It is the dreaded time of year has rolled in again. It seems April 15 comes quicker than my birthday each year. I dread it even more. Separating income, expenses, mileage, charities, fees, dues and receipts! WOW! I can hardly wait to send them off to my accountant! I can't even pretend that I like it! It seems each year it gets harder and harder to motivate myself to sit down to a table, and start sorting thought the piles. A few years ago I started placing each category into an assigned envelope. It make the organization of materials much quicker. I still don't like it. I can identify with children that don't like eating their vegetables!
I guess it is not even the point of whether I have to pay or not that bothers me, it is the anticipation, and just plain phobia! I guess I am not alone, there are no parties celebrating April 15th, comedians don't even make fun of the IRS. April 15th is not sung about in any songs, Broadway shows or dark humor! It is avoided like the plague. Just wake me up when it is all over! I know in my heart it isn't just me, it is everyone, but it is the ultimate Taboo subject! No one wants to do do it, no one understands why we pay so much, and in spite of having a bad tax year, do we ever learn from it?
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax." Albert Einstein.
So can I ask a simple question? Is it just me?
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Ever since reaching adulthood, I have hated April 15th - and that's my BIRTHDAY! (At least this year, we get until 4/17 to send in the $$.)
Jim, I don't know what all the fuss is about...I mailed my taxes out before Ground Hog Day!
Just Kidding! LOL I'm in the same boat as everyone else....
Hey, I just got the rare "Avocado"
LOL! Vicki your birthday is always a reason to celebrate! As far at tax time, maybe it is not the taxes, maybe its the date, it comes just 14 days after April Fool's Day! No one ever has a party on April 15 other than accountants, tax lawyers and CPAs'! I have some agents I give referrals to, and each year at tax time, we have to take a major time out while they get their taxes done! I know it is not just me! We do quarterly estimates, that seems to help a lot. We tried incorporating ans we both felt after a few years, it was a total waste of time.
Tom I always have what I need at that time, but never get it all together until mid March, my accountant usually gets our taxes back on the 14th...then we scramble! Aaargh!!!!!!!!!!!!