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I swear officer, I never received my 4th Quarter 2008 Sales and Use Tax form! And, subsequently, I didn’t even think about submitting payment. I did however receive my notice of delinquency on Friday, after which I got my butt right on it, crunched the numbers and handed my hard-earned money over. Plus a delinquent fee…and interest. WAAAH and a slew of upside down smilies! Sigh. I know I know, I take full responsibility for it (sorta) but a girl can still grumble.

As if that didn’t hurt enough, the added salt on my wound was the reminder that the California sales tax goes up by a whole dang 1% on April 1, 2009. YIKES! That makes my county’s sales tax a whopping 9.75%. Ugh. To see how much additional money you’ll have to fork over in your county, here’s the State Board of Equalization’s chart on the new tax rates (pdf).

And that sad news reminds me that shortly thereafter, prices for USPS mailing services will also increase. Starting May 11, 2009 our postal friends will not only bump the price of a 1-ounce First-Class Mail stamp from 42¢ to 44¢ (I can’t even keep track of the stamp increase these days), but other services like Standard Mail, Package Services, Parcel Post and Extra Services (delivery confirmation, insurance, that sort of thing) will also climb.

But but, I JUST re-did my Etsy shipping prices to reflect the January 2009 change! Well, thank goodness for Etsy’s shipping profiles and batch shipping features at least.

Now, back to pouting. Or maybe to clean my workspace. The latter probably a bit more productive.

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