A Weekend NOT Spent Doing Taxes
Normally I'd be doing taxes this weekend. As I've looked back across my records from the past several years, usually it's the last weekend of February and/or the first weekend of March that I set aside time to finish my tax forms and submit them. But not this time.
Have I found some way to avoid taxes? Hardly. Some way to streamline the work? Nope. Have I done them already? Also nope.
The fact is I'm not doing them right now because I can't. I'm still waiting on a form, a 1099, from one of my banks. It's a big one. I got part of my taxes done 2-3 weeks ago, but until I get this final form I can't get to the hardest bits.
The form should have been here by now. By law banks are supposed to get us out 1099s by mid-February. But by law banks can also file for an extension on that. Mine apparently has. They're saying "check back" late this coming week to see if it's ready.
So maybe- just maybe- I'll get to do my taxes next weekend. Yay? At least the 10 day weather forecast is showing partly crummy weather next weekend. Crummy weather will make it easier to spend a day indoors, doing taxes.
Have I found some way to avoid taxes? Hardly. Some way to streamline the work? Nope. Have I done them already? Also nope.
The fact is I'm not doing them right now because I can't. I'm still waiting on a form, a 1099, from one of my banks. It's a big one. I got part of my taxes done 2-3 weeks ago, but until I get this final form I can't get to the hardest bits.
The form should have been here by now. By law banks are supposed to get us out 1099s by mid-February. But by law banks can also file for an extension on that. Mine apparently has. They're saying "check back" late this coming week to see if it's ready.
So maybe- just maybe- I'll get to do my taxes next weekend. Yay? At least the 10 day weather forecast is showing partly crummy weather next weekend. Crummy weather will make it easier to spend a day indoors, doing taxes.