Whew!

[Tink]

I was supposed to have gotten a nice tax refund a week or 2 ago and it never arrived. So I finally checked into it, and was informed it was being held because my 2004 and 2005 take filings had been rejected! I knew there was a problem with the 2005 one and have tht cleared up... but I had no clue on the 2004 one!

SO I began hunting for the forms and I found everything from 1999 an up EXCEPT 2004. So I called the IRS and asked what I could do... so they're supposed to be sending me ONLY the amount of taxable income off the info they have... Like that's going to do any good!

SO tonight I was digging for tax info for Katies financial aid forms for school and I found the printout from Turbo tax for 2004 telling my id and password for the 2004 filing. I rushed to the computer, brought it up and now am able to finally file! Thank goodness Turbo Tax saves these things from year to year or I don't know how in the world I'd have been able to find out all the info I needed to get this done.

What a miracle that it finally showed up! I have no clue where the rest of it went... but that was the year we moved in here, so I'm guessing it got lost in the move.

What a nightmare! It turns out that we had claimed a deduction they didn't think we should have. We had legal custody of a boy who needed to finish high school and his Mom had kicked him out of their house (at 17) so he had quit school. His Mom was more than happy to give me custody but when it came time to do taxes she also claimed him on her taxes even though he hadn't been living with her! I suppose I could try to fight it, as I have proof we had custody of him, but I don't think it's even worth the fight at this point.