Another Day at Work

I refuse to talk about matters relating to football last week as I am bitterly disappointed with the results of the matches.

It's one thing if you lose, as most people know that you'd find it difficult to find a better loser than I, but the fact that the referee spoilt the contest was really unbearable.

Anyway, a new week, a new day..

I have been working on issues at work that I haven't been familiar with in my previous company. The learning curve is actually very steep, but I suppose where there is a will, there is a way.

My cubicle buddies are off in IOI Mall playing bowling and watching movies, but here I am slogging away, just to keep things tidy and not unmanageable. My wife has been nagging at me to take her for a short excursion, but I am yet to finalize the plan. I might just go to Bangi and relax playing golf at Equatorial, so that my wife can have her leisurely tan with my kid in the kiddy pool.

Or I might just go karaokeing..

I just finished filing my Income Tax return electronically after getting my long-awaited EA form from my old employers. I only found out that there was a tax shelter of RM3000 for contributing to the SSPN fund which wasn't there a year ago! Damn, if only I knew..

The funny part was, prior to that, I actually received a call from LHDN at 7.30 a.m. As it was too early, I didn't bother to pick up. When I redialled the 'Missed Call' number, only then did I find out that it was from the taxmen.

I received another call at 8.30 and suprise, suprise, I was conveniently chosen to be audited! It wasn't a fun experience, especially if you had to answer tax-return questions going back to 3 years ago. Man, was I pissing in my pants. The scary thing was the fact that they also asked about my wife who took a salary cut in order to join a different company!

The lady, who was actually very pleasant to talk to, was very helpful in answering my questions as well as giving me advice cum consultation on what was to be done.

In a nutshell, my wife had to submit her tax returns - pronto.

BTW, the nice lady also told me to submit my taxes independently, as the rule of thumb was that for anyone who has a spouse earning > RM3000 a YEAR, the relief provided is greater if submit your tax separately. Phew, I knew I had to do it separately, but after all these years I still didn't know why!!

Thanks LHDN. I 'm glad I'm paying for the services of excellent employees such as yours!