VA State Tax Saga of 2005
I filed partial year taxes in 2005 because I moved to VA late in 2004. For the first time in my life, I was filing and taking itemized deductions. Like the bright college graduate I am, I thought I could do it by myself.
I gathered everything up and filed everything early for the refunds and filed late for the stuff I owed. My last employer screwed the pooch and effed up my VA state withholding (as well as my DC one when I was first hired, but that is another story). So I owed VA some taxes for the 3.5 months I lived there in 2004. Not a problem. The bill was less than $200. I merrily paid the check to be done with it.
About 6 months later I get a funny notice that says I owe them some more money because I messed up my taxes. Ok fine. I pay them another $180.00, but not so merrily this time.
Well about a month ago, I get second notice and I’m thinking, ‘WHAT! I owe them again?!’ Turns out I overpaid by $137.00-ish because of that second check and now I get a refund. That refund came in the mail this week, WITH INTEREST at 3.25%. I thought to myself, ‘Wow, isn’t that neat?’ and deposited it yesterday.
All the same, I would rather not have to pay the extra taxes, or any taxes at all, but we live in a civil society and such are the chains of the Social Contract. At least they fixed the matter with interest instead of just keeping it.
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