There's nothing better than mid-April. Lingering winter storms, late season colds (thanks to the lingering winter storms), and then there's the whole filing taxes thing. Can it get any better than that? Let's see...
We really have had some "freak" precipitation over the last couple of weeks. It seems it's either feast or famine. I also really have a cold and thanks to the small person developing in my tummy, drug options are limited. Best part, taxes. There always seems to be something that comes up, but for us this year it was quite the task.
Usually we would have filed months ago, had our return, and called it a day by now. However, this year we got to do business taxes with our personal, and we had to figure in some additional tax "quirks" from an inheritance of sorts that apparently was taxed in Illinois. A few highlights: Dave spent numerous hours working on the prep; we bought tax software that didn't work (complex return); talked to a few accountants, who were a little less than helpful; needed to get taxes figured out not only for the deadline, but because we ended up filing IL state tax, even though we live across the country; finally figured out the correct numbers, etc only to find out that we were out of white paper - needed paper to print IL state tax report because you have to have some form of IL issued ID to file electronically; borrowed paper from a neighbor and discovered ink was too low to print; got printer to work (miraculously) and had to find somewhere to get an envelope and stamp; went to a 24 hour grocery store, bought envelopes and stamps; and got to the post office around 11:10 PM. I do have to say that we went past the post office a few times and I for one rather enjoyed seeing all the people getting their very last minute returns in.
Another mega learning experience in the bag. Despite the challenges, I think Dave actually rather enjoys doing taxes. Not sure it's his calling in life or anything, but he liked figuring things out. Thanks Dad for all your help too! Although Dave gets discouraged from time to time, at least we know his tax prep skills continue to be utilized and improve. Way to go sweetie!
We really have had some "freak" precipitation over the last couple of weeks. It seems it's either feast or famine. I also really have a cold and thanks to the small person developing in my tummy, drug options are limited. Best part, taxes. There always seems to be something that comes up, but for us this year it was quite the task.
Usually we would have filed months ago, had our return, and called it a day by now. However, this year we got to do business taxes with our personal, and we had to figure in some additional tax "quirks" from an inheritance of sorts that apparently was taxed in Illinois. A few highlights: Dave spent numerous hours working on the prep; we bought tax software that didn't work (complex return); talked to a few accountants, who were a little less than helpful; needed to get taxes figured out not only for the deadline, but because we ended up filing IL state tax, even though we live across the country; finally figured out the correct numbers, etc only to find out that we were out of white paper - needed paper to print IL state tax report because you have to have some form of IL issued ID to file electronically; borrowed paper from a neighbor and discovered ink was too low to print; got printer to work (miraculously) and had to find somewhere to get an envelope and stamp; went to a 24 hour grocery store, bought envelopes and stamps; and got to the post office around 11:10 PM. I do have to say that we went past the post office a few times and I for one rather enjoyed seeing all the people getting their very last minute returns in.
Another mega learning experience in the bag. Despite the challenges, I think Dave actually rather enjoys doing taxes. Not sure it's his calling in life or anything, but he liked figuring things out. Thanks Dad for all your help too! Although Dave gets discouraged from time to time, at least we know his tax prep skills continue to be utilized and improve. Way to go sweetie!
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