I’ve been late on a few bills these past few months. It’s not lack of funds that have caused these deliquency warnings to pop up in the email and post box. Instead its the abundance of things that meander through my mind and all of them usually at the same time. Thus creating what would seem to be ….forgetfullness .
This has caused me this past week to seek out the help of modern technologies and thus enroll many of my staple bills into this wonder of modern life …..auto pay. That should solve the problem.
I came in from work yesterday to collect an ugly envelope from the mail box. It was from the dreaded Internal Revenue Service though happy I was indeed to immediately spy they claim to have made a credit of $134.06 towards my 2014 tax return. What they further informed however was that as of yet, I have not filed that 2014 return and should do so ….. right now.
Quickly two questions sprung to mind….
1. If I hadn’t filed for 2014….how would they know I was worthy of a credit? and
2. As I received and cashed a rebate of a whopping $42.00 that year…. mustn’t I have filed?
Past experience has taught me that this cannot pass smoothly.
As I sat downloading proof positive of my filing my 2014 taxes in readiness of the forth coming battle the phone rang. It was my bank calling to inform me that my debit card transaction for $163.00 worth of clothing at Marshalls in Tampa has been declined.
” Thats great news !” I said and further elaborated the fact that both my debit card and I were 112 miles south of that point….and neither of us have ever set foot in Marshalls of Tampa.
The results were the cancellation of my debit card whilst I await a new one with new pin. A security precaution I fully understand. And the results were also that all my auto pay payments are unlikely to be on time this month. I don’t believe I would be quite so forgetfull if my mind wasn’t constantly filled with the likes of IRS letters and stolen debit card numbers…..and late paid bills.
