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Chota Mota for a Monday
Oct. 20th, 2008 10:57 amFirst of all, I want to update you all on our little IRS situation, mentioned in my last post. It seems to have turned out so much better than we had hoped, yay!
DH was finally able to connect with an IRS person this morning; seems they have our return on file, but it was rejected by the e-file people as incomplete because we didn't include a routing number for our checking account on it. *sigh* They never informed us of that little detail, but the IRS was able to look it up for us when we asked what the deal was. We didn't include one because we didn't owe anything, but I guess they want that info anyway! Maybe they can't imagine someone not owing taxes. ;-)
Anyway, the IRS guy says that we might still receive our stimulus check, since we did file on time, and things can go forward once we supply our routing number. We will do that through the wretched e-file people, since that's how it was done in the first place -- and also make a point of complaining that they never contacted us about the problem.
We are heaving big sighs of relief here, as you can imagine!
In other news, we were without cable yesterday for most of the day, which affected our internet. Funny how irritating that was, even when we knew it would come back soon! It was out all over our whole area; DH saw them working on a switch box in our alley and asked about what the trouble was. Some part or other had gone out and they had to wait for someone to bring it so they could replace it! Our internet didn't come back until 10 pm. We were still able to watch the Packers beat the Indianapolis Colts handily, though, since we use an antenna for our TV. We like it when they play in the later afternoon so the Bears being broadcast earlier in the day doesn't preempt seeing them on TV! Here in Chicago, Bears always take precedence over Packers. ;-) If only it didn't cost so much, it would be so fun to get tickets to the game when the Pack plays the Bears here in December.
Here's a fun placard I saw being displayed in the stands during the game:
Oops, is my fan-aticism showing?
DH was finally able to connect with an IRS person this morning; seems they have our return on file, but it was rejected by the e-file people as incomplete because we didn't include a routing number for our checking account on it. *sigh* They never informed us of that little detail, but the IRS was able to look it up for us when we asked what the deal was. We didn't include one because we didn't owe anything, but I guess they want that info anyway! Maybe they can't imagine someone not owing taxes. ;-)
Anyway, the IRS guy says that we might still receive our stimulus check, since we did file on time, and things can go forward once we supply our routing number. We will do that through the wretched e-file people, since that's how it was done in the first place -- and also make a point of complaining that they never contacted us about the problem.
We are heaving big sighs of relief here, as you can imagine!
In other news, we were without cable yesterday for most of the day, which affected our internet. Funny how irritating that was, even when we knew it would come back soon! It was out all over our whole area; DH saw them working on a switch box in our alley and asked about what the trouble was. Some part or other had gone out and they had to wait for someone to bring it so they could replace it! Our internet didn't come back until 10 pm. We were still able to watch the Packers beat the Indianapolis Colts handily, though, since we use an antenna for our TV. We like it when they play in the later afternoon so the Bears being broadcast earlier in the day doesn't preempt seeing them on TV! Here in Chicago, Bears always take precedence over Packers. ;-) If only it didn't cost so much, it would be so fun to get tickets to the game when the Pack plays the Bears here in December.
Here's a fun placard I saw being displayed in the stands during the game:
Oops, is my fan-aticism showing?
