Yesterday, I experienced #US bureaucracy at its finest for the first time. Here's a thread on my experience (any advice on how to deal with this welcome).

In 2019, I was a 'non-resident alien' in the US for a Fellowship. I have to file US federal and state tax in Mass. But...

I can't pay Massachusetts what I owe them because the online platform doesn't allow foreign credit card payments or transfers from foreign accounts. Note that in the civilised world we don't use checks anymore either.

So I emailed @MassRevenue to ask what to do. See below.

Naturally, the fact they didn't read the email rubbed me the wrong way. So I responded in a short message by asking 'how' I should pay, not by when.

See how @MassRevenue responded below.

The final reply from @MassRevenue was: 'you have to find a way to pay'. So basically, 'good luck, I can't be bothered to help, thanks bye'. Very useful.

I, thankfully, will only have to deal with this once, since I'm no longer living in the #US.

But how do people who can't find a way around the system do it?

Now that my rant is done. Can anyone be more helpful than @MassRevenue and suggest a solution?