Today I called the tax office of the city of Zerneve to make a bomb threat ask what the status of my 2020-2021-2022 tax declaration is. They told me they have finally received from the kanton tax office all the money (for all three years) and they will proceed to reimburse in November, maybe December.… Continue reading 2020 Tax Odissey #4
This website is now ayfkm.blog
Well, yes, we have a new domain name now! For now it is simply hosted on wordpress.com and I went CHEAP with the plan. Hopefully you can get a better experience! The old website at https://ayfkm.noblogs.org/ will be disabled soon. The old hyperlinks simply change from “.noblogs.org/permalink” to “blog”.
Fucking Kids Nowadays
O M G what a day it was. When we decided to buy a house in Spelunca, I was expecting things would not be easy. What I didn’t expect was to stumble into such an idiotic situation that would lead into a rabbithole of social issues, self-reflection, and generational conflict. Yesterday Mei-Lin and I finally… Continue reading Fucking Kids Nowadays
House in Italy Challenge #1: Power of Attorney
So, we want to buy this house in Spelunca. We have already visited the place (it was a short vacation to Italy a few weeks ago), did all the necessary inspections, bargained the price, found a notary, paid the “compromesso” (advance deposit), fine-tuned the sale contract conditions, and organized extra agreements with the current owner.… Continue reading House in Italy Challenge #1: Power of Attorney
Buying a house in Italy!
The Fantasia Family is happy to announce a new saga on the AYFKM blog: we are finally buying a house in Italy! No, we are not leaving Switzerland. But in this age of slow interest rates, keeping cash in the bank is suicide. It’s not that we have SO MUCH cash to invest anyway, and,… Continue reading Buying a house in Italy!
2020 Tax Odissey #3
Today I called the tax office of the city of Zerneve, because they should be the ones responsible for the refund of my tax declaration from years 2020, 2021, and 2022. I found at the phone an Italian-speaking guy even! But the news are, well, not exciting. The guy was like “Uhhh… OK, lemme check…… Continue reading 2020 Tax Odissey #3
Penelope’s Italian Passport Renewal
I really hope there’s not gonna be much to write about this, but just for the record. Italian passports for infants have a validity of 3 years only, and Penelope’s is expired recently. It’s not a big deal because we don’t have international trips planned shortly, and anyway she still has the taiwanese passport which… Continue reading Penelope’s Italian Passport Renewal
2020 Tax Odissey #2
After my threats to the tax office of kanton Zerneve I just received this reply: Dear Mr. Fantasia, Based on the steps taken by us, the tax at source for the year 2020 is now complete. I have now made the tax assessment based on the tax return filed by you. As no correction has… Continue reading 2020 Tax Odissey #2
2020 Tax Odissey… Again
Hello everyone, it’s been a while you don’t get any juicy updates. Well, that’s because there was not much to report so far: Mei-Lin’s application for Italian citizenship is done, now we just have to wait patiently; Serse’s bureaucratic situation is now settled in both Switzerland and Taiwan; Penelope is still not old enough to… Continue reading 2020 Tax Odissey… Again
Gold-Card Renewal (Again)
Hello dear readers, life was going on boring as usual, when a few days ago I received an automated alert email from some taiwanese official website: the validity of my Gold Card is about to expire! Remember, last time I had to renew it because I changed my passport, but this time it’s just because… Continue reading Gold-Card Renewal (Again)
Are You Fucking Kidding Me 