taxing times

[fflo]

(1) Meant to start my taxes this past weekend, but found all kinds of other chores to attend to instead.

(2) Just got new tax assessment on house from city. Not sure when the house payment will jump, but my estimate is that it'll jump about $233.00/mo. (The effect of the previous owner's having been in the house for 20 years.)

(3) Most taxing of all are issues not involving taxes (directly).

Still debating whether to talk more of (3) openly or in "friends-only" entries.

Comments

[queerbychoice.livejournal.com]

I've been meaning to thank you for this, because it helped. The encouragement to be assertive helped, I mean - what I did amounted to more than just saying "don't discuss that with me anymore" because if I say "don't discuss that with me anymore" it also means that all sorts of horrifying things could be taking place behind my back that I won't know about because I asked for them not to be discussed, and if I have to accommodate the possibility of all sorts of horrifying things happening then I also have to really manage to care a whole lot less. So I did both: I said "don't discuss that with me anymore" and also "we need to not see each other so much and I need to not care about you very much." But it was helpful to be encouraged to do something, so thank you for it.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

You're certainly welcome, for whatever it's worth. Sorry you're going through a tough time, though. I can relate.

I debated taking you up on the letter writing offer, by the way---mainly cuz I think I'd provide much more the kind of imaginative epistulary weaving you'd been hoping for. But I'm doing all I can to get through ordinary obligations, and I think I'm going to need to take another job soon. Not to mention I still haven't started the taxes! TurboTax online annoyed the hell outta me for refusing to make the price for the basic version AFTER the discount date available, even with a fair amount of clicking and help menu searching. So I think it's going to be the old-fashioned way for me.

[queerbychoice.livejournal.com]

Once I actually started my taxes this year, I was very surprised to find I finished them in only about two hours. They didn't deserve half the dread I'd been investing in them - the government actually managed to send me all the correct forms this year, and they granted a much larger portion of people eligibility to use the telefile system ths year, and they also granted a much larger number of people eligibility to use the 1040EZ forms instead of 1040A or 1040, and they didn't make me attach any other supplemental forms like they have in the past. It was the easiest year for doing taxes that I've had since I was in college.

Good luck handling all your obligations!

[fflo.livejournal.com]

This is my first year doing taxes with a mortgage---that's the big catch. It'll pay to itemize, no doubt, but it's a bit more of a chore than I'm accustomed to.