Me against the tax office

For those of you who follow me on Twitter you'd know that for the last two months I've been trying to link my ATO account to my MyGov account but was unable to.  It took several phone calls to them and so a few weeks ago I mailed my return by paper.  Then today I was sick of waiting because it takes about 50 days if you lodge by paper.  It's about 6 weeks before their system even registers that you've sent it.

I tried around 1pm and the one thing I did successfully do was work out what my tax refund amount will be.  The problem was I couldn't lodge because one piece of information I provided was incorrect so tonight when I got home from work I decided to try again.  I tried a new piece of information and IT WORKED!  It was like a miracle.  After that I managed to file my tax return very easily, which was made easier because I'd filled out all the information earlier in the day.

Because I filed online I should have my refund within about 12 days time.  I'm not going to get too excited though.  The money is already allocated.

A fair chunk is going on rent, some is going on more shares, it's also going on other bills, a new pair of sports shoes and a new screen for my iPhone plus 6 weeks worth of gym membership and some singing lessons.  In short it's going on stuff I actually need that I haven't been able to buy because of unstable hours.

I am so excited that I fought the tax office and I WON after two months, 20 attempts and several phone calls.  When it said it had linked I was like HOORAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!

It's also a lesson to persevere even when it seems completely useless.