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merc08 t1_je8gq9n wrote
Reply to comment by Indian_Pale_Male in My husband and I owe 22k in taxes but we only made a combine total of 75k by one-eye-owl
There could have been a large medical debt forgiven, which counts as income.
merc08 t1_jc00bwr wrote
Reply to comment by TeddyR3X in [WP] Intergalactic Security stops a human outside the warp gate, attempting to arrest them for smuggling a container of dangerous caustic liquid. The embarrassed, exhausted human with lightyears of jetlag struggles to explain to the increasingly terrified officers what a "stomach" is. by SnippyTheDeliveryFox
Can they do mustard gas too? I knew about chlorine.
merc08 t1_jabfs57 wrote
Reply to comment by 1955photo in Digging out basement? by MRMAGOOONTHE5
I like those odds
merc08 t1_jabf6in wrote
Reply to comment by thecarpenter in Digging out basement? by MRMAGOOONTHE5
I have a crawlspace under my house instead of a basement. Is it theoretically possible to get it reengineered and dug out to a full height basement or is that just a recipe for collapsing the house?
merc08 t1_j92yewu wrote
Reply to comment by Droidlivesmatter in TIFU by eating a Happy Meal by PatientWillow4
Is it "a serious concern" or "nothing wrong with it"?
merc08 t1_j6ab510 wrote
Reply to comment by iiioiia in [OC] How news stories evolve in the news cycle by PartisanPlayground
Discovering something like that seems like that kind of thing that would drive a person to commit suicide by shooting themselves three times in the back of the head.
merc08 t1_ivu84cb wrote
Reply to comment by burneracct664453 in New dwellings in Washington state must be warmed by heat pumps, rather than furnaces, beginning in July, state board rules Friday by BarnabyWoods
> further longtime savings for home buyers with all-electric homes.
Which is a hilarious way to shoot yourself in the foot. Our gas stove and fireplaces still worked during the multiday power outage last week.
merc08 t1_je8phb9 wrote
Reply to comment by bldrmpls in My husband and I owe 22k in taxes but we only made a combine total of 75k by one-eye-owl
No, you can't deduct an expense you didn't actually pay. The hospital (or their 3rd party billing) records the amount you owe and if you don't pay then after a while they are allowed to write it off as a lost expense. In doing so, they send documentation to the IRS (and to you) saying that they essentially paid you the amount you owed. It's possible OP got that letter and only thought it was forgiving the debt, without understanding the income aspect.