[Zeke]

L.A. County Tax Collector pushes E-check as a form of payment, no fees. I did this and it never showed up. I had done it before and it worked. The obvious answer I that I mistyped a number. So an E-check is drawn from your bank. I go to the bank and they have no idea how to fix this. Call E-check they say.

No such number or way to contact them. I go to the Tax Office. Can't help, no money ever came, pay the 10% penalty or wait until it's 20% and so on. I paid.

There is no stop payment, that check is still out there a year later. So last payment I used my CC and paid the 2.5% to see my transaction go through with a receipt on my end. At some point I got a receipt from the tax man but it went to spam.

Fun times.

Don't get me started on my CA St. Contractor's license. At the time you could only mail it in ON THEIR FORM which that year was never delivered. No online download. They've since changed that. They slapped me with a 50% penalty and I told them to stuff it. Catch me if you can.

They don't have the resources so I'm rogue. Don't care. Hate my city and I don't even recognize my state. I do have to pay county taxes. I like my house and neighborhood, so I'm just a sovereign resident.