MY TAXES ARE DONE

It's that time again. Time for you to rush around trying to find that elusive receipt for your large purchase last July. Time to gather all your donation receipts from Goodwill, that is; providing you kept them. Or even worse, providing you really did donate Aunt Mae's antique bureau to Goodwill. Poor Goodwill, they must recieve credit for a billion donations that they never really get.

Well, where do you stand on getting your 1040 done? Interesting note here, you work a normal 40 hour work week for 52 weeks and you will have worked 2080 hours a year. Does the Form 1040 mean that you will give half of your income to Uncle Sam? Somehow, I think it does. Big Brother isn't dumb, they know how to tell you something without actually saying the words. Isn't life fun?

I must have worked three weeks at getting my taxes down. I seriously suggest you purchase TurboTax. It is the best tax program I have ever used. It allows you to try this and try that in your effort to lower the amount you give Big Brother.....er. make that Uncle Sam. Besides, G.W. and Mr. Halliburton need the money to finance their efforts overseas. Don't forget the opportunity to depreciate your home, your car or anything else that you can legitimately do.

I do not suggest that anyone cheat on their income taxes; but I do suggest that you take every deduction that you can. Don't forget the price of the tax program and the price of the stamps to send the return to Big.. . ah Uncle Sam. I have been audited twice and both times the auditor laughed at my deduction for postage; but he had to accept it. It was a legitimate deduction.

I am cheap and damn well proud of it.