Inadvertent Tax Evasion
So the City of Lansing is after me. I am officially a tax evader...and seem to have been so for the past two years. City taxes? Cities charge taxes too? Aren't federal and state taxes enough? I wonder if they deal with this all of the time. In order to rectify the situation (because I am really a good citizen and didn't mean to evade my taxes) I have spent the evening filling out tax returns for the past two years. No one really wants to fill out tax forms in September (or any other time for that matter). Blah.
As the result of this, I have learned the shocking truth that I made $6000 less in 2006 than in 2007. (And yet I still tend to be over budget.) But I was above the poverty line (which in the US in 2007 was $10,210, in case you were wondering). I have also learned that it is much harder to get out of paying city taxes compared to federal and state (both of which I got refunds for), primarily because that money is not deducted from your paycheck.
So the moral of the story is...if you live in Lansing, pay your taxes. They'll find you. Big Brother's watching. *duh duh duuuhhh*
As the result of this, I have learned the shocking truth that I made $6000 less in 2006 than in 2007. (And yet I still tend to be over budget.) But I was above the poverty line (which in the US in 2007 was $10,210, in case you were wondering). I have also learned that it is much harder to get out of paying city taxes compared to federal and state (both of which I got refunds for), primarily because that money is not deducted from your paycheck.
So the moral of the story is...if you live in Lansing, pay your taxes. They'll find you. Big Brother's watching. *duh duh duuuhhh*