I got a phone call this morning at 8:15 from the KS Dept of Revenue. I had booked an appointment to have an in-office visit with them for next week. I need to change the banking information for the withdrawal of our KS State Estimated Income Tax Withholding.
The lady that called said she could help me over the phone. However, when she got my information she couldn’t find the records in her files. The files showed I had paid two of the four payments due this year but she told me my accountant must have set me up using a third party payment system and she couldn’t help me. She transferred me to someone higher up that could access the files deeper. They told me I needed to call my accountant.
I called my accountant and they told me I was paying through the state withholding system and they couldn’t change the banking information.
I feel like a dog chasing it’s tail. Round and round I go and where we stop, no one knows. The lady called back this afternoon and was puzzled but couldn’t take it any further. The accountant is going to print me out a voucher and I will mail the January payment mid December so hopefully the state will have enough time to stop the automatic withdrawal that is due January 15. I will alert my bank to not honor the withdrawal if one comes through. It will be on the closed account so hoping that will stop it.
When we got our mail today, we had a refund check from the IRS. We had to amend our 2020 taxes and pay some additional tax. While we were on vacation I had gotten a letter from IRS telling me that they didn’t understand why the tax return was amended and that they were returning the additional money we paid. I called the accountant to let them know I got a refund check. They told me to sit on it as I did owe the taxes and will have to return it when they figure out how to explain to the IRS their job. Round and round we go, and when we stop, no one knows. This all started when the state sent me an inaccurate tax form. I have little faith or trust in the tax department of the state of KS.
We took my car to get the oil changed today. Found out I need new tires. They will need to order some and then I will take it back sometime next week and get the new tires put on it. I keep getting emails from the Subaru warning system that my Star Link system isn’t operating correctly. The emails started the morning of the break-in. Not sure if something didn’t get connected when the window got replaced or if it is even related to the break-in. Unfortunately the local guys can’t fix it so will have to take the car to Topeka sometime soon and see what is wrong.
While I was waiting for the oil to be changed, I went to the local bank to see what they recommended so I could monitor my account there. They are going to enroll me in on-line banking for free for the next six months so I can check the account daily and make sure there is no fraud going on with that account. I have no idea what, if any other information the bad guy got hold of. Better safe than sorry.
Spent hours today changing passwords. I got my replacement debit card today so was able to start changing banking information on some of my auto-bill pay accounts. I haven’t got all of them done yet but made a good start. It is so frustrating as some of them I can change on an app and some I have to go to a website to change. Some go so easy and others take me five or six tries to get them correct. Changing passwords is like that too. Just about the time I think I am getting the hang of it, I will run into one that I can’t seem to figure out how to change.
It is nice to be able to pay for things again. I don’t have any checks as the ones I have are for the accounts that were closed. The bank ordered more checks for me but they haven’t come in yet. My other debit cards were for the old accounts too. I am grateful Jim has some credit cards that we didn’t have to cancel.
Jim and I met some friends at Union Station for dinner tonight. It was a delightful evening. I needed a break from password and banking information. It was a wonderful and relaxing dinner. The food was great and the company even better.
We don’t have any plans for the weekend. Ellexia has requested some chocolate chip cookies so I will get those baked in the morning. I need to get a few groceries so will take the cookies in and stop at the grocery store.
Tomorrow night is full moon. The moon is beautiful tonight and casting moon shadows over the prairie. We have a good chance for some rain tomorrow early evening so may not get to enjoy the full moon tomorrow night.
Grateful my debit cards came in today, grateful for friends that made an evening out a delight, and grateful for the beauty of an almost full moon on the prairie tonight.