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Man, I Hate Junk Mail with a Vengence Now

G geeklineMember
My Indiana Sales Tax withholdings were due on 01/30/2003 - they had to be postmarked Friday to be considered on time. I had them all made out, ready to go and they were sitting out on the desk.

All day Friday, I had this sinking feeling that I was forgetting something. So in my mind, I kept going over my mental to do list. Well, this morning I found the envelope of them buried underneath Saturday's junk mail.

Now I am almost sure that the State of Indiana - being run by the greedy, self-serving morons that infest Indianpolis and the state house - is going to exercise thier right to assess a 10% penalty on the more than ten thousand dollars in sales tax that was collected this past year.

I think that junk mailers are responsible for this. Had they not sent me thier crap, I would have seen the envelope and that would have trigged my memory to go down and mail them.
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B bjones9942Member
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Originally posted by geekline:
My Indiana Sales Tax withholdings were due on 01/30/2003 - they had to be postmarked Friday to be considered on time. I had them all made out, ready to go and they were sitting out on the desk.

All day Friday, I had this sinking feeling that I was forgetting something. So in my mind, I kept going over my mental to do list. Well, this morning I found the envelope of them buried underneath Saturday's junk mail.

Now I am almost sure that the State of Indiana - being run by the greedy, self-serving morons that infest Indianpolis and the state house - is going to exercise thier right to assess a 10% penalty on the more than ten thousand dollars in sales tax that was collected this past year.

I think that junk mailers are responsible for this. Had they not sent me thier crap, I would have seen the envelope and that would have trigged my memory to go down and mail them.


My experience in Washington is that people tend to be forgiving ... especially when the delay was in such a short time frame. If they do contact you with a penalty assesment you can always call them, talk to a manager and try to beg your way out of it ... humor helps in this situation!

Mother Mary Says, 'HONESTLY! you're just ruint!'
mrsmmrsmMember
bjones, lord, I love your sig!! Smile

I lived in Indiana many years...forgiving I am not sure of..junk mail, that I am sure of. I hate it along with junk email, but it is part of our life today! Next time, sort your mail as it comes in and deep six the junk mail...or as a friend of mine does, return it to them! Wink But # 1 responsibilty is up to you. Organize your bills and mail better!

puppyraiserpuppyraiserMember
Taxes...

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Enjoy paying your taxes -- they're coming due again soon.

falcongalfalcongalMember
I managed to get my junk mail down to practically nothing by using those postage-free return envelopes to tell them to take me off their mailing lists. They have to pay postage for those on their end (even though it's a reduced amount) and they started taking me off their lists in a hurry! Cool
For what it's worth, I live in northeastern Arizona and the information to use for filing 2003 taxes on line was in my mailbox on January 2nd! Eek (They didn't waste any time, did they?)
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rickrickMember
Christine,

OK. I hope you understand. I posted this, and based on your post, I deleted it:

"One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic." - Stalin

Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! It always seem like these happen during my poofing hours. Damn! Damn! Damn! REALLY wish I could stay. But at least you got to see what I deleted based on YOUR post.

(big/big smiley)
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mrsmmrsmMember
The kids had a super bowl party here so I was a captive viewer! Jabber and i watched the ads!! Well,I didn't see it, but Jabber and the kids did..Timberlake yanked Janet Jackson's cover from her breast. It made the top news today. People were not too thrilled about it.

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falcongalfalcongalMember
As far as getting edjumacayted, I'm usually taking some sort of course. It's sort of an addiction. This master's that I'm working on should help me find a great job. That's if you believe the University's recruiting literature. Smile My present job is a pretty good one, though, and I may just stay until retirement.
A lot of classics are being banned, challenged, or removed from the schools. So, being the ornery type, (nobody's gonna tell me what is or isn't OK to read!) I've been going out of my way to buy and read the classics off this list:

http://www.ashgroveaudiobook.com/grove/info_general_bannedbooks.html

You wouldn't believe some of the classics listed on here! Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, Chaucer, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and lots more! Even Little House on the Prairie has been challenged/removed! (Not that I'd call that a classic, lol!)


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rickrickMember
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Originally posted by Falcon Gal:
A lot of classics are being banned, challenged, or removed from the schools.

Unbelievable! Unbelievable! Looks that it should be everyone's preferred reading list. I don't suppose anyone is still burning books. I hope that went out of fashion after WWII. Unbelievable!
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