Tax Season....I used to love tax season for the money you get ( I usually get money back). The last few years, I have had a job where I had a lot of out of pocket expenses. Which means, come tax season, I would get a crazy amount of money back ! YEAH!!! Well, this year, being a teacher the entire year, and although I have ALOT of out of pocket expenses, I only get "reimbursed" for $250. Bummer right? Well, because of all of my previous deductions, I have gone to an accountant. Paying $180 each time. This year I decided to do Turbo Tax instead. My sister LOVES turbotax. She expressed to me the excitement you feel when the number goes up and down and how it is almost like playing a game!
I did not have that experience. I now work 2 jobs. When I put my teaching W2 in, the number went up! YEAH! Then I put the other W2 in and....the number plummeted and was decreased by half! YES! I SAID HALF! I was shocked at first, and then recoved when I realized that I still had deductions to put in....Well....i didnt make a LICK of difference. :(...After going over the numbers 10 times, I have succombed to the fact that I will be getting 1/6th of the amount I got last year...sigh...I hate tax season, and although Turbo Tax is covenient, I hate it too.
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I won't tell you how much we got back. Then you'd really hate tax season...
Everything relating to money SUX. That's what I have learned!
There is one positive way to look at this...at least you didn't owe. We owed big last year, and would have owed again this year if I had not been in school. But at least you didn't have to pay $180 to an accountant to tell you the same information. Love you - hope to be able to see you in a couple weeks.
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