On the list of things I’m not very happy about at the moment is taxes. I don’t mean this in the common “I, like, hate taxes… because they suck,” flavor of of disliking taxes. Most people whine and moan about what a pain doing taxes are, then walk away with a fat check to show for their bitching. I, however, whine and moan about what a pain it is to do taxes and walk away with an $800.00 bill. When i filled out the withholding information for Sonoscan, I filed as married (since I was at the time… this being some time ago). This put me in a different tax bracket than a single person, and less was withheld. When I got divorced, one of the items on the checklist of “Things one should do but is not coached or informed about upon getting divorced” is filling out new tax information at work. So… not enough was being withheld from my checks, and now I get to stomach an $800.00 debt to the IRS instead of chewing on a nice fat federal return. Sure I got back $100.00 from the state, but that’s like someone washing your car after it’s been totalled… It doesn’t make me much happier about the situation.
How did I get by before I started taking little vacations every month? Seriously… the time away and “brain resetting” is very helpful. Going away again this Wed thorugh Sun.
You’re better off paying than getting a refund. First, getting a refund means the government had your money for up to a year interest free. You aren’t getting that back. So it’s a slight inconvienence to dig out the cash – it’s not the end of the world. And second, no matter how fat a paycheck someone walks away with, they are still giving half of what they earned to the government via income tax, social security, sales tax, property tax, etc. etc…
😉
Death, taxes, and assholes.
No escaping.
lol, your sense of humor will get you thru.
What do you do for your vacations? sounds lucky and must be fun.
peace
wait – you have a job that lets you go away once a month? man.
Still paying for that ride.
In my case they didn’t withhold taxes (like I asked them to) from MA unenjoyment in 2002.
So,
Divorce + Poor + having to borrow $1200 from you parents at 26 for taxes = priceless…
“It’s only after you’ve lost everything that you’re free to do anything.”
– Kris