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07-20-17 | 07:46 AM
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07-20-17 | 08:10 AM
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07-20-17 | 08:14 AM
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So I'm 59 years old, perfect credit score, then yesterday I bounced the first check in my entire life. Wrote a check to the IRS and then spaced out and forgot to transfer the money from savings to checking. Either they routinely re-deposit it (that's my assumption) or IRS Blackhawk choppers descend on Mt. Doom and the IRS Commandos repel down the ropes, apprehend you and whisk you off to Guantanamo for interrogation and overly spicy Cuban cuisine designed to intimidate you further still.
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07-20-17 | 08:15 AM
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I tried calling the IRS to talk to a person. Unpossible of course. My accountant? Who the eff knows where the hell HE is in July.
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07-20-17 | 08:20 AM
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fify.
Pound for pound the fastest track car you can buy in a new car showroom at the moment- from any manufacturer, the cars regularly turn faster lap times than pricey mid engine Euro sleds with more hp. I drove a 718 Cayman S around the time I bought the C7. Feels more like the archetypical small sophisticated Euro sports coupe. Equipped like my Z-51 Stingray, the sticker was $10K higher, but the drive it home price was about $13K higher. Porsche was higher quality (Porsches are the highest quality cars sold in USA at the moment in my opinion) but the Corvette was only 20% crappier, not half as good as it was with the C6. And the Corvette motor is (much) better. The Z-51 Stingray is also faster around a track than a Cayman S (I can cite a couple of sources for that). The new Corvette is so improved in so many ways, just more world class. You can make moves in my current car that would have put you in weeds with the C6. That being said I did love the Cayman S. Great friggin car.
Pound for pound the fastest track car you can buy in a new car showroom at the moment- from any manufacturer, the cars regularly turn faster lap times than pricey mid engine Euro sleds with more hp. I drove a 718 Cayman S around the time I bought the C7. Feels more like the archetypical small sophisticated Euro sports coupe. Equipped like my Z-51 Stingray, the sticker was $10K higher, but the drive it home price was about $13K higher. Porsche was higher quality (Porsches are the highest quality cars sold in USA at the moment in my opinion) but the Corvette was only 20% crappier, not half as good as it was with the C6. And the Corvette motor is (much) better. The Z-51 Stingray is also faster around a track than a Cayman S (I can cite a couple of sources for that). The new Corvette is so improved in so many ways, just more world class. You can make moves in my current car that would have put you in weeds with the C6. That being said I did love the Cayman S. Great friggin car.
911 GT3 RS.
My point about budget is that a base C7 is going to be faster than a base 911, or even 911S.
To get as fast or faster track times to a Corvette, you've got to go way up in price point in a Porsche.
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07-20-17 | 08:22 AM
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07-20-17 | 08:24 AM
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07-20-17 | 08:33 AM
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07-20-17 | 08:36 AM
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So I'm 59 years old, perfect credit score, then yesterday I bounced the first check in my entire life. Wrote a check to the IRS and then spaced out and forgot to transfer the money from savings to checking. Either they routinely re-deposit it (that's my assumption) or IRS Blackhawk choppers descend on Mt. Doom and the IRS Commandos repel down the ropes, apprehend you and whisk you off to Guantanamo for interrogation and overly spicy Cuban cuisine designed to intimidate you further still.
07-20-17 | 08:44 AM
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Actually they are pretty decent folks. I got a notice telling me a I had filed my partnership return late and assessing me $390 penalty...$195 for each myself and my wife...er, partner. I knew I had submitted it on 4/4, eleven days early. What I didn't know was that the due date had been set back to 3/15 for the first time this year. The only way to know was to have an accountant or read the info on the tax form or software. When a I told the guy I had not even bought the software until after 3/15, he zeroed out the penalty for me. I thought that was pretty nice on sue it only made sense, but he didn't have to do it.
*usually
07-20-17 | 08:49 AM
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So I'm 59 years old, perfect credit score, then yesterday I bounced the first check in my entire life. Wrote a check to the IRS and then spaced out and forgot to transfer the money from savings to checking. Either they routinely re-deposit it (that's my assumption) or IRS Blackhawk choppers descend on Mt. Doom and the IRS Commandos repel down the ropes, apprehend you and whisk you off to Guantanamo for interrogation and overly spicy Cuban cuisine designed to intimidate you further still.
07-20-17 | 08:52 AM
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07-20-17 | 10:28 AM
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What's your power to weight ratio (if known)? I actually don't know mine but I'm 6"1" and 230lbs. So I won't be beating you up a long climb either, I'm afraid. 
07-20-17 | 10:46 AM
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When I ride with big guys like you on my club rides, the short hills the big guys seem to find a way to power up. The longer the hill (more than say 1/2 mile climbing) is where the light weight really seem to help, I am able to somehow stay out of the red zone longer than most.
07-20-17 | 10:47 AM
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07-20-17 | 12:31 PM
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Haven't we all.
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07-20-17 | 02:14 PM
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You can easily use 1st time abatement to waive penalties if the entity being penalized is current in taxes (partnership would always* be current since it's a pass-through entity) and you haven't used the 1st time abatement in 3 years. That's almost certainly how they waived it, although typically you have to specifically ask for it.
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07-20-17 | 02:18 PM
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Actually they are pretty decent folks. I got a notice telling me a I had filed my partnership return late and assessing me $390 penalty...$195 for each myself and my wife...er, partner. I knew I had submitted it on 4/4, eleven days early. What I didn't know was that the due date had been set back to 3/15 for the first time this year. The only way to know was to have an accountant or read the info on the tax form or software. When a I told the guy I had not even bought the software until after 3/15, he zeroed out the penalty for me. I thought that was pretty nice on sue it only made sense, but he didn't have to do it.
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07-20-17 | 02:19 PM
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Not this AM it wasn't, the system disconnected me twice.
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07-20-17 | 02:24 PM
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Ah, yes. They do that. It's a courtesy disconnect so you don't have to sit on hold. Probably some bureaucrat's brilliant idea to reduce hold times.
Edit: when I used to call them I'd use the paid preparer hotline. Lower wait times and better staff. You're not a licensed professional though, sorry.
Edit: when I used to call them I'd use the paid preparer hotline. Lower wait times and better staff. You're not a licensed professional though, sorry.