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BOOYA! I'm proud of those puppies**... err.. booties! I made a couple of pairs of these and some cute little slippers too.
I was so very excited to get them listed online. Then I got a terrifying letter in the mail from the Kentucky Department of Revenue (KDoR).
Back story: If you sell anything in the state of KY, online or in person, you must have a KY Sales and Use Tax number. When selling online, I don't have to charge tax to everyone, just those who live in KY. I've had my Sales and Use Tax number for a few years. I've sold a few things here and there, but never enough to really even file taxes on.
Every month the KDoR would send me a form to fill out and return that listed my profits and what not. You fill it out, write a check (if you owe tax), and mail it back. Even if you don't have any sales, you must file out the paperwork and file. I did that every month for a little over a year. Because I filled in more paperwork with zeroes on it than I care to admit, the KDoR sent me a letter letting me know that they were going to start sending me the forms on a yearly basis instead of monthly. Hallelujah! I was really getting tired of filling in all those little zeroes.
Fast forward to last June when I got my paperwork to fill out and return. Oops! I forgot to file. I called the KDoR. The forgiving woman on the other end of the phone told me it was no problem. That they could just send me a new form, I fill it out, I return it. *brushes off hands* Done. So I did just that. I even filled out all the little do-dads to change the name of my business and corrected THEIR ERROR on my address.
*tick* *tock*
*tick* *tock*
Until last week, I have heard NOTHING from the Kentucky Department of Revenue. Now I opened up my letter last week thinking it was a letter along the lines of "we finally processed your name change". Except no, it was a bill.
A BILL FOR $622.37!!!
Urm.... not only no, but HELL NAH! Of course, I mowed down everything in my path to get to the phone to call them. Of course, I got a guy who I could literally hear his eyes roll every time I tried to speak. He would not let me finish a sentence without interrupting me or audibly sighing in the phone. I was so frustrated. Every single time I opened my mouth to explain anything to Eye Roll Guy, he would interrupt me and tell me that I hadn't paid my taxes. I could not make him understand that I didn't pay any taxes because I HADN'T SOLD ANYTHING to pay taxes on! He even had the balls to ask me if I'd sold anything "under the table". Gah!!! I wanted to punch him in the face.
Now it all boils down to this... He terminated my business as of 2010 so I wouldn't be libel for the "unpaid" taxes in 2011. (Unpaid because I didn't OWE THEM.) But in doing that, I now have no Sales and Use Tax number and have to go through the process of reapplying.
*loud, audible sigh of my own*
I can't seem to win.
**DISCLAIMER: Booties are not made of actual puppies.
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