I'm anxiously waiting to get my taxes filed. I had EVERYTHING I needed by 1-15.... except form 5695, which said it'd be available on 1-17.
Then it was 1-24.
Then it was 1-31.
Now it is on 2-07.
In the meantime, I can't file my taxes, I can't get the refund that I was expecting to have to pay off a rather large bill (sorry world, but I hit my medical insurance max out of pocket quite early this year, but need to pay off the medical bill up to that point, and the specialty pharmacy won't send me my next round of medicine until the bill is paid which is literally putting my health and ability to remain a productive worker at risk), and someone (IRS?) is screwing with everyone who is eligible for a refund because of spending money on residential energy improvements.
How do we know they aren't just going to eliminate this form and not allow us to even claim it on our taxes?
Or that they'll just keep holding the form, hoping that we'll give in, file without it, and forget about the positive impact it has on our taxes in the first place?
I'm beyond frustrated. I need my refund to pay that medical bill so that I can continue to receive my meds, and the IRS (presumably) is screwing with my life, but I can't file until they get their butts in gear and make that form available to use for tax filing.
And yeah, I'm also frustrated because I've been hearing the scuttlebutt - I know taxes are scheduled to rise in two years, but I'm hearing that they're saying it won't be enough, they are talking about doubling the tax rates, and looking for more ways to have the middle class pay off the $34 trillion of US debt. At the same time, social security is saying that they can only pay benefits to 2032-2033, so when I might be hoping to retire about a decade from now, it might only be there for another year or two before that is taken away too.
