So if I’m getting an economic stimulus payment from the federal government this year, the check hasn’t arrived yet. But even if it does arrive, it will likely only cover about half of what the state government suddenly says I owe them.
Which would be about $1,000, one hundred of which I already paid when I filed my taxes in April. I know this has been “Fred’s Not Very Good at Math Day” and everything, but even I can spot the difference between 1,000 and 100. Considering that I didn’t owe much more than $100 last year — and neither my income nor spending habits changed dramatically in the interim — this new bill comes as a real shock. I’ll need to closely re-examine my tax return — oh damn, I have a copy, right? — and try to decipher the paperwork that New York sent me earlier today.
And hopefully it all will prove to be a mistake, and I won’t actually owe them $900.
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