A Dragon in Sheep’s Clothing

So in the past couple of days I’ve mocked the I.R.S. to my family and coworkers, only to find out today that they weren’t as far off track as I thought.

They sent me a letter which I received on June 30. The letter was dated June 30. Either the I.R.S. has magic mail or they postdated the letter. Anyhoo, it stated how much I will receive, and that I should receive my tax incentive money by June 27. Um yes, three days earlier.

So I’ve been mocking the system a bit. I was expecting a paper check, so I figured it would be another couple of weeks before it arrived. Plus my taxes were likely slowed down this year, because it’s the first time I had enough deductions to itemize them and the first time that I actually owed federal taxes. By the end of the day, I decided to look at the letter in a good light — at least it was evidence that I was in the system somewhere!

Well, the I.R.S. has one up on me now, because I just checked my bank account and found that they deposited my share of the wealth on June 27, as noted in their magic mail. Silly me. Thank you, I.R.S. I shall happily contribute to the economy on vacation next week.