My gut's been just aching, why don't I do this sooner? Why must I torture myself right up until the last possible moment? Could I be in a unique, but popular group of procrastinators? Is there an active rain group for this?
Yes I pay, and pay, but thank goodness I am paying because I had some income. I've been watching my expenses, very closely and I've come to the conclusion that I am a thrifty person! I do have fellow Realtors who are really struggling with income/taxes right now. I must say that I was not expecting to have such a quiet winter, thank goodness I didn't spend my reserves thinking I'd have a bunch more!
Now I'm afraid to spend much on any thing! Here goes the struggling economy picture, won't get better unless more people spend, yet frugal people are probably in the strongest economic position right now!
I'm looking for balance, and the future looks a bit better than it did 6 months ago as well. Maybe if we just take it a bit easy and not get too caught up in any kind of "if it looks too good, it probably is" schemes, we'll all be ok. I have noticed a lot of commercials for "knock your tax burden from $125,000 down to $3,500 by calling us when you're in trouble". I think that may look just a bit too good to be true, but I know a few people who are "banking" on this getting them out of a big debt situation. Very sad!
I wonder if I'll ever change and actually have all of my tax info so ready at tax time that I just plug in the numbers and get on with it? Probably not, but then again, it could happen, I'm not dead yet!
The Quilting Realtor
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Wanda, these are certainly interesting times--lots of changes. Ultimately, though, I think our experiences, including remembering how to be more frugal, will be a benefit.
I saved a couple of bucks and did ours myself online (not as scary as I thought it would be.) I kept out last years return as an example and made sure covered the same items. Took the money I saved and bought a house. Question- will the IRS expect me to jump start the economy again next year around this time? cw
Cheryl, I did mine on turbo tax for the 3rd year, I like it, I take more time and feel like I can check all of the helpful hints and do a better job. I do have my corporation taxes done by a CPA, so that helps. I haven't checked my checking account yet, but I think it will be quite a bit smaller since I scheduled my federal to come out of my account today. I must be thrify and quilt more!