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[sillygoosegirl]

I approve of the government collecting taxes and all. I even think they should collect more. But damn do I ever hate filing. Especially when I need to file in multiple states, which seems to normally be the case.

Wisconsin even made me fill out a form to convince them that I really moved away. As part of this, they wanted an explanation of why I didn't buy a house in Oregon. It was hard to resist putting something very snarky there. Especially after all the trouble I had convincing them that I really was a Wisconsin resident 3 years ago, which they didn't want to believe me on, because I didn't own a home in the state. Sometimes people don't own the place in which they live. DEAL WITH IT!

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[partly-cloudy.livejournal.com]

Having once had to file in 3 states plus federal, I feel your pain.

[zathrus.livejournal.com]

The years (because of course the 6-month contract spanned January 1) when Chris worked in Madison but lived in IL (and worked there part of the year too) were interesting, tax-wise, although I think there was some sort of reciprocal agreement between the states such that we didn't have to pay taxes to both states on the same income, which helped.

While I do feel for you in having to fill out extra paperwork just to convince the states that you have in fact moved, I'm finding it a bit amusing, too -- I'm currently hoping that a mortgage company believes that we really are moving in spite of not having sold our primary residence yet. Our neighbors are likewise having difficulty getting approved for a loan to buy a new home -- the home they want to buy is cheaper than their current one!, and apparently faked lease forms have become common enough now that a signed lease to rent out their current home will not convince the mortgage company that they are actually intending to live in the new home. Ugh.

Newt