Productive weekend
I'm feeling a lot better about the nursery -- it's beginning to shape up. I finally got EVERYTHING out of that room and cleaned the carpet this weekend.
We were finally able to start putting together the stuff we got at IKEA. The desk and bookshelf are assembled. I got my computer hooked back up yesterday. The dresser is put together, but will need to be painted. It is sort of an antique finish so we are going to paint it the blue that is going to be the trim-around-the-window color. We just found out that our crib is on back-order, so the new arrival date should be March 1.
I got another cryptic letter from Ohio dept of taxation wanting back sales tax for Hope's Handmade. I have been out of business since around June of 2004. The tax folks STILL are trying to collect sales tax for times I haven't been open. Since almost all of my sales were over the internet (out of state), I would generally have like 5 bucks in sales tax to send in for a 6 month period. If you don't pay your sales tax, the minimum assessment is $200. This means that the tax folks keep trying to collect assorted $200's for various 6 month periods that I wasn't in business. The most recent letter had a phone number. (YAY!) I called and talked to a woman who made it sound like she put a note on my account that Hope's Handmade has been closed and that I should not receive any more letters. I'm still concerned about the July to Dec 2004 period that is the main one being contested. I requested a hearing so that I could explain to someone in person that there was no business during that time period. Hopefully either that will be granted or they will realize what is going on and just cancel the whole thing. Either way, she said it would be 10 weeks before I hear anything.
We were finally able to start putting together the stuff we got at IKEA. The desk and bookshelf are assembled. I got my computer hooked back up yesterday. The dresser is put together, but will need to be painted. It is sort of an antique finish so we are going to paint it the blue that is going to be the trim-around-the-window color. We just found out that our crib is on back-order, so the new arrival date should be March 1.
I got another cryptic letter from Ohio dept of taxation wanting back sales tax for Hope's Handmade. I have been out of business since around June of 2004. The tax folks STILL are trying to collect sales tax for times I haven't been open. Since almost all of my sales were over the internet (out of state), I would generally have like 5 bucks in sales tax to send in for a 6 month period. If you don't pay your sales tax, the minimum assessment is $200. This means that the tax folks keep trying to collect assorted $200's for various 6 month periods that I wasn't in business. The most recent letter had a phone number. (YAY!) I called and talked to a woman who made it sound like she put a note on my account that Hope's Handmade has been closed and that I should not receive any more letters. I'm still concerned about the July to Dec 2004 period that is the main one being contested. I requested a hearing so that I could explain to someone in person that there was no business during that time period. Hopefully either that will be granted or they will realize what is going on and just cancel the whole thing. Either way, she said it would be 10 weeks before I hear anything.