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The California FTB is the most exhausting tax authority I've ever dealt with. I have a virtual mailbox in LA and made what I now know to be a tragic error in us
by culturestate 5y ago
The California FTB is the most exhausting tax authority I've ever dealt with. I have a virtual mailbox in LA and made what I now know to be a tragic error in using it as my address for one single 1099 contract around seven years ago.
They sent me a tax demand notice, and despite repeatedly proving to them that not only was I not a California resident at the time but that I wasn't even resident in the United States at the time, they're still after me for their ~$50.
I refuse to pay it on principle, so I've just resigned myself to the knowledge that I'll get a letter from them every spring until either I die or California secedes.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> I refuse to pay it on principle, so I've just resigned myself to the knowledge that I'll get a letter from them every spring until I die or California secedes. Why would California seceding have any effect?
- crocodiletears 5y agoA crater can't collect taxes, maybe?
- thehappypm 5y agoYou should listen to Mike Birbiglia's "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend." In it he tells a story about how he's T-boned by a drunk driver, but due to paperwork issues, he's on the hook for the damages to his rental car. It becomes an obsession for him, until his girlfriend makes him realize that being right is not as important as being happy, and he just lets it go and pays to make it go away and stop sucking his happiness out of his life.