Very few things in life push me to the point of wanting to display serious violence in my gestures, language, and actions. Taxes are one of those "things." I’m working through my return information today, and I am ready to just go postal on the government. Tax Man, just come and haul me away now! What’s the problem? Sure, I may have a bit of math phobia, but that’s not it! Supposedly the legislature passed 11th-hour renewals and revisions on tuition deductions, teacher supplies to the classroom credits, and other deductions that are NOT showing up on the forms or in the directions for the usual forms. Some of the instruction manuals on the IRS Web site are still the ones for 2005. That means, many of us who need to take those deductions are going to have to seek out professional preparers and cough up the cash to do our returns – or we risk errors and audits.
Doesn’t it seem a little unreasonable that the average individual is THIS frustrated with simple tax procedures? Wasn’t there legislation a few years back about “ease of paperwork” with the tax process? The “Message from the [tax] Commissioner” states: “Paying taxes is a unifying experience fundamental to democracy and the rule of law.” Unifying, my ass! Processing these forms is creating more of a need to cut up someone into little tiny pieces and blow their body parts out a cannon.
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Good timing! I was just reading the gossipy Parade section of the Sunday paper, and came across an article about taxes that talks about the classroom supplies deduction. Apparently, the deductions were renewed too late for the printers to make the forms. It said that if you want to know how to claim them, call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040.
But it is a ridiculously complex process.
By the way, nice picture....
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