Friday, July 20, 2012

Rough Morning, nice afternoon.

Rough Morning, nice afternoon.

Again in the early morning I went right after I woken up to my little mailbox in the flat, ofcource there could be some mail for me what needs quick handling. And yes, sigh! There was mail what needed quick handling...and as soon as possible. One of the mails I had was from taxes, I needed to pay a BIG sum of money back and at first I didn't even know why... What I knew was that 1,it was from housing benefit, and 2, it was from the year 2012. I knew already that I had to pay back a sum of money from one month, but hey! Not from a whole year! I had to pay back all the money from 2012 what I had received from taxes, housing benefit anf health care benefit. "But why," I thought, "Why this much?" I had 'right' on those benefits from January until May from this year, in May I signed my working contract. So, I received un-necessary money in May and in June from taxes, 'that' sum of money I can understand I have to pay back.... 

The benefits from July until December from this year I will have to pay back too it said in the mail, but I never received that money, cause it's only July now! It was early but I was already puzzling how to pay this BIG sum of money back, (More then 2000 Euro) taxes wanted the money before the 1st of September on their account. It's July now, though there's an option to pay in terms, but still, sigh! Asking my Dad for help? Erm, maybe. Ugh, all these questions in my head, I was calm though and got to work. No breakfast, no wash up, I wanted this to be settled first, I needed answers, on my way to the taxes office. I was a little nerves cause taxes mostly has it right in there mails, I was sure I have to pay this BIG sum, but I wanted to know why. I was prepared when I walked in, I knew what to say, I had my papers with me for proof. I was right on turn and a friendly lady helped me, I told her my story and showed her the mail and my other papers.

She looked trough my mail and my other papers, and in the meanwhile she asked me some question. "Strange," she said. There was a number on the mail where she could see what's going on with my taxes. She logged into my taxes account and saw a quit BIG sum of money. She then asked me, "Is this all yours?" She turned the screen and showed me my income over the year of 2012, "I can understand why taxes stopped all your benefits now," she told me. I saw on the screen that my income from 2012 was more then a million Euro's!! "That's surely is not right," I stumbled. All my questions were answered, ofcource taxes stopped my benefits this week, not because I have a job now, no! But because my income over this year is more then a million!! LOL! A few months ago I had to inform taxes cause I have a job now. Taxes wanted to know what my income 'now' was since I have a job. 

I could do the 'informing' online trough my own taxes account. It's quit a puzzle, but I managed it. Though I filled it in wrong, I found that out now. Damn! "And now?" I asked the lady behind the desk, she told me that that was easy, "Inform them again, do a new filling in on your taxes account, fill in what your income will be over this year," Yeah, that was all, taxes will get the right sum of my income and will confirm this within 6 or 7 weeks. (taxes in Holland are always slow) "And the BIG sum of money I have to pay back then?" I asked the lady. "As soon as I get a second mail from taxes with the options how to pay them back in terms I can already pay them one little term. She replied, "You will receive that money back as soon they confirmed your new income over 2012. Okay, sigh. I needed help with the new filling in, so I asked the lady who helped me. "No problem, we are open until 5:00 pm," she said.

I returned home to pack all the papers what was needed for information for the 'informing,' when I got home I made first breakfast and did a quick wash up. After my breakfast I grabbed the 'needed' papers and took of again. The same lady helped me with taxes, and we both were done in a little fifteen minutes, quit a relief I must say. Though I hope taxes confirms quickly with the new informing, hopefully before the 1st of September. Otherwise I have to pay alot of money, but I have hope and trust, I think it will be alright. For the second time I returned home, this time for a good rest, and for sure a nap. Groceries needed to be done aswell today but they could wait for in the afternoon. First a rest! It's all good now. In the afternoon I did my groceries and took it easy further this day, I fried some zucchini with success, was nice.