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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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Physics 101 was easier to master than the taxing tax codes that change faster than we can change the water in the bath tub so, we find ourselves full of guilt, taking a bath in muddy waters, textually and mentally taxed, financially taxed to the hilt and no one can answer a simple question anymore, not even the paid IRS agents for there are no simple answers my solution don't send anything in don't give them a dime until they make the tax codes read like a senryu (with or without rhyme) ~3 lines~ This is what I made. This is what I owe according to a simple chart. Here is my check (or) where is my refund? OK? |
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bslicker
since 2000-12-04
Posts 2321state of mind |
cute bernie  A smile a day keeps the world in smile's. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
 just having some funthanks for reading! |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
cute |
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WindWalker Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 1218 |
This is good, I enjoyed reading it. |
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freewheelin Member
since 2005-04-09
Posts 53 |
yes, i'm not a big fan of the taxman as well. good job taking the piis out of the system. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
LOL, thanks friends hope everyone has a pleasant Friday the 15th |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
OK, let's hear it for Kacy for Congress!! Nicely said, Kacy. Ken Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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Sadelite Member Elite
since 2003-10-11
Posts 2519 |
I'll drink to the last three. I chuckle because we never get ours right (even though I consider my ability to calculate fairly descent). Sure am glad you reminded me: on the 15th, we do our annual "thing"--we have a dish of ice cream while parkied across a post office at 11:40, while watching the people deliver their taxes until midnight. (We happened upon this interesting event when burning the almost midnight oil/toil ourselves.) Last year was hysterical. A farmer pulling his sounding cattle in tow made it just a few minutes before midnight-taxing to the cattle, for sure! At midnight, after the last grocery cart of taxes was taken inside of the post office, and they were about to lock up for the evening, a policeman ran across the parking lot waving his unfinished taxes. (The men/women in blue stayed open a little past midnight so that he could finish. You should have seen the relief on his face!) Enjoyed what you had to say; as you can see, tax time is easy for this reader to relate! sadie [This message has been edited by Sadelite (04-13-2005 12:21 PM).] |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Midnitesun LOL sounds good to me. |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
lol too bad it will never be that simple... I started out as an accounting major. As soon as I got into the tax accounting class...I changed my major. I ain't a quiter, but dang, why over do it trying to keep up with all that? Life is too short...  "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
I'm understanding that, Susan. I took 3 weeks of Accounting 1, then disappeared. LOL, I was working full time doing data entry of TAX 1040 forms for a large full service acctg firm (in Tallahassee). LOL, I was surrounded by approximately 20 CPA's, and the sour taste of that tax year never left my mouth. Even the short forms are a major pain these days. I think tax reform...REAL tax reform, must preceed any Social Security reform. |
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