ugh

[mamajoan]

I almost don't even want to post because I'm so mad at myself about the stupid mistake I made on my tax return. I never should have hit the "submit" button at almost midnight. I don't want to talk about it. (I submitted it with a bad address. All the actual numbers are right, including my social security number, so it's probably not the tragedy I think it is. But I'm still pissed.) Nuff said about that.

Last night I dreamt repeatedly about civil-rights issues. I was a crusader trying to convince black people to revolt and stand up for their rights. Confusingly, I was not trying to motivate them to fight for racial justice, but for fairer labor laws. It was weird. I feel like this was my subconscious's way of trying to deal with the tax thing, but it sure is a bizarre coping mechanism. I dunno. It's weird inside this brain sometimes.

On the plus side, Ruthie slept till 5am which gave me plenty of time for dreaming. Then I brought her into my bed and she had a lot of trouble falling back asleep, but she finally did, and when the alarm went off at 7, she was out like a LOG. I ended up letting her sleep till 7:30 because she was so deeply sacked out.

oops, gotta run, more later

Comments

[mofic.livejournal.com]

You can always file an amended return. What did you end up doing about paying? Pay partially? Pay with a credit card?

I had Post-Apocalyptic Attempts at Survival nightmares last night. I get these from time to time but haven't for a long time. I guess I was due, but I hate it! It's very hard to go back to sleep afterwards.

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know I can file an amended return, although the website where I e-filed wants to charge me $17 to do that, which seems ridiculous. But they also gave me an 800-number to call to correct it, which I can't do until I receive notification that the IRS has accepted my e-file. sigh.

I ended up getting my mom to write blank checks from her home-equity line. I need to fill in the amounts and go mail them today. I knew I wasn't going to file by credit card when I found out that they charge a fee that's a percentage of your amount due! yikes.

[mogwar.livejournal.com]

Don't amend the return. It's not necessary and would only waste your time and money. File a Form 8822 sometime and it'll "change" your address with IRS to the right one. No big deal. And totally free. (The 800 number thing might work, too, but might result in lots of time wasted on hold. I'd stick to mailing the form.)

[mofic.livejournal.com]

It seems like it's not so urgent to correct. I'd give it a couple of days until things die down and then call the 800 number.

Oh and I forgot to say it, but I was laughing at myself because I read your post and sat here metaphorically scratching my head trying to figure out what LOG was an acronym for.

[cheryln.livejournal.com]

The year after Toni was born, I filed our taxes with her Social Security Number wrong. Which, of course, completely threw off how much tax we supposedly should have paid and the credit we got, etc. So that was a lot dumber than muffing the address, I think.