The Daily Rant

[zzzp]

5 cylinder beast's, nicest engine note. some pritty good footage of the gtr's in bathurst on youtube, worth a look.

[perceptualChaos]

Fuck I hate the IRD... If you've ever worked part-time on a decent wage, or taken unpaid leave, then chances are they owe you money (cause of the stupid PAYE system), but they don't tell you about it, and you can only claim it back if you specifically request a personal tax summary and tell them you want them to pay you. Then if you don't figure out that they owe you money after 5 years, you can't claim it back.

 

I just found out about $350 of unclaimed tax refund from when I was an undergrad 4 and 5 years ago, and I'm sure there'd be at least another $200 from the 2 years before (which I can't claim now).

 

Anyway - as happy as I am to find out about the unexpected money, would it be so fucking hard for them to pay you automatically, or at least send a letter telling you what the process is at the end of the financial year? I bet they make a shitload of money every year off clueless young adults who never claim their tax refunds...

[Ignition]

You think that's bad, I just found out I owe them almost $2k

[perceptualChaos]

Dang, how did that happen? Only time I've ever underpaid the IRD is from using the wrong tax code when I had a student loan.

[Dr Awesome]

IRD 1

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Fake your own death to settle the score!

[Ignition]

Basically my work was taxing my monthly bonuses on the lowest tax rate, when they should have been taxing it based on my annual salary.

 

I got a letter about being in arrears for my student loan, so called up to sort out repayments, when they noticed that I had also fallen short for my income tax.

 

Pretty shit house, but it's money that I shouldn't have had anyway. I just want to get it paid off and get on with it really.

[perceptualChaos]

Stink buzz... I would have thought your work should have know better since they pay a lot of bonuses.

 

I stop working for the year (in NZ) in 3 weeks, but I've been paying tax in the top tax bracket as if I'll earn this salary for the whole year. So next year they'll prob owe me more than $2k; it's a pretty fucked system unless you earn a consistent salary.

Edited June 1, 2010 by Guest

[Grind]

They're usually pretty lax about the repayments, you can pay it off in installments

 

I've been pretty lucky with tax rebates, have pocketed refunds every year I've been working, if you're too lazy to call the IRD and sort it out yourself you can always use this website, though they take a cut:

 

http://www.taxrefunds.co.nz/home.aspx

[Known One]

I recommend not going down that track...

 

They don't work out the figures correctly in some cases (They didn't take my student loan into account)

They sign themselves up as your Tax agent and forward all of your IRD correspondence to their P.O. Box

I rang up IRD and removed them as my tax agent, three weeks later they signed themselves up as my tax agent again without my consent

They take a pretty big cut when it's so easy to do it yourself

 

 

Best bet is to signup for the online services area of IRD. They grant you online access to do everything you need to do to work out if you are entitled to a refund or if you owe them money. Yesterday I worked out my 2009 taxes in about 5 minutes. You should figure that out before contacting them for anything substantial involving them processing any payments to you incase you owe them money. Their system triggers an audit of sorts if they process any transactions on your account. If you owe them money and they havn't contacted you within a year of the end of the financial year, they usually won't pick it up.

[Dr Awesome]

The on-line services stuff for the IRD was well done, but having to phone up to confirm your registration was more than a little gay.

[Guest]

You think that's bad, I just found out I owe them almost $2k

The IRD claims i owe them around 26,000 in unpaod gst/fines/interest from when I was a self employed contractor working on shows for bro'Town/disney, selling SKY door-to-door, and screenprinting tee shirts.

I'd be lucky if I made that much in the 2 years i was doing all that.

Bunch Of Cunts.

[Ducky]

So, recently a situation arose between two neighbors where one neighbor laughed in the face of the other upon initially bringing up a point regarding noise.

Seeing the TV programmes that have aired, and also seeing some Neighbours at War episodes, I thought you guys might like to see how to truly pwn an annoying neighbor.

 

Hi XXXXXXXXXX,

I am writing to follow up the issue of noise being emitted by machinery owned and operated by you on your property at XX XXXXXX Street.

 

I am sorry to have to deal with this matter in writing, if you would like to discuss anything mentioned in this letter, I am available to talk whenever suits you.

 

I feel that I need to put this writing, since we last spoke it was apparent you didn't realise how important this matter was. Or perhaps you misunderstood the actual sound I was referring to.

 

I don't wish to cause you or your family any grief, and I hope we can resolve issue in an amicable manner.

 

As you were notified on Friday the 9th July, your Heat Pump is emitting a constant high-pitched whine.

 

I am aware that at this date you did acknowledge this fact, and made efforts to reduce the level of this noise being heard from outside of the property.

 

This was done by you placing a large sheet of plywood across the top of the Heat Pump.

 

I appreciate your efforts, unfortunately, this has not stopped us being able to hear the noise at all.

 

Obviously the pump has been emitting this tone since the colder weather started, and we have been exposed to this audible frequency for some months now.

 

The decibel factor is at an easily perceived level, and under current Auckland City Noise Control legislation, this type of sound can be classified as an Environmental Noise Hazard.

 

I have received expert advice from a Heat Pump technician, that the emitted whine is evidence of improper function of the apparatus.

 

It was suggested that it could be a bearing or valve malfunction, and if serviced could improve the efficiency and economy of such a Heat Pump.

 

(I have supplied contact details for a local technician who is available to inspect and/or service your type of pump).

 

Due to the close boundary proximity of the Heat Pump, the emitted noise is audible from several areas of our household , being;

 

Our bedroom & bathroom

Office / Study

Studio

 

With this constant noise it has become increasingly difficult for me to undertake my regular work and study.

 

It is also impossible to relax while trying to get to sleep, and upon waking, this is the first thing I perceive every morning.

 

It is the the high-pitched and consistent nature of the noise being emitted, that has become a very frustrating and in-fact stressful part of living here at XXXXXXXXXX Street.

 

I feel that this has caused me to become very tense and at times agitated.

 

I do understand that the Heat Pump is a necessary part of life for you and your family.

 

I hope though that you can consider how this has affected our lives and take all possible steps to eliminate this environmental noise hazard from your property.

 

If you wish to deal with this matter further with me in person, you are welcome into our home.

 

If I am not home I can be contacted via mobile XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.

 

Thank you,

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

[Taiko]

I don't see how this is pwning. Just seems civil imo.

[Nato]

I don't see how this is pwning. Just seems civil imo.

Pwning them with good manners?

[Ducky]

ahhh nuts.

[Dr Awesome]

Pwning them would be smearing poo on the inside of the heat pump in question.

[thr339z]

Pwning them would be smearing poo on the inside of the heat pump in question.

 

ahh! YES! sneaky poo! the great equaliser

[Ducky]

shucks, ironically, just after this letter was posted, the offending noise stopped.

cue a whole week of EEG free life.

Then this morning whilst brushing teeth, it was apparent that Heat pump troll had returned to sharpen his claws on the wheel of sanity reduction.

I'd say if a certain neighbour doesn't sort that shit out there's gonna be a Milk-Chicken bomb stashed somewhere under a certain house.

[Dr Awesome]

Borrowed my brothers E30 today, and at about 10:30 this morning parked down in this big shared courtyard / car park near the corner of Grafton and Khyber roads. Saw a white Fuji Xerox truck unloading some stuff as I drove in, went well past the truck a good way, backed into a park and went into the building I needed to go into. Came out and found the truck gone, the front left side of the bonnet of the car all scratched and gouged up and the front left plastic bumper panel that goes from the front bumper to the wheel arch smashed off, with white paint and big rust flakes everywhere.

Phoned Fuji Xerox who said it wasn't one of their vehicles (GPS's in all of them) but they had a recorded Owen's truck in the area at that time doing a delivery.

Waiting for Owens to get back to me re: wtf happened - but they confirmed that they have trucks painted in Fuji Xerox colours.

 

I'm pissed off, that car only has 3rd party insurance, and they must have known they hit something but they just fucked off.

[Nato]

How can it only be 10:30....

[Dr Awesome]

Problems with a $500,000 printer that I was working on yesterday.

Took me all morning to realise that it was just the clients being RE TAR DED

[thr339z]

Moved in to a flat signed a lease for a year , had a person move in with me,, things were fine for two weeks no issues what so ever...

saw flat mate on a friday she was all good happy as... asked me to do the dishes,, I sed yup...there were only like 5 actual dishes most of them hers... fell asleep on the friday , had an early morning shoot on the sat didnt do them, wrapped from shoot got home did the dishes chilled out , saw flatmate sed whats up she didnt talk to me...

thought "well thats weird?" kept doing my own thing... ignored it.. Next day saw flatmate sed hi she just waled out ignored me... later that night saw her again aske d whats up? didnt talk to me and went straight to her room...

hmmm weird i thought,, left it saw her the next day still not talking to me... later that night I asked her what was up to which she screamed at me and told me to fuck off... I left it,,, a few hours later knocked on her door asked if we could talk she ddint reply

left it , the next day I saw her in the morning asked again what was up? apoligised for not washing dishes she lost it told me to fuck off, I asked what was wrong she sed i didnt deserve to know?

I aske d again she fully stood there with her hands in her ears going "lalalalalala: so to not hear me, and then told me again to fuck off.. I was like WTF? she then stomped thru the house and screamed at me that she is moving out

I was like ok? she then went on to say in a very manic kinda way that she didnt wanna hear my voice or my music or see me. and that she was going to stay at some other place?

Im standing there like Eh?

she then left

didnt hear from her for 3 days until I recived a call from her saying that she would move out today

in that call she said that I was not allowed to be in the house or listening to music or making any noise when she moved out I was like "um what ever its my house and can I have a reason why u are moving out" to which she screamed at me down the phone and hung up. The next morning she came over at like 7am i had locked the daedbolt before I went to bed the previous evening cause I didnt think she was coming home.. she kicked screamed and yelled and bashed on the door for 15 minutes waking up the neighbourhood

I opened the door and she screamed at me I was like wtf ...

I didnt see her for a couple o days until today when she moved out

she screamed at me for a good ten minutes when she saw me as I was making my way to the toilet , she slammed doors broke plates and generally lost it

WTF!

im so confused

no reason why she turned no reason to turn except me not washing the dishes

[Nato]

[Pakage]

 

[dj-control]

CRACKPIPE.... she's a hell of a mistress.