Schmeye Ar Ess
SCENARIO: You receive a letter from the IRS stating that you owe them $11,457.99 (what?!) because they're just now examining your 2006 taxes, and, well, that's how much you owe them. You are completely fine with the .99 part, but it's the 11,457 part that's kind of hard to swallow. Do you:
a) Cry
b) Try to call your husband
c) Call your dad, sobbing all the while
d) Go talk to your father-in-law, saying, "I need an attorney," crying all the while
e) Pray
f) Think about what a smart move it was on your part to keep important paperwork such as past years' taxes with you and not in storage
g) Immediately blame Turbotax, and plan how to make them responsible
h) Write a check for $11,457.99
i) Look at the paperwork carefully and determine that the IRS doesn't know what it is talking about
j) Call the IRS and work everything out in a satisfactory and no-money-actually-due fashion
k) Breathe a huge sigh of relief, and turn the focus of your crying to the 138 motor oil stains your son just made on the tan carpet
l) All of the above
m) All of the above except (h)
**Addendum per reader suggestion**
n) Freak out
o) Curl up in a fetal position and wait until someone comes home and finds you there
p) Poop your pants, straight up
Yeah, me too. It's also good, if this happens, to have a sister to call who is happy to drop everything and pick up your son from preschool, so you can focus all your attention on the crying and the calling. (Thanks, Ab.)
a) Cry
b) Try to call your husband
c) Call your dad, sobbing all the while
d) Go talk to your father-in-law, saying, "I need an attorney," crying all the while
e) Pray
f) Think about what a smart move it was on your part to keep important paperwork such as past years' taxes with you and not in storage
g) Immediately blame Turbotax, and plan how to make them responsible
h) Write a check for $11,457.99
i) Look at the paperwork carefully and determine that the IRS doesn't know what it is talking about
j) Call the IRS and work everything out in a satisfactory and no-money-actually-due fashion
k) Breathe a huge sigh of relief, and turn the focus of your crying to the 138 motor oil stains your son just made on the tan carpet
l) All of the above
m) All of the above except (h)
**Addendum per reader suggestion**
n) Freak out
o) Curl up in a fetal position and wait until someone comes home and finds you there
p) Poop your pants, straight up
Yeah, me too. It's also good, if this happens, to have a sister to call who is happy to drop everything and pick up your son from preschool, so you can focus all your attention on the crying and the calling. (Thanks, Ab.)
Comments
AG
Carina, Steve and I got a big kick out of your electric bill. That could only happen to you!
Andrew, nice to know you got my back. Can I get that loan in Chinese currency?
AG, we used hand grease remover, then a steam cleaner, and it came out for the most part.