Taxes

With the weather not being conducive to any outside activities we (Kim mostly) have been working on getting all our tax info ready for an appointment with our tax man this Friday.  Kim handles most everything since most of the work is in regard to her business.  It used to be pretty straight forward for us, Turbo Tax handled it all.  The first year she went into business we tried using Turbo Tax and it wasn't any fun at all.  I was pretty overwhelmed.  I know for a fact we missed out on a lot of deductions that we get now that our tax man knows about that just don't come up with Turbo.  Using a professional has been costly but it also has saved us some major headaches not to mention getting deductions we wouldn't have otherwise.  If you have your own business you already know how difficult or challenging tax season is.  Sometimes I think it is intentionally designed to cause major amounts of frustration that would cause you to fore go being in business for yourself.  Nah, they wouldn't do that would they?  The gubmint is here to help and protect us right?

Our tax man is also a friend and we have very similar political outlooks and our appointments get to be pretty interesting.  We share our thoughts and ideas about what is going on in the world more than we talk about our taxes.  We visit way to long and take up a lot of his time.  But at least we confirm with each other we know how to solve the country's problems, if only they would listen.  It will give us a chance also to try out a new eatin' place that I saw was on a Top 10 Texas Bucket List.  It's just around the corner.  I am actually looking forward to going as weird as that may sound, but having been cooped up in the house for a few days will do that.

Stay Warm and...Happy Trails