Well January wasn't really a bang out month..... I made a lot of mistakes it seems lol.... I have been very spacey lately.
First, at the beginning of month was school fund disbursement and when I found out online how much I was receiving I decided to make a list of all the things we had to pay off. Unfortunately, in November Chad didn't get a lot of work and since he gets paid per job as a mechanic, his check wasn't that great and with Christmas and the bills there wasn't enough so we had to take a loan from his boss. Thank goodness or it would have been a sad holiday season. I paid the bills enough to get through but there was still some of each bill left over. So I made the list starting at top with the loan I minused it, went on to minus the power bill, I was writing all this down on a piece of paper. I listed all the things including the money we would be putting toward a family trip to Disneyland this summer with my parents. I minused everything by hand. At the end, we still have a good chunk left over to have fun. After receiving my school money and paying some initial bills it didn't seem like I had as much money as I thought. After going over my list I had wrote a number at the beginning twice miscalculating by a lot. We didn't have as much left over, I felt defeated and very dumb for making such a simple mistake that made things not as fun for us.
Not any better, a few weeks ago, I got or taxes ready, I used the same website I have used for the past couple years, Chad got a new job therefore had a new w-2, so I entered the information, finished my taxes, and filed. Only later I realized that I had accidentally listed the w-2 as my own under my social security. I freaked out I was sure that I was going to have to file an amended return, which can take months to process and we are due a return. I called the company I filed with and the customer service rep confirmed my worse fear we had to file an amended return. I cried, a lot and hard. How could I make two mistakes that were so costly it would seem?? I decided to call the IRS and ask them exactly I should do and what was going to happen. I called assuming I would be transferred a bunch of times, if you have every called them it seems like a maze you never get out of. I pushed the appropriate buttons I hoped and waited on hold for a few minutes. A nice man came on, I explained what I had done. He said he needed to ask someone and after only being on hold for a few more minutes he came back and asked if we had filed jointly before. Thankfully we have for the past 5 years. He told me that when it was processed internally in their office they would see the W-2 and his social and see the mistake and fix it there and then send us a letter formally making us aware of what they had done. I felt so relieved after that call. We still haven't gotten our return and it is still being processed as of this afternoon but I feel like this will all work out some how.
Updated 2/12/13 - I found out over the weekend our return is being deposited this week Praise God!!
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