Taxes SUCK!!!!
DUUUUUUUUUDE!!!! My brain about exploded tonight as I dealt with all of my tax crap - BLECK!!!!! Doing taxes is just a pain-in-the-ass, unless you have only one job and nothing else going on. I think I've had years where I had something like 4 W-2's, and it gets more tedious w/each one. However, I've never owned property or stocks or all of that other crud (yo - holla po' folk =-p) that makes people run to their tax prep people.
However, this year my life was more complicated. Those of you who know me or who have followed this blog know that I was state-surfing this year, trying to see how the rainier side lived. Ultimately I decided that for now my ass wants to be in CA, so I ditched the other place and returned (much to the immense joy of all of the state of California =-p). I knew taxes were going to suck - because the last time I lived in 2 states I ended up getting boned w/my state taxes. This year I was provided w/a "part-time resident" form for the state taxes - which I don't think I used last time....so that would mean I at least shouldn't get screwed out of money that was rightfully mine, right? Well - ultimately that's true......but to make up for the fact that you don't get screwed out of additional money - you have to NAVIGATE THE TAX FORM FROM HELL!!!!
"Divide line 21 by line 17. If more than 1, enter 1.000" "Multiple line 18 by line 22a" "Subtract line 22b from line 21" "Divide line 20 by line 19" "Remove your spleen with nothing but a plastic spoon and a chopstick" and ON AND ON AND ON!!!!
It was freaking TAXING as hell - UUUUGGGHHH!!! And when I finished I was wise enough to have someone double-check for me....and they found an error! Lucky it was easy to fix, and in my favor, but geez!! This experience was enough motivation for me to try and make sure I never work in more than one state in one calendar year again! All or nothing baby!
And the good news is that I fall in the "She Don't Make Shit" category - so I'm getting money back from both federal and state =-)! But I don't have the energy tonight to get the envelopes ready - I've been struck down by the tax demon!
And yes - I still owe pics of my super-cool toy.
However, this year my life was more complicated. Those of you who know me or who have followed this blog know that I was state-surfing this year, trying to see how the rainier side lived. Ultimately I decided that for now my ass wants to be in CA, so I ditched the other place and returned (much to the immense joy of all of the state of California =-p). I knew taxes were going to suck - because the last time I lived in 2 states I ended up getting boned w/my state taxes. This year I was provided w/a "part-time resident" form for the state taxes - which I don't think I used last time....so that would mean I at least shouldn't get screwed out of money that was rightfully mine, right? Well - ultimately that's true......but to make up for the fact that you don't get screwed out of additional money - you have to NAVIGATE THE TAX FORM FROM HELL!!!!
"Divide line 21 by line 17. If more than 1, enter 1.000" "Multiple line 18 by line 22a" "Subtract line 22b from line 21" "Divide line 20 by line 19" "Remove your spleen with nothing but a plastic spoon and a chopstick" and ON AND ON AND ON!!!!
It was freaking TAXING as hell - UUUUGGGHHH!!! And when I finished I was wise enough to have someone double-check for me....and they found an error! Lucky it was easy to fix, and in my favor, but geez!! This experience was enough motivation for me to try and make sure I never work in more than one state in one calendar year again! All or nothing baby!
And the good news is that I fall in the "She Don't Make Shit" category - so I'm getting money back from both federal and state =-)! But I don't have the energy tonight to get the envelopes ready - I've been struck down by the tax demon!
And yes - I still owe pics of my super-cool toy.
posted by The Shababbler at 11:46 PM
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