Being stuck at home has me looking for stuff to do, especially now that we're in a cold cloudy weather pattern. I decided to clean out my small floor safe and in one corner I found an unlabeled envelope. "What is this?" says I with genuine interest.
I open the envelope to find a small number of series EE savings bonds. "woo-hoo!" is my reaction of course. I scan the issue dates and seeing that most were issued in 1988-89 I realize that they have, make that
had matured. Yay found money, not a lot just maybe $1500 or so.
Then I realize that I didn't claim the interest in the year of maturation as required.
and now must submit revised tax returns for those years
.
Sigh, a first world problem to be sure, but I've waited thirty years for these suckers to come of age. 30 years and now I may need to pay a penalty? poop.