Chuckles Chuntering

Chuckles has been AWOL again for a fair part of this week. It seems that stress enjoys my life too much to let me catch a break at the moment! This time it was a battle with our bank. For weeks they have been harrassing my dad for not filling out self assessment tax forms, US tax declarations and details about his income in overseas bank accounts. This week he was at the bank three times to fight with them about this nonsense. 

First my dad is a UK citizen, has never even visited the US and is most definitely not a US citizen or business owner so US tax declarations have nothing to do with him. He has never owned or run his own business either and has been retired since 1999 so why they are demanding self assessment tax forms to be filled out is beyond me. He has never had an offshore/overseas account in his life! It took until Friday until they finally admitted that all bank customers are being asked to confirm their details and all he had to do was date and sign a form that delares he is a UK citizen with no contact with US authorities-a form they never sent him or told him about. The stress of threats about court and the tax people interviewing him have made both of us ill this week. Finally it is sorted out but the damage was done on us this week and both of us feel like crap. It was not a good week.

Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know why I haven't been greatly active and that I'll catch up with everyone over the weekend. 

Have a great weekend everyone!