"Are you kidding me?" / Facepalm Thread (pt 2)

[eldirector]

Veteran about to lose his home over $236 tax bill...


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/t...C5GfsrcT9O4o8tK3Slqg0Fl6KDl0WXBTmmdqeWysuzr48

A) Pay your taxes (even if you don't like them)
B) Keep you application received postcards for documentation. Don't throw anything out until it has been 100% settled for a number of years.
C) Just because your application was received does not mean it was accepted. Follow up. Know the deadlines. Put then on your calendar.

 

[Nevermore]

Veteran about to lose his home over $236 tax bill...


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/t...C5GfsrcT9O4o8tK3Slqg0Fl6KDl0WXBTmmdqeWysuzr48

Definitely sad, and were I the one buying that tax lien I'd probably work with the guy, but in the end my sympathy is limited by the fact that the house that is apparently so very important to him wasn't worth the time to make sure he had everything needful paid off. Heck, Indiana lets you check online for your taxes: did this fellow just...not do that?

 

[2A_Tom]

I have an exception from the state of Indiana that should effectively wipe out my property tax. (Disabled Veteran)

I went to the County to register it last year. I walked out with the assurance that it was all taken care of.

I got a tax bill this year showing last years taxes, a penalty for last years taxes and this years taxes.

I went into the county this year and was told that that exemption has never been applied to a mobile home.

So, I paid it all and very politely told the ladies thank you for your help.

 

[amboy49]

I would think it would be a requirement that an owner receive some type of registered mailing informing him of the impending sheriff’s sale of the real estate. Apparently not. Regardless, apparently the owner didn’t ensure he had a written approval of his request concerning deferment of the tax payment.

According to information in the article I think it’s reasonable to say the Sheriff’s office does share some some culpability.

 

[BugI02]

I have found when dealing with gov't at all levels that you have to really push to get them to converse via email, something I interpret as a desire not to leave a paper trail which in turn makes them likely to overpromise and not follow through

 

[daddyusmaximus]

I have found when dealing with gov't at all levels that you have to really push to get them to converse via email, something I interpret as a desire not to leave a paper trail which in turn makes them likely to overpromise and not follow through

Yes, and you really do need paper copies of everything.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

"Greatest Generation" apparently renamed.

Also, Generation X doesn't exist anymore.

 

[HoughMade]

Veteran about to lose his home over $236 tax bill...


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/t...C5GfsrcT9O4o8tK3Slqg0Fl6KDl0WXBTmmdqeWysuzr48

You mean to tell me that if I don't pay my taxes, fail to follow-up on a benefit I apply for, ignore what I am guessing is numerous peices of mail (I know how this works) I can lose my home?

Shocking.

I hope this can get figured out for him because I'd hate to see anyone on the street, but geez, this is primarily (if not completely) on him. Oh, and his story about the applying twice, post cards, calling being told false information....it's pegging my BS meter. My take (speculation based upon experience) is that he's covering for his inaction. Like a lot of people, he just figured that it would all work out somehow.

Someone asked him: "there's a program to get your taxes lowered, did you apply?"

- "Sure, sure I did, I got a postcard confirming that I was accepted."

- Deputy asks about it again: "you could lose your home, did you see if there is some kind of program to help you with your taxes?"

- "I already applied and was accepted, got a postcard....but I'll apply again, knowing that I am behind on taxes, and sure, I got another postcard...which I did not keep."

"Why didn't you call to make sure you house wasn't being auctioned?"

- "I did, I did, I talked to someone, don't remember the name, who told me to talk to the Sheriff's office, don't know who I talked to there...but they told me everything was fin."

C'mon.

Oh...and it looks like he was taking full advantage if the disability "lottery". His retirement house....retirement from what?

 

[HoughMade]

"Greatest Generation" apparently renamed.

Also, Generation X doesn't exist anymore.

"Greatest" is before "Silent". Silent are those born before WWII, generally too young to serve in the war. That would be my parents.

...and someone must have been born between 1965 and 1980.

 

[JettaKnight]

...and someone must have been born between 1965 and 1980.

I can feel myself fading away like Michael J. Fox in Back to Future.

 

[rhino]

"Greatest" is before "Silent". Silent are those born before WWII, generally too young to serve in the war. That would be my parents.

...and someone must have been born between 1965 and 1980.

Nope! Never happened.

It's funny how people change the designations of "generations" years and decades after the terms were first applied. When the term GenX was first used, it was intended to apply to people born from 1960-1980. It makes no sense for people to change that or any other.

 

[ghuns]

Nope! Never happened...

My mother would disagree. She gave birth to three, 10ish pound, bouncing baby boys in that span of years.

She is still whining about it.

 

[rhino]

My mother would disagree. She gave birth to three, 10ish pound, bouncing baby boys in that span of years.

She is still whining about it.

Nope! The chart clearly shows no generation in those years. In fact, it means that I don't exist!

 

[HoughMade]

Nope! The chart clearly shows no generation in those years. In fact, it means that I don't exist!

Join the club- I don't exist either.

....maybe they were just listing the generations that suck.

 

[rhino]

Join the club- I don't exist either.

....maybe they were just listing the generations that suck.

 

[2A_Tom]

'56 was a very good year.

 

[Hatin Since 87]

400k people have taken a Facebook pledge to storm Area 51 to 'see them aliens'

And if all of them are shot dead, I wonder how the media will react.

So does this mean you don’t wanna carpool together?

 

[KMaC]

"Greatest" is before "Silent". Silent are those born before WWII, generally too young to serve in the war. That would be my parents.

...and someone must have been born between 1965 and 1980.

This must be the silent generation. Call the Sheriff and explain that your generation wasn't counted before they sell your house. You have to apply and follow up. Did you get a post card saying you had been accepted into a cute name generation?

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

My mother would disagree. She gave birth to three, 10ish pound, bouncing baby boys in that span of years.

She is still whining about it.

Obviously not a member of the silent generation.

My mom was born in 1928, and she won't shut up, either. I was at the tail end of the baby boom..

 

[ghuns]

Obviously not a member of the silent generation...

No. No she is NOT.