Irregular Payments

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Three days late, but I’ve finally finished ours…

I wasn’t too concerned about the April 17th deadline, since I had a pretty solid grasp on where we stood and knew we’d be getting at least a small refund. Our state refund was right where I thought it’d be, but in the end our federal was almost triple what I thought it was going to be.

You see, I forgot about something, though it shouldn’t have been far from my mind since almost every client had a photocopied news article or printed out email about it included with the paperwork they brought in: the telephone excise tax refund.

In the end, the state will be dropping a cool Hamilton back into our account in a week or two while we’ll get $78 back from the Feds when I was only expecting $25.

Quite the windfall, huh? I’ll have to try not to spend it all in one place…

And just like that, it ends.

Outside of the (relatively) few extensions that we always have to file, Tax Season 2007 has come to an end.

And while there was that undertone of barely controlled mania that is always there during tax season, this year was somehow more, well, laid back than I remember in years past — the last couple days in particular were very low key. I’m going to attribute a good chunk of that to the fact that most people probably didn’t realize they had until the 17th to file this year. So last Friday and Saturday were our ‘if the phones ring one more time I’m gonna disconnect it‘ days, and Monday & Tuesday was all stragglers and the hardcore last minute filers (who will file at the last possible moment given the chance).

And working as a tax accountant, I’ve got to offer a sentiment that I’m sure very few non-tax accountants would share: I’m going to miss it, and am already looking forward to next year’s tax season…

I had a laugh at ING Direct’s maintenance message when I tried to check on a transfer late last night:

ING, I’d absolutely love to… think you can do anything about those people who keep adding bits and pieces to our bills?

(If you’d like a referral for an ING Direct account, drop me a line and I’ll hook you up with one. Depositing $250 gets you a $10 bonus. And yes, it gets me a $25 one - we both get to win… )