Friendly reminder that your taxes are due on May 17, 2021. The reason I know that is because those fucks over at TurboTax refuse to let me forget it.
Holy shit fellas maybe give it a rest huh? I have used your services probably twice in the past 10 years. We’re barely acquainted. You’re acting like we met in the 4th grade, dated through junior high, and I just recently left you at the altar.
Absolutely dogging the living shit out of me. That’s 4 reminders within the last month. I promise you guys that I am well aware that I am responsible for filing my taxes for 2020. Not to brag but I’m batting 1000 on filing my taxes on time since around 2010.
So let this blog serve as a big middle finger to TurboTax. If you plan to self-file your taxes this year, do me a favor and don’t use them.
PS – a fun fact about me is that I got my identity stolen a couple years ago. Some asshole must have filed a tax return under my information. I can’t remember the exact amounts but this guy had me down for an income that made me looked like I worked part-time flipping burgers. And he also made it look like I had paid half of it back in federal income tax throughout the year. I believe the tax return was on the order of $4 or $5k.
The way I found out about this was a bit odd. Sometime well after tax-filing season I received this envelope from the IRS that looked like it went through a paper shredder and it was delivered in a clear plastic bag with a fishy looking note from USPS that said “sorry we fucked up your mail!” I hesitantly opened the letter half-expecting to die from arsenic and found a notice from the IRS that was written in that weird font from 1970. The letter was grilling me on why I filed two sets of taxes and why I received two separate refunds. And it also told me that I had until some date that had already passed to reply back to them.
I then had call the IRS and explain to THEM the concept of identity theft. Picture my dumbass trying to ELI5 why someone might have filed for a return under my name. The person on the other end of the line was acting as if I was the first person in history to ever have their taxes filed fraudulently.
The worst part about the entire experience was the amount of time I spent on hold trying to get in touch with 1 of the 4 people that must work the phones at the IRS. I would say everything else related to the actual identity theft was inconsequential. So keep that in mind the next time you see one of these drama queens hamming it up in some security ad.
PSS – Never forget
