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Happy Wednesday kids!
Curby, I don't think I got any really big scores at the treasure store, but it was a fun way to spend an hour! Have you left the house yet? And did you figure out what the big bang was in the middle of the night? I would think that having the power lines buried would make a world of difference vs. having them above ground. Of course something could happen at a transformer or something like that, but at least you don't have to worry about a simple thing like a single tree falling on a power line.
Deegee, Happy Anniversary!!! No, I've never considered bidding on a storage unit because the stuff I sell is so specific. There is a show that Liam has watched a couple of times where people do this and it seems interesting, but probably not very fruitful for my genre. Wow... that's QUITE a hallway. Just seeing that depresses me on behalf of all the people who work in that environment!
Well the accounting adventure continues. I finished (or at least I THOUGHT I finished) the accounting for one organization... and now the guy who was doing it wants to have a meeting to go over where my numbers differed from his. I'll be having a nice stiff shot of something before I log into that zoom call tomorrow! And the other organization continues to evolve. I spent a long time Monday night going over all their Quick Books info for 2024 only to find out there also ANOTHER system (that I don't have access to) they use for certain things that's completely separate and the two don't marry together. Ugh.
And in other news, today I went down to the local office of the Illinois Department of Revenue to talk to someone in person. When I started selling on Etsy and Ebay I didn't worry about sales tax because those two platforms collect it from the buyers (where applicable) and remit it to each state. My own website is a different story. For 49 of the 50 states I'm not worried because I (a) don't have a physical nexus there, or (b) sell enough that I would get captured in the out-of-state net. In Illinois though I have to collect and remit tax on an in-state purchases. Not a problem Mr. Tax Man! I'm HAPPY to do it! BUT. When my accountant set up my corporation seventeen years ago he named it The XXXXX X Corporation. THE. Well that THE has been a real problem. My tax returns get filed with the THE, but for some reason the state is inconsistent in different systems and some have the THE and some don't. I really don't care one way or the other, but I have to have an online account to be able to remit tax on a monthly or quarterly basis and the system where you sign up kept registering a "mismatch" and wouldn't let me go any further. The people on the phone were about as useful as talking to the goldfish in the corner, so I finally said, fvck it, I'm GOING there. Fortunately one of the few Illinois Department of Revenue offices in the state is only fifteen minutes away so this morning I went in person. The kid who helped me knew even less about the way sales tax works that I do, but fortunately he got me into the system and come tomorrow I SHOULD be able to log on and create an account. We'll see. Otherwise I have to either mail in or take my deposits in person every reporting period. So fingers crossed this online things works!!!
Alright, I need to queue up some things for photos because I am going to Aspen on Sunday and I need to have enough drafts to get me through the trip.
BTW, Curby, you are THE BEST!!!!! If it weren't for you liking my things on Instagram and Facebook I would wonder if they were even visible to the outside world, ha ha.
OK, off to dig through some boxes and see what I'm going to take pics of tomorrow.
Curby, I don't think I got any really big scores at the treasure store, but it was a fun way to spend an hour! Have you left the house yet? And did you figure out what the big bang was in the middle of the night? I would think that having the power lines buried would make a world of difference vs. having them above ground. Of course something could happen at a transformer or something like that, but at least you don't have to worry about a simple thing like a single tree falling on a power line.
Deegee, Happy Anniversary!!! No, I've never considered bidding on a storage unit because the stuff I sell is so specific. There is a show that Liam has watched a couple of times where people do this and it seems interesting, but probably not very fruitful for my genre. Wow... that's QUITE a hallway. Just seeing that depresses me on behalf of all the people who work in that environment!
Well the accounting adventure continues. I finished (or at least I THOUGHT I finished) the accounting for one organization... and now the guy who was doing it wants to have a meeting to go over where my numbers differed from his. I'll be having a nice stiff shot of something before I log into that zoom call tomorrow! And the other organization continues to evolve. I spent a long time Monday night going over all their Quick Books info for 2024 only to find out there also ANOTHER system (that I don't have access to) they use for certain things that's completely separate and the two don't marry together. Ugh.
And in other news, today I went down to the local office of the Illinois Department of Revenue to talk to someone in person. When I started selling on Etsy and Ebay I didn't worry about sales tax because those two platforms collect it from the buyers (where applicable) and remit it to each state. My own website is a different story. For 49 of the 50 states I'm not worried because I (a) don't have a physical nexus there, or (b) sell enough that I would get captured in the out-of-state net. In Illinois though I have to collect and remit tax on an in-state purchases. Not a problem Mr. Tax Man! I'm HAPPY to do it! BUT. When my accountant set up my corporation seventeen years ago he named it The XXXXX X Corporation. THE. Well that THE has been a real problem. My tax returns get filed with the THE, but for some reason the state is inconsistent in different systems and some have the THE and some don't. I really don't care one way or the other, but I have to have an online account to be able to remit tax on a monthly or quarterly basis and the system where you sign up kept registering a "mismatch" and wouldn't let me go any further. The people on the phone were about as useful as talking to the goldfish in the corner, so I finally said, fvck it, I'm GOING there. Fortunately one of the few Illinois Department of Revenue offices in the state is only fifteen minutes away so this morning I went in person. The kid who helped me knew even less about the way sales tax works that I do, but fortunately he got me into the system and come tomorrow I SHOULD be able to log on and create an account. We'll see. Otherwise I have to either mail in or take my deposits in person every reporting period. So fingers crossed this online things works!!!
Alright, I need to queue up some things for photos because I am going to Aspen on Sunday and I need to have enough drafts to get me through the trip.
BTW, Curby, you are THE BEST!!!!! If it weren't for you liking my things on Instagram and Facebook I would wonder if they were even visible to the outside world, ha ha.
OK, off to dig through some boxes and see what I'm going to take pics of tomorrow.
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