Me vs the IRS
I recently completed a major project at work -- one that kept me busy evenings and weekends for months -- and I have forgotten what I used to do for fun. This weekend, with no work obligations oppressing me, I felt completely adrift. So I did my taxes. Whee.
I would hate to be a tax professional (can you imagine dealing with OTHER people's receipts at tax time?), but my own taxes are pretty simple. So simple that I almost missed the "Making Work Pay" credit since it falls in the section of credits I am historically not eligible for and therefore skip past. I had filled out the entire federal form (that's right, I paper file) and completed my state return before I glanced at the map to the form in the federal tax booklet and was intrigued by the "new" flags. Oooh...reading new tax code. Entertainment! No, I didn't buy a new car. No, I didn't pay qualified education expenses. No, I didn't wor...wait. I worked. You're giving me a credit for working? I don't understand. Usually, for working, you take 25% of my gross pay and apply it toward fiscally responsible domestic infrastructure projects and not toward unwinnable wars. Are you playin' me, IRS?
As a test, I went to turbotax online and ran through a free e-file (without actually filing). They caught it for me. Maybe it's time I joined the 21st century.
I would hate to be a tax professional (can you imagine dealing with OTHER people's receipts at tax time?), but my own taxes are pretty simple. So simple that I almost missed the "Making Work Pay" credit since it falls in the section of credits I am historically not eligible for and therefore skip past. I had filled out the entire federal form (that's right, I paper file) and completed my state return before I glanced at the map to the form in the federal tax booklet and was intrigued by the "new" flags. Oooh...reading new tax code. Entertainment! No, I didn't buy a new car. No, I didn't pay qualified education expenses. No, I didn't wor...wait. I worked. You're giving me a credit for working? I don't understand. Usually, for working, you take 25% of my gross pay and apply it toward fiscally responsible domestic infrastructure projects and not toward unwinnable wars. Are you playin' me, IRS?
As a test, I went to turbotax online and ran through a free e-file (without actually filing). They caught it for me. Maybe it's time I joined the 21st century.