Oh, right. Taxes.

[prog]

I got my first more-or-less Jmac's Arcade fan mail today from the fellow behind a video podcast called Coin-Op TV. I've so far only watched the most recent episode, which features interviews with stuntmen and T-shirt vendors at a J-pop convention. Scrolling down the page I see a lot of more game-related stuff, though. Wow, there's an interview with

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[radtea]

Dealing with accounting is the biggest hurdle I've had to being on my own. The thing that freaked me out and kept me up nights. The one good thing about my loser partners is that there was always someone else do deal with that nonsense. A year or so on it doesn't seem as daunting as it used to.

My accountant is a very nice lady, and I have the advantage that my company makes money, which keeps her from rolling her eyes too hard, but even so I can at times see her grind her teeth at my casually good-natured contempt for the whole enterprise. I'm pretty sure she thinks I'm a long-haired hippy-freak egghead who shouldn't be let near an account book.

The good news is that contempt for accounting correlates well with business success. The bad news is that you still have to pay attention to it.

[radiotelescope]

Did you submit the paperwork for checking the bank account via web, so that you can get the numbers out before the accountnt meeting?

[prog]

Yup.