Just got a notice of tax assessment from the state of Maryland.

Get this:

account year: 2002
tax liability: $.51 (yes, that's 51 cents)
interest: $74.96
penalty: $.05
balance due: $75.52

Yes, that's $75.52 because I still owe the state 51 lousy cents!!

Are they for real?

I'll be calling my tax guy in the morning.

Thanks, Maryland, for ruining an otherwise nice day. Just one of many reasons why I'll never live in that state.

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

Wow.

Maybe the interest and penalty lines got swapped? I would think that even the government would have to follow standard accounting practices when calculating interest...

Md has usury laws, maximum interest charged. Appeal, appeal, appeal.

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Regards

Warren

Currently 1965 220Sb, 2002 FORD Crown Vic Police Interceptor

Had 1965 220SEb, 1967 230S, 280SE 4.5, 300SE (W126), 420SEL

ENTER > = (HP RPN)

Not part of the in-crowd since 1952.

Yeah, I will appeal. Seems like automated penalties out of control. If an actual person presided over things like this, I doubt it'd come to this.

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

Loan sharks would be prosecuted for charging a mere fraction of that rate.....\

Funny, what was this assesment on? I seem to remember most taxes rouinded to the nearest dollar when I lived in the Peoples Republik of MD

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

The car tax was on its way out, but then a big spending democrat was elected governor.

(To be fair, the previous rep. gov. spent a lot of money too.)

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

Now you see why I don't own a new car...................

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Since you no longer live in that state, why not just send them a polite letter instructing them to "Eat my shorts" ? They aren't going to come looking for you for such a small amount, they are just simply fishing for guppies.

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Palangi

2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

Well, we have a Republican Governor in Georgia...doesn't matter. We still pay "ad valorem" taxes each year on personal property, depending on the county you live in. Mine is about a grand for the CLK and the CE.

Its not about who is governer....as its not a dictatorship.....blame the state senate and congress...they are the ones who waste all the tax dollars....and figure they are entitled to 110% of what you earn.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Haven't you heard? -- Maryland is the most corrupted state in the Union. Just check out those good 'ole boys in Annapolis at lunch time and you will understand why

And oh, somebody has to pay for their 56' sail boats.

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95 R129
04 Infiniti G35.5 BS
10 X204

Think that's bad? Most homeowners associations can take your house, and sell it for back dues. Seen it happen, mostly to older people.

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"I have spent MOST of the money I have made in my life on expensive women, expensive cars, and expensive drugs. The rest I just wasted." - Myself "Belief in the supernatural, reflects a failure in the imagination." - Edward Abbey "Give me a firm place to stand, and I will move the Earth." - Archimedes

One of the many reasons I looked for a house that was in an area without a homeowners association.......

I always hated those things....always run by people with a Napoleon Complex........never fails.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Well somebody has to make some rules for these people. Be glad they live there and not next to you!

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

True.....let the self righteous mini-dictators have their little fiefdoms a LONG way from me......

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
---------------------
Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche