I want to keep my money,
and give away absolutely nothing
to the government,
who moderates my spending
and obliterates depending
on what time of the year.
Brutality is NEAR.
In the form of income tax,
I'd rather take a fucking ax
to my face. Blow up this place
with you all in it
I'd do it in a minute.
If I could, I'd write off your murder.
I'd save all of my receipts,
because I'd rather you be dead
than lose a tiny shred
of what I made this fiscal year.
I'd rather you be dead,
than ponder parting with my second home.
I'd rather you be dead
than consider not opening a restaurant.
I'd rather you be dead.
I'd rather you be dead.
Prepare the laser beam.
We gonna use it tonight.
Engage the laser beam.
It's gonna end your life.
We're gonna use it tonight.
If I could I'd write off your murder
I'd save all of my receipts
because I'd rather you be dead
than lose a tiny shred
of what I made this fiscal year.
I'd rather you be dead,
than ponder parting with my second home.
I'd rather you be dead
than consider not opening a restaurant.
I'd rather you be dead.
I'd rather you be dead now.
amanda [email] said at 5:21 PM 03-07-2008: Seriously. Ben, Jake: did you get your W-2 forms from camp? I'm hoping they were sent to the place I was living in Oakland for some mysterious reason, because they were not sent to Wisconsin (which I think I listed as my permanent address).
I wanted to do our taxes this weekend and get that out of the way. Grrr!
I also didn't make enough money to qualify with the "screw the economy over even more" $300 refund. Double Grrr!
brandon [email] said at 5:29 PM 03-07-2008: Are you sure about that? The bar is extremely low. You should definitely file, even if you don't get the return, you won't get anything if you don't file. Also, if you call your old employer, they're required to send you a replacment W2.
brandon [email] said at 5:37 PM 03-07-2008: I want to see your atrophied arm, so you can spit foaming beer from your mouth and hiss "Quaid, start the reactor"
rick [email] said at 6:20 PM 03-07-2008: It won't make the slightest difference to me Brandon, but the consequences to you will be devastating. In your mind I'll be dead, and with no one to guide you out, you'll be stuck in permanent psychosis. The walls of reality will come crashing down. One minute, you're the savior of the Rebel cause, next thing you know you'll be Josh's bosom buddy. You'll even have fantasies about alien civilizations as you requested, but in the end, back on Earth you'll be lobotomized! So get a grip on yourself Brandon, and let go of that mouse!
amanda [email] said at 5:36 PM 03-07-2008: I think that $3,000 income is the minimum for the refund. I only made $600 last year, for the week I worked at camp.
I'm having my boyfriend stop at the old place tonight after work to see if the forms are laying around there. If not, I guess I get to call camp's office on Monday and hope they send the replacement out in a timely manner. Normally I wouldn't be worried about this but it is the camp office people, and they aren't exactly the model of organization, to put it lightly. Disorganized and Californian is a deadly combination.
brandon [email] said at 5:50 PM 03-07-2008: This is bad news. How is California going to recover, if you can't buy an iPod classic?
If you seriously only made $600 last year, then, yeah, you're under the bar. You should still file, anyway. You don't want to get flagged for not filing. They'll send it out, and proper-quick, as there's some serious shit to be had for refusing.
amanda [email] said at 6:06 PM 03-07-2008: I was planning on filing. I have to because the money being put in my IRA is dependent upon it.
Our household will be contributing absolutely nothing to the economy this tax year. I'm getting no money back and Ben's refund is just going to pay off the money he owes the IRS from when he was a contract employee a few years back.
I'm really hoping someone decides that I'm employable soon. I just spent the last of my savings on passing the smog test (it would be infinitely better if it were the Smaug test), having the catalytic converter replaced, and registering my car.
rick [email] said at 6:09 PM 03-07-2008: (it would be infinitely better if it were the Smaug test)
You would rather a dragon breathe fire upon your automobile while filled with thirteen dwarves in full armour? Would test be if they survive your car is street-legal? Or does it just have to run?
amanda [email] said at 6:23 PM 03-07-2008: I think that dragon breath would be an accurate representation of the conditions encountered while driving in certain parts of Oakland.
john [email] said at 7:14 PM 03-07-2008: I had this problem a few years ago. I had worked several jobs that year and 3 places didn't send my W-2 forms. I called 2 of the places and gave them my new address. I knew the third place had my current address because I still lived at the same place but I hated them so much that I decided to not call them and turned them into the IRS. We had had words when I quit so I felt that they were holding my W2 just to fuck with me. I called the IRS and they sent me a form where I was able to just estimate how much I thought I made at that one job. In the meantime, they fined the place $50 for not sending my W2.
You can also use your last pay stub to file taxes if you have it.
jake [email] said at 7:53 PM 03-08-2008: There may not be a W2 for the camp job--I believe they intentionally set the 1 week pay 5$ below the mandatory reporting line, so that you can choose whether to report it.
