snarp: small cute androgynous android crossing arms and looking very serious (Default)
Snarp ([personal profile] snarp) wrote2012-03-30 10:31 pm

Stupid tax conversation.

Guy With Weapons-Grade Southern Accent: Kentucky Department of Revenue, what can I do for you?

Me: Hi, I have this kind of trivial tax question...

Guy: Well, that's fine, that's just fine.

Me: I'm doing my return, and it's asking me to list all of the out-of-state purchases I made on which I didn't pay 6% sales tax. But, I mean, I ordered a lot of books and stuff online last year -

Guy: Oh, honey, no, that's all right. Just give an estimate of how much it was, you don't want to list every single thing, honey.

Me: So it's okay if I just say, like, "various items bought online throughout the year?"

Guy: That's just fine, honey.

1) I actually think that there were several more honeys in there that I'm missing. I feel as if this conversation's total honey count was six or seven.

2) So even the Department of Revenue thinks that form is stupid - but I actually could have completed it. I possess all of the necessary information. I just called because TurboTax isn't set up so I can cut-and-paste from my spreadsheet, and I didn't want to retype it.

(Is there some sort of twelve-step program for spreadsheet addiction?)

3) I guess he probably found it touchingly naive that someone was bothering to report this. How could they possibly perform an audit?

Post a comment in response:

This account has disabled anonymous posting.
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting

If you are unable to use this captcha for any reason, please contact us by email at support@dreamwidth.org