This truly freaked me out…..
I used my debit card the other day to pay for movie rentals for my kids and instead of coming back approved it said that I had exceeded my daily spending limit.
In all the time there have been debit cards I have never exceeded my limit. So home I went and straight to my online banking at 5:40pm on Friday night.
Up came my account and yep the thousands of dollars that were there yesterday were now gone today in the form of a bank draft and a 35.00 fee for withdrawl. Well I immediately thought “fraud” had been committed on my account and called the support line for my bank.
I was told to my complete surprise that Revenue Canada took the money for a supposed outstanding tax bill.
Okay next was to call the 1-800 number the bank gave me and my accountant. Remember it is Friday night…. I am now feeling quite “annoyed” to say the least. The Tax people are in the EST so the office staff had gone home, but the support line answered. However their computers were not working and would not be until Monday. My accountant was still at his office, retrieved my message and called me back. He was as surprised as me. The saga will unfold at the beginning of the week.
All I can say is someone made a mistake and thank god I do what I do for a living…..for sometimes life happens and money is a bi-product of a plan and action….
Stay tuned for an update on this mystery.