Lane von Herzen: California Franchise Tax Board Payment of $567.21

My Third Novel's Conclusion, My Heartbreak

My heart begins to break when I think about completing this particular book -- because this narrative has sustained me like no other story I've known. It's both more personal and more universal than my other works. But beyond memory and archetype, it's a cri-de-coeur about needing to become the person one is destined to be. And in the writing, I have met my own life's work, my own fated journey -- having the sense all the while that the pages are suffused with a resonance, an energy, an electrified field that defies explanation. Writers hope and pray to be overtaken by a work in this way -- to be conscripted into passionate service of a profound story. To experience it even once in a lifetime seems a great privilege. I still have several months before this novel is complete, and this constitutes my reprieve. Because I'm not ready for the beauty to end.

Monday, March 13, 2023

California Franchise Tax Board Payment of $567.21

OIG Hotline, in the absence of any communication whatsoever from CPA JoAnn Chow, my husband and I were able to pay $567.21 to the California Franchise Tax Board this afternoon through an alternate means to the "mandatory e-pay" designated by the FTB's letter dated February 21, 2023.

Payment by phone entailed some $13.00 in financial penalties, and we added $100.00 to the original State Income Tax Balance Due Notice of $467.21 to allow for additional penalties and interest.

We were provided a confirmation number for our payment of #05957.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is true and correct.