What If I Forget To Sign My Tax Return?
But first…
This woman is crazy! Lacy and I like to watch American Idol, and we both agree that Paula Abdul is nutters. She never has anything of any substance to say: “Oh, I just gotta say how pretty you look tonight!”
In other news…
I had my paper return in my adequate manilla folder, the address for the Internal Revenue Service, an envelope, and my $2.50 pen (what can I say? I like nice-writing pens!). While I was addressing the envelope, I was thinking, “I really need to go ahead and sign this thing while I’m thinking about it.” Lacy was in the bathroom brushing her teeth though, so I figured I’d wait for her to get done then we could just sign it at the same time.
Now the envelope was a standard size envelope while the W-2’s are kind of funky shaped. After I addressed the envelope, I got a little distracted while thinking about how I was going to fold the W-2’s in the least awkward way to make them fit in the envelope. I was so happy when everything fit perfectly inside! I licked the envelope with care so as not to wet it too much, then sealed the envelope completely.
To make a long story short, as soon as I dropped my envelope into the box, I knew I forgot to sign the stupid thing. There’s no way I’m getting it back now so we just came home. I googled around for it a little bit but didn’t see anything right away that would answer my question, “What if I forget to sign my tax return?” I’m on hold with the IRS right now (1-800-829-1040 just in case you want to know what number to stay away from).
At first I thought I would just get a quick answer about what to do, but after an hour of listening to Johann Strauss’s “Blue Danube”, it has become an excersise in perseverance.
Update: The guy that finally answered (1:07 on hold) told me that there’s nothing I can do. I have to wait for the IRS to send me a letter back saying they rejected my return, then I can sign the bloody paper and give it back to them. I guess our money will just have to wait for a while longer.