3s_a_crowd wrote:

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we did our taxes the first day allowed. We always look forward to our refund. I think this year dh is changing his withholdings though so we can invest it from the beginning of the year. Im not sure though.

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What day is that?  IHNI there was a first day you were allowed to do them!!  We always focus on the LAST day you have to do them, lmao.

Ours were pretty easy this year though.  We had no capital transactions, so that simplified things. My broker hasn't been doing much with my account, actually.  We should talk with him and see where we are and where we are headed-I mean, I don't want him to be buying and selling just so he can turn a profit, but we want to do some smart investing too and make our money work for us for the future.

I think I'll make Bill do that.  Investing is not something I am terribly interested in, and those two like to talk shop about aeronautics and junk anyway.

my kids are super cranky today. I think Scott will be going down for a nap VERY soon.

I have to go get milk today but do NOT want to go out.

And we have therapy at 3.

Scott is starting to have a green snotty nose and the banquet for dh is this weekend.
If I cant go after I bought a dress I will be upset.

yeah DH starting painting our upstairs bathroom yesterday. Its going to look so nice and clean. (The paint was so nasty from the previous owners.)

I chose almost the same color that was already in there just a little lighter. It is "Herbal Mist." almost a seafoam green color to match the tiles that are in there. I have also bought new mats, bath assesories to match.

I love having a house I can do what ever I want to it.

our taxes were complete in february and we filed in early march

this is the first year we didn't owe something like $20K

it's nice to not owe BUT it's b/c our income is down so much that we dont' owe

dual edged sword I guess

we did get some money back this year and that is being used to pay off medical bills for Cole who was up all night puking and shitting his guts up

awwwesome.

have fun interviewing the douche

praying travis gets the gig!

dorian wrote:

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our taxes were complete in february and we filed in early march

this is the first year we didn't owe something like $20K

it's nice to not owe BUT it's b/c our income is down so much that we dont' owe

dual edged sword I guess

we did get some money back this year and that is being used to pay off medical bills for Cole who was up all night puking and shitting his guts up

awwwesome.

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OH NO!!!!!  I am so sorry, D.  Poor Cole, and poor you!!!  That is awful.  I hope he is better soon.

And boo on the lower income. You are right, definite double edged sword.  I guess it is good you are getting a refund this year to help out a little.

 

I got all our tax stuff together and got it mailed to the CPA the beginning of March. We got a letter back saying that it was the busy time of year for him and he filed an extention for us and thinks he'll have them done and filed by the middle of May. I was so disapointed. Usually he has to file an extention for us because we don't get him all the info until long past April...Getting Steve to get me his info is like pulling teeth with a feather. I do all the house stuff, medical, but he has to keep track of his milage, work trips, money spent for work equipment...

Last year I really started cracking down on our budget. His income is down so much with no OT. Part of that helped Steve keep track of what he was spending and that made it easier to get all the tax info from him this year. I thought we were doing so good getting it together in March. Last year we were late and got stuck in the "Ca has no money, so you get a warrent" crapola that was a pain. I don't want to deal with that again.

I wanted to just file our stuff online without the CPA, but with Steve's job, he's got a CPA that specializes in cops, so he knows every little thing that you can deduct. That makes it helpful.