Kath here. I asked Peter if I could write an entry for this campaign.
First off I want to say Thank you from all of us for all that you have done. Every dollar, share, retweet, article, blog entry, word of mouth, prayer, and kind thought has helped us immensely.
We are about three quarters of the way to what we need to make this long nightmare go away.
Some positives that have happened is that through some help and advise we were able to get the IRS to give us a little more time before taking everything away.
We still have the sword of Damocles hanging over our head, but the thread is a little stronger than it was giving us the chance to really get our act together.
We are talking to people who have offered us help with the issue at hand. I hope that we might be able to get a reduction but I am not counting on it because of things that have happened in the past where there has been no situational forgiveness or hardship allowance. We would really like to pay them the money and get ourselves back to an even keel so we can take care of our other finances.
A lot of people want to know how we are going to keep from falling back into the same hole that we were in.
Short version is that we are going to start, after we get our debt to the IRS paid, a Patreon account where we will be publishing new work and work that we have that hasn’t seen the light of day. We are going to be doing behind the scenes entries and Peter’s writing process. All the money from that is going into an account that is ear marked for taxes only, both federal and New York State including the insane worker’s comp tax that Peter pays which he will never see a dime of but has to pay anyway but that’s a rant for another day.
We are so close but we do need your help getting that last quarter of the money that can save us from losing everything.
This was hard for us to do. It is something that we have been carrying around with us in our heads for going on 20 years now. We have tried so hard to take care of it ourselves and we fell short.
You have given us hope that we haven’t had in years and that means a lot not only to Peter but to Caroline and myself.
So I thank you for your support so far and ask for your help in getting us to the point where we can take care of this mess once and for all.
EDIT for a good suggestion to put the links in each entry.
Paypal account is padguy@aol.com
If you would rather not donate online, checks can be made out to Peter David and sent to PO Box 951, Bayport, NY 11705
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how about put all the links to donate/ auctions/ etc in each blog post? If we click from any social media and we open the link to one single entry, we need to click elsewhere to find it. this can help to speed up the process 🙂
Kath here- That’s a very good idea and I plan to make sure we do it with each entry. Thank you.
Have you tried having a professional negotiate with the IRS for you? I cannot publicly say how much money they saved me, but it was an entire order of magnitude.
For that matter, since Peter earned this money under a previous marriage, why isn’t his former wife jointly liable? A tax lawyer will know what to do about that, and I know a really good one. Drop me a line.
Might I humbly suggest that you make puppet sales part of the Patreon account?
Hi Kath,
I have written to Peter at the third day but he hasn’t written back, yet. I could help you a little. I would like to.
Peter and Kath, please post the patreon information once it is set up. I will be happy to sign on as a patron.
Dennis
I look forward to seeing Peter at the Philly comic con this weekend! I’m willing to donate again for an autograph on my copy of Imzadi!
I sent a small donation (unfortunately it was the most I could afford at the time, but I hope it was of some help) but I would also sign up for PAD’s Patreon account in a heartbeat. Entries about PAD’s writing process would be worth their weight in gold. (Yes, I realize blog entries have no weight. You all know what I meant.)