About those pesky taxes
Apr. 17th, 2006 06:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
valis2This is the first year in many where I will actually be getting a return instead of paying.
I am understandably pleased.
What happened is that for the first time I was on the ball and paid estimated taxes beforehand. So of course, the Universe laughed and said, well, this will be the one year where you didn't need to, so you'll get it all back and more. Ha! Ha! You could have used it this whole time, but it sat in an IRS account! Ha!
I'm not complaining, though, because that invites worse to sit down next to you, as Bill Cosby would say.
I am understandably pleased.
What happened is that for the first time I was on the ball and paid estimated taxes beforehand. So of course, the Universe laughed and said, well, this will be the one year where you didn't need to, so you'll get it all back and more. Ha! Ha! You could have used it this whole time, but it sat in an IRS account! Ha!
I'm not complaining, though, because that invites worse to sit down next to you, as Bill Cosby would say.
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Date: 2006-04-17 10:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-17 10:59 pm (UTC)-entry fees for most of the art fairs
-entry fees for most of the other shows I do
-purchasing new inventory for the year
-membership fees for retail-oriented organizations
-taxes.
And this is the time of the year when I usually have NO SHOWS and no income coming in at all.
Kind of makes me wish I anted more, instead of grasshoppered! ;)
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Date: 2006-04-17 11:02 pm (UTC)I like that phrasing! It's very appropriate, and I know the feeling well. ;)
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Date: 2006-04-18 12:04 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-04-18 01:57 am (UTC)I am so happy about this I could scream, though I am a little sad that I sent in all that money for nothing, and I could have used it for other things...
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Date: 2006-04-18 02:54 pm (UTC)If it makes you feel better, when you get a refund all you are getting is money you should not have paid in the first place...
In other words...when your friend gets his, oh lets say $2500 refund what is happening is that the government is paying back a loan it took from him and not even paying interest on it. Even though the government got to earn interest on said funds and use them on whatever pointeless program they chose to spend it on...
So by having to PAY them you basically get to revel in the fact that it's the government scrounging for loose change in the sofa cushions.
Hopefully this helps you feel better about having to pay....
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Date: 2006-04-18 06:18 am (UTC)Happy spending! :-)
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Date: 2006-04-18 03:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-04-19 10:52 am (UTC)*hugs*