies these days, from great to small they seem to have adopted a business model that refuses to take responsibility for screw-ups, whether it's parts that don't fit or new devices that don't function as advertised.
careinke wrote:Doing income taxes always makes me resentful towards the government. It's bad enough they steal my money, but can't they do it in a way that doesn't steal my time too?
Yesterday, I was walking hand in hand from our motor home up to the kids house with my three year old (soon to be 4!) granddaughter Ava. I mentioned I had to get ready to go see the "Tax Lady." Ava asked me what a "Tax Lady" does. Feeling a little grumpy, I told her the Tax Lady's job was to figure out how much money the government was going to steal from me.
Ava stopped right in he tracks with the most bewildered look on her face, and said accusingly "Papa your kidding me!" I looked her in the eye and said "Nope I'm not kidding, and Papa doesn't understand why either."
Three hours later I had an extension until 18 October, which will give me time to set up my coin tracker program for my crypto trades. Next year should be easier as I will no longer have to use spreadsheets.
Peace
evilgenius wrote:careinke wrote:Doing income taxes always makes me resentful towards the government. It's bad enough they steal my money, but can't they do it in a way that doesn't steal my time too?
Yesterday, I was walking hand in hand from our motor home up to the kids house with my three year old (soon to be 4!) granddaughter Ava. I mentioned I had to get ready to go see the "Tax Lady." Ava asked me what a "Tax Lady" does. Feeling a little grumpy, I told her the Tax Lady's job was to figure out how much money the government was going to steal from me.
Ava stopped right in he tracks with the most bewildered look on her face, and said accusingly "Papa your kidding me!" I looked her in the eye and said "Nope I'm not kidding, and Papa doesn't understand why either."
Three hours later I had an extension until 18 October, which will give me time to set up my coin tracker program for my crypto trades. Next year should be easier as I will no longer have to use spreadsheets.
Peace
I can't believe you said that to a child! But, then, I suppose your parents said it to you?
Why wouldn't you, instead, stand for the lessons that civilization has taught us concerning the role of government in our daily lives? Why not teach about all of the possible ways we could be governed? Why not point out how the king, in a more selfish order, actually owns everything? Why teach them that they should always seek to be king, and not a part of something much greater?
vtsnowedin wrote:I finally finished my state and federal tax forms today. Between them I owe about $400. The state forms and instructions are, if anything, worse then the federal ones. One hit I took was capital gains that are not taxable by the feds are included in household income on the form where they try to make property taxes on your "Homestead" income sensitive. So ash logs I salvaged due to climate change and an invasive species infestation will cost me more in local property taxes next year.
On the other hand Vermont did not tax any of my social security while the feds taxed about half of it. As we paid taxes on the income before the SS taxes were taken out all those years, I can't see why any social Security payouts should ever be taxable by any level of government.
But I suppose I should not bitch too much as if you take my final Federal bill it is just 4% of unadjusted gross income. .
vtsnowedin wrote:Considering the value of living under the protection of the most powerful military in the world I don't bitch much about my income taxes.....
AdamB wrote:vtsnowedin wrote:Considering the value of living under the protection of the most powerful military in the world I don't bitch much about my income taxes.....
Indeed. Those rabble rousing Canadians might invade at any minute, and penetrate as far as Burlington before being stopped by local militias. Or do you rate your neighbors as the same class of gutless, gun fearing weasels that populate, say, New York City?
vtsnowedin wrote:AdamB wrote:vtsnowedin wrote:Considering the value of living under the protection of the most powerful military in the world I don't bitch much about my income taxes.....
Indeed. Those rabble rousing Canadians might invade at any minute, and penetrate as far as Burlington before being stopped by local militias. Or do you rate your neighbors as the same class of gutless, gun fearing weasels that populate, say, New York City?
Without years of faithful service and sacrifice by our military personnel we would already be speaking German or Japanese if not Russian.
vtsnowedin wrote: If you know how to read thank a teacher. That you can read in English thank a veteran.
Or were you MAGA folks seriously worried about the US being invaded and us being forced to learn Arabic?
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