declare the pennies on your eyes
I have learned a great deal this afternoon about the mechanisms for filing your US federal tax return online. Unfortunately, one of the last things I learned - not one of the first, as would have been more useful - was that non-resident aliens are not allowed to file online. This was less of an issue when I was the kind of non-resident who actually resided in the country, but now it is a gigantic pain in my balls, as I'll be needing official paper copies of all the employee information that I have scattered around the place in various electronic formats, and I have a sinking feeling that they are going to take their sweet time getting these pieces of paper sent to Australia so that I can immediately send them back again. There is absolutely no good reason for this that I can think of.
Anyway, the fuckers owe me three hundred and fifty dollars, and by the time I get done with this I'll actually feel like I've earned it: notwithstanding, of course, the time last year when I already did earn it.