Posted by rajesh | 
Monday, October 29, 2007
engineers vs. others..
EETimes.com - What would I be, if not an engineer?
EETimes.com - What would I be, if not an engineer?
Very thought-provoking and interesting.
Very thought-provoking and interesting.
Posted by rajesh |
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
The Ultimate Guide to Inflation | Currency Trading.net
Thursday, October 11, 2007
How to Request a Tax Return Transcript from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Request a Tax Return Transcript from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
The IRS will provide you with a free Tax Return Transcript in approximately 10 business days. To request your transcript you can (1) call their toll-free number and follow the steps below or (2) complete and mail or fax the Request for Transcript of Tax Return Form (PDF) to the IRS.
To request your IRS Tax Return Transcript by phone:
* Call the IRS at (800) 829-1040 and listen to the automated instructions
* At the first menu, press 2 on your phone keypad
* At the next menu, press 2
* When prompted, carefully enter your taxpayer ID# (Social Security number or EIN)
* Press 1 if you entered your Social Security number
* When prompted, confirm your taxpayer ID#
* At the next menu, press 3 (for a transcript)
* Next, enter the numbers (not letters) in your street address
* At the next menu, press 2
* Enter the year of the Tax Return Transcript you want mailed to you
Note: In case you or the IRS made a change to your original tax return and you need a copy of your amended tax return information, you should also request a Tax Account Transcript by completing and mailing or faxing the Request for Transcript of Tax Return Form (PDF) to the IRS. (The Tax Account Transcript cannot be requested via phone.)
The IRS will provide you with a free Tax Return Transcript in approximately 10 business days. To request your transcript you can (1) call their toll-free number and follow the steps below or (2) complete and mail or fax the Request for Transcript of Tax Return Form (PDF) to the IRS.
To request your IRS Tax Return Transcript by phone:
* Call the IRS at (800) 829-1040 and listen to the automated instructions
* At the first menu, press 2 on your phone keypad
* At the next menu, press 2
* When prompted, carefully enter your taxpayer ID# (Social Security number or EIN)
* Press 1 if you entered your Social Security number
* When prompted, confirm your taxpayer ID#
* At the next menu, press 3 (for a transcript)
* Next, enter the numbers (not letters) in your street address
* At the next menu, press 2
* Enter the year of the Tax Return Transcript you want mailed to you
Note: In case you or the IRS made a change to your original tax return and you need a copy of your amended tax return information, you should also request a Tax Account Transcript by completing and mailing or faxing the Request for Transcript of Tax Return Form (PDF) to the IRS. (The Tax Account Transcript cannot be requested via phone.)
Posted by rajesh |
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
What an ordeal...
It came down to the last minute.
This is for my parents' tourist visa to the U.S.All was well in the process when it sudeenly occured to me on the day of their visa interview to check if they had all the documents.Upon checkin we discovered that they didn't have the i134 - affidavit of financial support document from me.
I had to rush to my office at 10pm yesterday and then find a notary from craigslist.Wow..Craigslist - the saviour of the desi masses in the U.S That needs a separate post.
Anyways coming back to the visa confusion.So I got the necessary document and I scanned and sent it through to India.My MIL got a print out of it and was waiting to recieve a fax of the same.But then the fax machine there was not receiving whatever I was sending from here.
Finally we decided to just go with the photocopy of the document.
My parents seemed to be cool about the entire issue.Only my mom was worried about all the questions that she was anticipating the Visa officer to throw at her.My father had been giving her quickfire question answer sessions for the past 1 week.I could imagine my mom rehearsing her answers such as " I am visiting my son in Austin.I will visit places like califourniyaaa....huuuuston . I am a hosuwife..oops no homemaker..etc" like the anecdotal "Beam boy Beam boy ...andhe locker la irukara aaaru latchatha..."!I felt very sorry for her but then the Visa officer didn't ask a single question which came as a relief to everybody.
Anyways quite a memorable event that is worth jotting down!Hope they get a 10yr multiple entry visa so that they don't have to face such a thing again atleast for the next 10 years!
-Raapi
This is for my parents' tourist visa to the U.S.All was well in the process when it sudeenly occured to me on the day of their visa interview to check if they had all the documents.Upon checkin we discovered that they didn't have the i134 - affidavit of financial support document from me.
I had to rush to my office at 10pm yesterday and then find a notary from craigslist.Wow..Craigslist - the saviour of the desi masses in the U.S That needs a separate post.
Anyways coming back to the visa confusion.So I got the necessary document and I scanned and sent it through to India.My MIL got a print out of it and was waiting to recieve a fax of the same.But then the fax machine there was not receiving whatever I was sending from here.
Finally we decided to just go with the photocopy of the document.
My parents seemed to be cool about the entire issue.Only my mom was worried about all the questions that she was anticipating the Visa officer to throw at her.My father had been giving her quickfire question answer sessions for the past 1 week.I could imagine my mom rehearsing her answers such as " I am visiting my son in Austin.I will visit places like califourniyaaa....huuuuston . I am a hosuwife..oops no homemaker..etc" like the anecdotal "Beam boy Beam boy ...andhe locker la irukara aaaru latchatha..."!I felt very sorry for her but then the Visa officer didn't ask a single question which came as a relief to everybody.
Anyways quite a memorable event that is worth jotting down!Hope they get a 10yr multiple entry visa so that they don't have to face such a thing again atleast for the next 10 years!
-Raapi
Posted by rajesh |