November 23rd, 2010
In recent news, the UN peace keepers stationed in Haiti are the target of violence, due to beliefs that they are the cause and source of the deadly Cholera outbreak. With Haiti not having had an outbreak of Cholera in something near 100 years, the local citizens were quick to jump to conclusions.
The Haitians were also hit by a tremendous earthquake which brought the area to ruins. Many of the people are now living in tent cities and camps with unsanitary and detiorating conditions.
If the human race has learned anything, it should be that major catastrophes that cause the deterioration of living conditions and sanitation are almost always the primary cause for disease epidemics. It is ridiculous to me that the Haitians would blame the UN for the Cholera outbreak.
Considering that the UN is there to… Read the rest...
Tags: Haiti Cholera epidemic, Haiti Cholera outbreak, Haiti earthquake, UN in Haiti, violence against UN
Posted in Natural Disasters | 1 Comment »
October 26th, 2010
Hello everyone and sorry it took me so long to write an update regarding our First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit. After much struggle with the IRS and speaking with a lot of IRS employees that clearly did not know what they were talking about, I finally broke down and got the Tax Payer Advocate involved. The final straw was when they asked me to resend documents for a FOURTH time! The Taxpayer Advocacy is an entity that is supposed to ensure that the IRS is handling things appropriately.
Our assigned advocate could see that I was clearly led around in circles and that processing times were not acceptable. After getting the Taxpayer Advocate involved, it only took about 2 weeks for her to push the IRS to a completion date. We finally ended up getting our tax refund (including… Read the rest...
Tags: first time home buyer tax credit, IRS Injured Spouse
Posted in Buying Our First Home, Housing, Taxes | 3 Comments »
May 12th, 2010
As I have mentioned in previous blogs, I am waiting for the IRS to process our income tax return. I do believe I also mentioned the importance of always sending any correspondence to the IRS with delivery confirmation from the post office. Having had past experience with the IRS putting false delivery dates on mailed items, I KNOW how important this is.
I just wanted to tell you that… sure enough… they are falsely dating my documents again. I sent our tax return via Express Mail with delivery confirmation and signature required. My delivery confirmation shows it was delivered and signed by the IRS on 4/7/2010. I just got off the phone with them and they are trying to tell me that it was delivered 4/28/10. That is a whole THREE weeks later!!! Of course, the lady I spoke… Read the rest...
Tags: first time home buyer credit, first time home buyer tax credit, income tax return, IRS, tax filing, tax refund, tax return
Posted in Taxes | 3 Comments »
