2011 tax season.

[JERRY2KONE]

OK well this is my rant about dealing with the Internal Revenue Service this year. Well because we forgot to take into account that during our home remodel last June that we pulled money out of our TSP "Thrift Savings Plan" in order to fund that project, we are getting hit hard this year. We withdrew nearly $50K for the house remodel and also to pay off credit card debt, which in turn drove our total annual taxable income over the $150K mark for 2010. We did this to ourselves, but the house had to be upgraded no matter what. It was an oversight on our part because when you draw money out of your own accounts you kind of forget about the fact that this was money that had not been taxed prior.

The wife is still recalculating and figuring things out, but we are looking at a tax debt of about $5K-$7K right now. After we just moved and had to pay nearly $7K for unexpected added shipping weight above our authorized limit, and now also have to purchase these Pro Mac-book laptops just so our boys can attend high school next fall, which is another $3600. The rain just keeps coming. Its like trying to hold back a raging river with a sheet of plywood.

The pisser for me is that I have to wait until a job opens up within the US Embassy so I can earn some extra cash to help pay for this crap. I can't just go out and get a job while living here in Prague. We have to depend on job services available at post each place we go. Some places have no jobs available at all for spouses of employees. I will probably end up working in the Embassy Post Office 20-40 hours a week, but the pay is good. OK my venting is done. So what IRS related issues are the rest of you having this year?