This morning the IRS called. They had made a mistake and never sent us the final tax bill for 2009. Because it's longer than 5 years they have to ask us permission before sending it.
My father asked the IRS man what that would mean. If my father agreed to have the bill sent he would have to pay over €1200
So, understandably, my father refused. To which the IRS man replied that that meant that the money of the temporary tax bills my father had already would be returned to us, that's almost €2500
It's a good news day anyway because I found out that a full week and a midweek at my favourite holiday park in November cost the same! Last week's trip to Newcastle was supposed to be my own-my-own-holiday but my sister asked if she could join me since she wasn't going away with her friends. So I still wanted at least a couple of days away on my own. A full week at the park is cheaper than three days Belgium or Germany (what I had been looking at doing in the first place).