Comments on: Toilets…or Taxes?

By: jamie

jamie — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:09:42 +0000

Taxes. I am squeemish.

By: Kari

Kari — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:48:54 +0000

TOILETS!!!!!!! I think I’d even do your toilets and mine to keep from doing taxes. We wimp out and pay someone but the last few years, I got all the stuff together. One year, I thought, “if I can get the stuff together, surely I can do the taxes.” I was surely wrong. I botched things, we had to file an extension and then pay someone anyway. So, even though we always get to write a big check too and then another check to someone who crunches the numbers for us, I just try repeating the following mantra: “thank you for all the benefits that my taxes provide: social security (at least for now), the maternity leave I took this year, the freeway widening project that shortened the time I’m on the road, etc.” And when I write the big checks for property taxes I repeat: “thank you for the parks, and the fire department, and…”. (there, I think I got my gratituesday in on a Sunday. I’m early this time or really late because this post was a week ago?)

Nice talking to you tonight Laura.

By: The (Almost) Amazing Mommarino

The (Almost) Amazing Mommarino — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:34:09 +0000

Toilets! With a toothbrush!

ANYTHING but taxes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Marla

Marla — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:41:41 +0000

I’d rather do toilets anyday! We too have 4 boys (with very bad aim). We also are self employed. So…I have to do both. I really dread tax time. Staying up till all hour of the night crunching numbers. I hate to admit it, but it makes me cry. When we were just a DBA, it wasn’t too bad. Now that we are an LLC, I could just scream!!

By: Kim from Canada

Kim from Canada — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:43:31 +0000

This is my first comment here, but I wanted to add a tidbit: our close friends are self employed and, where we live, they can write off their dog and any dog-related expenses (i.e. food, vet) – sighting the dog as a security need. Go figure.
BTW, the dog is a poodle crossed with jack russell terrier :)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:12:08 +0000

Normally I would say taxes but this year was a PITA. We had to do 3 different state taxes, yup scrubbing the nasty toilet would of been way more fun.

By: Sally

Sally — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:42:19 +0000

I do both in our house, too…but I eould choose taxes over toilets!

By: The Happy Housewife

The Happy Housewife — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:45:35 +0000

Taxes! I told my husband when we got married… I don’t do bathrooms! He has cleaned the bathrooms since the beginning. It was hard when we deployed because then I had taxes and toilets!

By: Superchikk

Superchikk — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:49:39 +0000

I do both. But we recently started paying someone to do our taxes (a private accountant, not the places you see advertised on TV), and I will say it’s worth every penny. My husband is a minister and there are all kinds of crazy rules that seem to change all the time and I cannot be responsible for knowing them all AND keeping my sanity.

By: SAHMmy Says

SAHMmy Says — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:56:07 +0000

I’d much rather do taxes (we do get a large refund every year) but I do both!