Woohoo! I finished my taxes today. And they were a lot easier than they’ve been for the past few years because a) I didn’t have any of those annoying 1099 forms that automatically kick you into the longest tax forms there are, and b) I only lived in one state this last year. This means that I went down from about 6 or 8 schedules and the long 1040 form to absolutely no extra schedules, the medium-length 1040a form, and (like I said) state forms for only one state.<\/p>\n
The only reason it took me as long as it did today was that I was working on making a spreadsheet for myself so that next year I can fill in a few numbers in a spreadsheet and it’ll give me all the numbers to fill in on my tax forms (a mini-tax program on the cheep). I can even have this thing tell me whether to itemize or take the standard deduction without wracking my brains every year! (In all fairness, my dad is the one who came up with the foundations of this spreadsheet, but this year I tweaked it to get rid of all the things he needed and I don’t, and to add all the things I need that he doesn’t.)<\/p>\n
On the down-side, I’m now quite a bit poorer than I was 4 hours ago. I have to remember to talk to HR about taking more out of my paychecks. It’s a lot happier to get money back<\/em> at the end of the year…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Woohoo! I finished my taxes today. And they were a lot easier than they’ve been for the past few years because a) I didn’t have any of those annoying 1099 forms that automatically kick you into the longest tax forms there are, and b) I only lived in one state this last year. This means … Continue reading Taxes Done<\/span>