It's only tax day if you waited until the last minute.

You'll never sell Americans on a tax increase. But you can probably sell them on a tax "normalization."

My husband and I got to spend almost 2 hours on the phone with the IRS yesterday. ( Saga behind the cut. )

If I shoehorned my unusual (but not unique) situation onto your autocratic forms and you're now confused, whose fault is that?

But don't cut any services that I like! Instead, raise taxes on somebody else!

Remember, you have until Monday this year.

Taxes still not done? Mine were rendered hopelessly complicated through a combination of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and living in a community property state. What's your excuse?

Proposition 19 (De-criminalization of marijuana): I recommend a Yes vote.( Rationale behind the cut. )

I wish I could deduct the 10 hours of my time required to do my taxes.

I had to go to the DMV to renew my driver's license today. Normally, California allows you to do this by mail, but they apparently decided that my 14-year-old photo that looks nothing like me had to go, and they wanted me to take a new vision test. (My right eye is worse than I thought. I actually had to think about a couple of the letters.) ( Read more... )