MY ex and I have been fighting the last couple of days. In addition to being my ex, she is also my accountant. Our settlement states that she will prepare our taxes for 2013 and we will split any returns.
She called me Sunday night to tell me that she has gone through the numbers and if we file a certain way, we will get X, and I will get 1/2X. But, If I let her file the way she wants to file, she will let me keep the full amount. So I ask her how much she gets to keep. She tells me it doesn't matter. I tell her it matters to me. Well, she finally tells me, and it turns out my share comes out to only %25. I explain that the agreement is %50.
She gives me this big long explanation about how she doesn't have to file any particular way, that she is being generous, and that if I don't agree to her terms, I will only get 1/2X. After wasting way too much time and energy trying to explain that this is not the agreement, I finally tell her to process the return however she wants, but I expect 50%.
She send me several texts the next day telling me that I m being spiteful for taking less money, just so she can't get everything she deserves. Finally, late in the afternoon, she calls and tells me that I "Win" and that she will give me my half, but only because she needs the money.
We agreed to these terms over a month ago. I do not understand why I needed to have this conflict. I will be glad when all the final tails of this agreement are closed.
