Annoyed Thoughts: archive 1

The Sandbox General
3188

:astonished:

First, normally they would all be the same.

When did you file your 2020 taxes? e-file or paper file?

Was the younger kid on your 2020 taxes?

$550 would be the full amount for your two kids if your joint income was under $150K. So maybe at one point they were adjusting something and didn’t look at your income (which I assume that for two people, one of whom has been an actuary for a while, that it would be > $150K).

If you’re over the first phaseout but under the second threshold (I think $400K), the amounts should all be $333.33, which is fairly close to the August amount. Then there’s another phaseout that happens. So if you were just slightly over that then $330.00 is plausibly correct.

Maybe some of the higher amounts are attempting to make up for not sending a payment in July. And if they processed (not received) your 2020 return in there then they would have.

It averages to fairly close to $300, so here’s my best guess.

July: they screwed up by not sending anything.

August: based on your 2019 income

September: they decided to give you 1/4 of the July payment over each of the remaining months

October: updated to be based on your 2020 income but the clerk screwed up and dropped a digit of your income and thought you made ~$40k, not ~$400k

November: realized the screw-up and trued up.

My guess is that your December payment will be roughly $294, which is simply the average of July - November.

That’s really just a guess though.

3189

Oh, and even if my guess is correct… that’s pretty crazy!

And one person opting out probably meant nothing, but it could conceivably be the reason the July payment was $0. They’re not supposed to do anything unless you both opt out. Which is dumb, but accurate.

3190

I think when I was in Oregon, an early adopter, all I needed to bring was my passport. And I had the impression that it was just a one-time thing and I would not have needed it to renew. Once they checked it once they didn’t need to keep on checking it.

The Real ID becomes valid proof of ID, so once you have it you don’t need to keep proving eligibility. At least in Oregon. :woman_shrugging:

3191

You can get a transcript from the IRS that would have your SSN on it.

Or if they’ve ever sent you… anything, it would have your SSN.

Your employer might be willing to issue an unredacted W-2 if you ask.

3192

You can get copies from the state you were born/married in, in most cases. For a fee.

But keeping a current passport is probably the path of least resistance.

3193

Yeah, the passport replaces the SS card in both cases. You need one or the other but not both to start a job and to get a Real ID.

3194

They wouldn’t accept a tax return? That’s harsh!

3195

They said they needed a 20 year old marriage license as proof. It was during open enrollment, and they only gave something like a 10-14 day notice or benefits would get dropped.

3196

:astonished:
That’s absurd. A tax return should suffice.

I mean, I guess the IRS doesn’t check, so I sort-of get it, but still…

ETA: And they should be providing a crap-ton of notice for that.

3197

One of my children had a bad DOB on the original birth certificate. The hospital registrar came by while I was out of the room and asked my wife, who was still somewhat in post-op wooziness, if xx-xx was correct. Wife didn’t know what that corresponded to in terms of day of week, and said yes. I get back to the room, look at “receipt” from registrar and say “this is wrong”, and let the hospital know. The first incorrect DOB was filed with the state, and the second came thru a month later (seems like the first one gets entered quickly, but any changes have to be vetted carefully), so the child has an amended birth certificate.

We didn’t realize SS had the first DOB and didn’t get the correction until filing child’s taxes electronically. The electronic filing was rejected due to DOB mismatch with SS’s recorded DOB. Local SS office is not open for in-person unless special case, but did get thru on local phone pretty quickly. Process to correct DOB uses same form you would use to get a new physical card, SS-5

So for proof of her identity they would accept DL (doesn’t need to be Star ID, but her expired passport isn’t good since it expired), or since she is still a minor and in school, statement from school that she is enrolled and lives at her address. Since I need to sign form as an adult, they need ID for me. DL/passport fine, but I could also use a bill from the doctor’s office. Not sure that would be enough if I were the SSN in question, but check to see.

3198

You can get a marriage license and then decide not to get married, so it’s not really proof of marriage IMO.

3199

Ben verification is getting stricter. I had to provide evidence of marriage as well, but it could have been a bill in both names or wife’s name at current address. I have typically put bills in my name, although this might be a good reason for any new bills to be put in hers. Fortunately we have marriage cert copies in safe deposit and at home. I wonder if they will require it again this year.

Surprised about the timeline though. Open enrollment for us generally closes more than 6 weeks before new year starts.

3200

That’s different from what is legally accepted here. The license has to be solemnized by the officiant and filed with the county, then you can obtain a certified copy for name change or other official purposes.

3201

Passport is not adequate for real id, according to my state’s web site.

3202

Might want to do both. My employer has started making noises about proving marriage, too. We do have back statements and credit card statement with both names on them, i dunno what my employer would consider proof, though.

3203

My employer did this 3 years ago and they wanted the marriage license.

3204

Maybe that’s true here. I just remember going down to the courthouse to get one before we got married. Maybe the certified post marriage one is the only one that they’ll accept.

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3205

I was watching SNL last night. I rarely watch it. When did it become annoyingly bad? I had to just turn it off I was so annoyed. There are a few funny people on it, namely Kate McKinnon and Kenan Thompson, but the short amount of time I could stand to watch it, they weren’t on. I was in the middle of watching a skit with Pete Davidson, and I had to turn it off. IT WAS SO BAD! Usually the funny skits are towards the beginning, so it was diminishing returns by this point.

maybe with trump no longer in office, there is less potential for funny skits on snl. It was funnier when he was in office.

3206

It’s proof of marriage if it’s been signed by the officiant and the bride & groom and recorded by the county.

Having done it three times in two states, this is something I’m familiar with.

Bride & groom get the license from the county. Prove their identity, prove they’re divorced or widowed if they’ve been married before, pay a fee, walk away with the partially completed license.

Bride/groom provide the license to the officiant. On the day of the wedding the officiant will sign the license. Maybe the witnesses too, but this varies by state.

Every time I’ve been married then the officiant has returned a copy of the license to the county. The county stamps it as official and usually will provide at least one, and maybe two copies of the license to the bride & groom as part of the initial fee.

That is valid proof of marriage. The copy that the bride & groom walk away with before the wedding is not. But meaningful things have happened in between: namely the officiant has signed off and the county has recorded it.

3207

:astonished:
That’s weird. It’s perfectly acceptable for the feds. Your state is imposing needlessly harsh restrictions on its citizens for no discernible reason.