Don't expect to see me much today

Are you mad at your computer, or mad at us, or just generally mad ??? lol

Avoiding the husband that will be cursing and swearing as he does the taxes on the computer.

I believe I will have a very grumpy male in the house...

Been there,done that and stayed as far away from the desk area (pre home computer) as I possibly could in a small apartment. You have my deepest sympathy and a hug just because.

As they say, this too shall pass.

Part of me is laughing very hard. Basically, DH thought he had yesterday to do the taxes because Passover (and there for Easter) wasn't until next weekend. Yesterday we went to the Cape for the day.... And Saturday was traveling for lacrosse.

Except for the lacrosse, that sounds like my ddh Mel. Isn't it amazing how usually very intelligent men can get things so screwed up and then moan and groan about it?>

Except for the lacrosse, that sounds like my ddh Mel. Isn't it amazing how usually very intelligent men can get things so screwed up and then moan and groan about it?>

"lucille"

Ah, the best laid plans..... You have my sympathy as well. Maybe H&R Block next year?

-- Carey in MA

That's a scenario I knew well. When David finally stopped going to sea he took over the household bills. I used to dread it come the end of the month and feel very relieved once it was over.

Eventually I asked if he would like me to do them again - what a relief when the answer was yes.

My taxes are already done and the refund in my bank account. I made an error this year and pressed File (that's file with our tax people) before I checked. To my horror, as it rolled through I saw that instead of them paying me, I was paying them ! Anyway the most unusual thing happened, the guy at the tax place that took my call was an oh so nice Newfoundlander. Ten minutes later, all is sorted out and I commented that I had not thought it would go this easily and he said "Oh, used to calling government departments are you?" We had a good laugh.

Easy on, Carey!!! I worked with H&R Block for over 10 years, most of it as year round in District Office.

I MUST say, we used to do a great job (I quit about 8 years ago). However if someone comes in with a very complex return on April 10-15, it was good to say that "yes we can do part of it. Yes, we can file an extension which gets you out of the Non-filing penalty. We cannot , in all honesty, get your huge return with partnerships, rentals, etc etc on time."

Why not go as early as you have the data (March in the office was slow time), get the paperwork done, and still mail it on the 15th. It totally amazed me that so many people came in on the last week before filing; this is when all employees, including the newbies get dragged in. Do it earlier, and get better employees.

I really LOVED my work when I was in Maryland, but greatly disliked the way it was run here in Florida ( a franchise) and that is why I quit.

Maybe, being an old coot, and seeing employees in jeans and T-shirts I might change my mind. WE wore business clothes, and so forth.

I STILL LOVE doing taxes, but hate like hell paying them. I try to work it that I owe them less than $50 at the end of the year( This year it was $9)

Gillian, the number cruncher.

Dontcha love the Newfies??

Gill

On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:25:27 GMT, Gillian Murray wrote: \

I don't believe I have ever met one I did not like !

Ours are done every year by a colleague who has a private business in Stoneham. He takes very good care of us and is even patient with me when it takes a while to get everything together. I can't think of a better way to spend that $300, especially since I used to be the one to do them before we started getting Paul to do them.

Elizabeth (calculating how to spend the return)

I have a personal goal of having my taxes done before the end of February every year. I gather up my documents and run reports on Quicken in January and February. As soon as I have my W-2s I fill out the worksheet we get from our financial planner/tax preparer. I get everything to him in February and he can turn around and have it all done in just a few days because he isn't swamped yet.

I know they're not that difficult but I just don't enjoy it at all so I don't mind paying the $130 or so every year to be rid of the chore.

Plus if I get them done early and find that I owe money (as I did this year) - I have several months to save up the funds to pay the bill.

MelissaD ...who would prefer spending her free time baking, stitching or getting the veggie garden ready for planting instead of doing taxes.

But at least this one in no way could be construed as anyone's fault but his own.

Cheryl

Some how I doubt it...

We're getting a return. It will pay for something one of the kids needs, like insurance for the new driver.

But we owed the state.

For my DDH that would have been admitting defeat and that would never have happened. Most engineers I know won't pay someone to do what they're thoroughly convinced they can do better, faster and cheaper.

At least not the male ones.

Lucille

Got that right ! However now with all the tax software programmes, life is good, I won't pay someone to do something I can do myself. This year even with the wobbly (should not have done it while still sick I guess) the error was fixed.

The woman that does my taxes here is wonderful. I only have my W-2, items for the house, excise and donation-type items to deal with, so I don't think I really present her with a serious problem. I will admit though, the first year I went to her, I had 4 years of filings to do, and she smiled the whole way through. Not planning on getting into that situation again, believe you me! This year I'm getting back on Fed a nice amount, and only owe state $12. I'm pleased.

-- Carey in MA