Relaxation and Taxation. And Shopping!

[canyonwalker]

We took it easy this weekend. After going out hiking twice each weekend for the past few weeks we rested up this weekend. My back still hurts like a week ago so I figured a brief stand-down would help. And this weekend the last tax form I was waiting on became ready, so I dove in to preparing my tax return. It was a weekend of relaxation and taxation. Oh, and shopping.

Shopping-wise, we hunted around for more of those plates and bowls we've been replacing our old set with. We hit several HomeGoods/Marshalls stores— the only place that carries them, and even then it's very spotty— after lunch on Saturday.

Sunday morning I started on the taxes. I worked until lunch. When I got back, the TurboTax site was apparently down. Well, I wanted to use the hot tub anyway. That seemed like a good time to do it!



The dip in the hot tub was nice. What I really wanted, though, was to finish my dang taxes. 😅

I was able to get back online with TurboTax after dinner. I completed the first pass through my return. Unfortunately TurboTax has something wrong in my taxes— as usual, frankly— and shows me owing nearly $1,700 more than my own estimates indicate. I'll have to dig in to fix that this coming week. Ah, TurboTax, my abusive relationship partner.

Comments

[canyonwalker]

Yikes. Getting that kind of letter from the IRS is never fun. I got one several years ago and spent a whole weekend sweating it (I checked my mail as we were headed out of town) before I was able to look into it. In my case, too, the IRS was right. I'd overlooked some rule or forgotten to report some item of income. I wrote them a prompt letter acknowledging the mistake and asking them to tell me how much I owed with interest and penalties added to the balance. I think because I didn't fight them on it they waived the interest and penalties "in the interest of fairness" (their words).

Likely, too, it helped that the amount of tax I failed to pay was a small fraction of my overall federal income tax burden, less than 2% IIRC.

Good luck with your situation!