just goofin’ around this morning, killin’ time until coffeebreak comes on… tuned into WCYN’s broadcast, and heard Chris talking about the nice little refund that eligible tax payers will be getting later this year… that’s when i discovered something… for a guy who claims to be in the know, he’s an idiot. here’s why:
Chris stated that he spoke with the person preparing his taxes, and asked why he hadn’t gotten his part of the economic stimulus package. the answer–it’ll be coming sometime between may and december. duh. anyway, that’s not the idiot part. an additional thing his tax person said was that for people to get a portion of the money, they must file taxes for the 2007 year. Chris didn’t know this. kind of a “duh” situation there, too…
but, anyway, the idiocy comes into play with where he claimed that most people don’t know this, because “they” (government, i suppose) aren’t telling the public. let’s go googling…
hmm… on the IRS site, there’s a FAQ page which states it…
several news sources seem to have mentioned this earlier… as i look at the hits on the screen, i see print and broadcast media speaking of this…
…not to mention there should just be an element of common sense to it! c’mon…
kinda sad… a local media mogul (lol) knew about as much as my mother-in-law. (we told diana’s mom back in january that they’d have to file, and that they’d be expecting their check sometime this year, and not to expect it in may–of course her bulb doesn’t really put off much light)
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