FoxBoom!

Because the Halifax are so awesome, I was immediately approved online for an increased overdraft to pay the bill.

Remember the fun I had with my tax return on Christmas Eve?

I just got a letter from HM Revenue and Customs telling me that I should have been paying back my student loan all of last year, but my employer only handled the last few months, and so, the 700 GBP/1400 USD tax bill still stands.

I rang them up, and they totally confirmed it.

I’m gonna head out to the bank and see if I can pick up a loan, otherwise my laptop will have to end up on eBay.

OH POOP THIS SUCKS REAL BAD.

I just got a 700 GBP/1400 USD tax bill, payable by the end of January.

Two insane things happened to lead us to this:

1. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs apparently e-mailed me earlier in the year to tell me to complete a tax return. I never received it, and I spent the rest of the year assuming that they were happy with my employer handling my tax for me.
2. In my panic, I ticked a box saying I’d been repaying my student loan for a year, but it’s only been since this summer.

Once I spotted that mistake, the bill went down to 1GBP, but if we start today with Jon getting a letter saying “you owe us some money, and we don’t know how much, but you need to pay it by the end of January”, you see why I’m mildly upset right now.

PIZZA + BEER IF THE SHOPS ARE STILL OPEN. IS IT CHRISTMAS EVE NOW? OH GOOD.