US$251 poorer
I just paid my taxes electronically. I didn't understand most of it and just clicked through the defaults on everything. (No, I didn't pay alimony in 2010. No, I didn't pay to have my livestock tested for something-or-other-disease. No, I didn't participate in any complicated government fund where I pay money ahead of time and withdraw within limits for yadda, yadda, yadda.)
In addition to what's taken out of my paycheck throughout the year, I paid another $156 to the U.S. government, another $75 to the Minnesota state government, and $20 to TurboTax for filing all of my forms electronically to keep me from having to figure out addresses and stamps at a post office open at inconvenient times.
As long as it keeps bureaucrats away from me for another year, I suppose it's money well spent.
I half-remember a Republican who campaigned several years ago on the promise to make tax calculation forms fit on a postcard. I wish.
In addition to what's taken out of my paycheck throughout the year, I paid another $156 to the U.S. government, another $75 to the Minnesota state government, and $20 to TurboTax for filing all of my forms electronically to keep me from having to figure out addresses and stamps at a post office open at inconvenient times.
As long as it keeps bureaucrats away from me for another year, I suppose it's money well spent.
I half-remember a Republican who campaigned several years ago on the promise to make tax calculation forms fit on a postcard. I wish.