How's your tax return coming, Dryad?
So glad you asked.
Remember my old job, the one that laid me off by avoiding my calls and not actually telling me? Where at least a third of my paychecks bounced? Well in those paychecks, they took out taxes. Therefore they need to send me a W2 so I can square things with the IRS. So when the deadline rolled around and I didn't get my W2, I started making calls.
More specifically, I emailed and called multiple times. I left messages. Once I actually got through and spoke with my old boss. He said he would "call me right back." I never once got a phone call or any kind of response. I tried multiple times. I contacted ex-coworkers - they hadn't heard anything either.
Eventually I gave up on them and just decided I would get the numbers of my last pay stub. But, for some unknown reason, the employer's tax ID number was not on my pay stubs. My resident accountant (Jhay's mom) says I need this number, since I'm not actually getting a "tax refund" per se. (I made so little last year, what with the only being employed for 3 months, that I qualify for an Earned Income Credit, which is different than a refund.)
So I begin again what I know to be a fruitless pursuit. I call, I email. I speak with the oher boss, who tells me - surprise - he'll call me right back. He does not. Jhay and I decide to take a drive down to the place of business. The building they were in while I was there is completely empty and the company's name is gone. The building they were "moving into" has a different company name on the door. We drive around a bit and I don't see any cars that I recognize. I try calling the other boss again - ok, that was a lie. Jhay tries calling the other boss, but from my phone. It goes to voicemail. So now both of them know which number(s) to avoid.
I've tried researching on the internet to find this tax ID number, but since it was such a small company it didn't show up in any records that I had access to. I tried calling the payroll company that did our checks, but they kept insisting I call HR of the employer, not understanding or caring that I can't get a hold of them and that's why this is a problem.
So I am still fuming. A call to the IRS will be made tomorrow, but I don't know if that will actually help me get my money that I so desperately need. It will make me feel better if they go (back) to jail, but smug feelings of vengeance don't pay my bills.
So glad you asked.
Remember my old job, the one that laid me off by avoiding my calls and not actually telling me? Where at least a third of my paychecks bounced? Well in those paychecks, they took out taxes. Therefore they need to send me a W2 so I can square things with the IRS. So when the deadline rolled around and I didn't get my W2, I started making calls.
More specifically, I emailed and called multiple times. I left messages. Once I actually got through and spoke with my old boss. He said he would "call me right back." I never once got a phone call or any kind of response. I tried multiple times. I contacted ex-coworkers - they hadn't heard anything either.
Eventually I gave up on them and just decided I would get the numbers of my last pay stub. But, for some unknown reason, the employer's tax ID number was not on my pay stubs. My resident accountant (Jhay's mom) says I need this number, since I'm not actually getting a "tax refund" per se. (I made so little last year, what with the only being employed for 3 months, that I qualify for an Earned Income Credit, which is different than a refund.)
So I begin again what I know to be a fruitless pursuit. I call, I email. I speak with the oher boss, who tells me - surprise - he'll call me right back. He does not. Jhay and I decide to take a drive down to the place of business. The building they were in while I was there is completely empty and the company's name is gone. The building they were "moving into" has a different company name on the door. We drive around a bit and I don't see any cars that I recognize. I try calling the other boss again - ok, that was a lie. Jhay tries calling the other boss, but from my phone. It goes to voicemail. So now both of them know which number(s) to avoid.
I've tried researching on the internet to find this tax ID number, but since it was such a small company it didn't show up in any records that I had access to. I tried calling the payroll company that did our checks, but they kept insisting I call HR of the employer, not understanding or caring that I can't get a hold of them and that's why this is a problem.
So I am still fuming. A call to the IRS will be made tomorrow, but I don't know if that will actually help me get my money that I so desperately need. It will make me feel better if they go (back) to jail, but smug feelings of vengeance don't pay my bills.
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Lesson learned: don't speed on the Turnpike if you drive an orange Caprice. Blue beater pickup okay, orange Caprice not.