Monday, June 13, 2016

Taxes?

Graduation of yet another American cousin, Lexxie Mapes with her grandmother, Marilyn Mapes.
 
Still thinking about Panorama, it was back to reality today and the fact the I still hadn't filed th U.S. tax forms due in two days. Using the H&R Block software make it rather easy unless you run into a problem in one form or another and that always seems to happen.

Today's problem dealt with the 5 digit pin number from the IRS needed for e-filing and no matter what I tried I couldn't get past that. Finally, at 18:00, I was able to do a live chat with a support
person from that company who said I didn't need the 5 digit number because I used their system last year and all I need was to very something called the AGI(Adjusted Gross Income) for last year and that would be enough to continue. I did that and 5 minutes later our tax forms were electronically sent off. The only thing left is to fill out the form that tell the U.S. how much money we have in a Polish bank. This I totally disagree with, why they should know such a thing. It's like having to register where you live everytime you move in Poland. Both are absurd ideas.

You're right John, it was our third time to Wroc艂aw.

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