Tax Day 09

[etumukutenyak]

I was thinking last night about the whole process, and realized consciously that -- as a Federal employee -- there's no way to avoid paying taxes. They're taken out of every paycheck without fail. In fact, every year we show the IRS how much we deserve to have refunded.

It really should be that simple for everyone. That's not a flat tax, that's a simpler approach to a complex subject.

And now, I shall demonstrate the proper usage of a tea bag: hot water <--- dunk until dark enough; add milk. Drink.

That is all.

Comments

[i-calql8.livejournal.com]

My mom tried to explain to me that, if done properly, you should have no refund. Otherwise, she says, your money is pretty much sitting, not gaining interest as it does nothing.

No thanks. I'd prefer my little-extra withheld, and then get the refund as a nice little windfall.

One year, I owed the Fed $36 in taxes, and my state DoR owed me $35. That's the closest I've ever gotten to zero-sum.

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

My father and your mother would agree completely. And in an ideal world, I'd set it up so my refund was tiny. However, I work for a large bureaucracy, and get adjustments to my salary half-way through the year, so they always overpay my taxes. A lot. I've given up trying to make it smaller.

Your situation is what my father aims for when he does their taxes. In fact, he explains that he would like to time things so that as he spends his last nickel he drops dead.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

I agree with your mom, but these days it's not very pertinent for me. Last year I owed negative fed and state taxes and this year they were still pretty low.

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

My partner had a year like that, in between the last job and the current one (in fact, she qualified for the full bonus that the Shrub administration sent out); now she's back up to overpaying like me.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Milk? How barbaric!

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

It's me Irish ancestors that corrupted us. Now, I'll drink some tea without anything else, but I prefer it with milk (no sugar).

I'm off to yawp, and be barbaric around the house. ;-)

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

*snort*