Return of the Returned Return
Mar. 7th, 2008 09:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I just made yet another "original copy" of my 1040EZ form and stuck it in an envelope to mail to the IRS tomorrow.
I don't know if I told you all earlier but nobody who paid me in 2007 bothered to send me any of the paperwork I need to claim "Earned Income" and get a refund. Even though my income for 2007 fell about four thousand dollars BELOW the minimum for taxable income. First try of sending a return, I tried to claim a modest refund, but not one covering my whole income (I had my reasons). They rejected it. I send my second one asking them to figure out my refund. They refused. So with this return, I'm giving up on claiming a refund.
Now, if I'm not obliged to pay taxes, and I'm not getting a refund, the point of filing is rather slim. Perhaps I'll get the "Stimulus" refund, but I am not sure I qualify, as I don't live on my own and am not paying 2007 taxes anyway. But at the same time, who wants trouble with the IRS? I hate vicious circles.
I don't know if I told you all earlier but nobody who paid me in 2007 bothered to send me any of the paperwork I need to claim "Earned Income" and get a refund. Even though my income for 2007 fell about four thousand dollars BELOW the minimum for taxable income. First try of sending a return, I tried to claim a modest refund, but not one covering my whole income (I had my reasons). They rejected it. I send my second one asking them to figure out my refund. They refused. So with this return, I'm giving up on claiming a refund.
Now, if I'm not obliged to pay taxes, and I'm not getting a refund, the point of filing is rather slim. Perhaps I'll get the "Stimulus" refund, but I am not sure I qualify, as I don't live on my own and am not paying 2007 taxes anyway. But at the same time, who wants trouble with the IRS? I hate vicious circles.