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February 08, 2003
Dude, this "working full time" thing really sucks.
So for the last five or however many years, when I filed my taxes, I got a pretty hefty return. This was mostly because my witholding has always been set to the regular rate but until recently I didn't actually work all that much except during the summer (college being what it is).
Well.
In 2002, I worked my heinie off pretty much full time all year. I did my taxes last night and discovered that my refund from the feds is just enough to cover all but about two dollars of the money I owe the state.
How lame is that? *sigh*
It could be worse, though. At least my taxes are simple. I don't have to file a Schedule C or anything (one of my friends has to file two, yikes). I got to deduce the interest on my student loans, and that was the most exciting thing, really.
My goal is now to get a single job at one company and to live in a hole in the ground the rest of the time, thus simplifying my taxes slightly and preventing them from ever getting truly horrendous.
File under: Rantings
Posted by Ealasaid at February 8, 2003 03:37 PM
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sucks, doesn't it?
Posted by: Ith at February 8, 2003 07:45 PM
Yes, it does! *whine* *whine*Ah, well, I guess I had to grow up some time. ;-)
Posted by: Ealasaid at February 8, 2003 08:27 PM
Hey, now I know one benefit of STILL being in high school. Well, other than the actually getting my diploma part. I still get to file the EZ thingy and not worry. Which totally makes up for the identity-rending dichotomy of being twenty and being in high school. (And no, reminding myself that I chose this does not work, thank you.)Don't mind me, I watched too much television today and seem to be stuck in alpha wave zombie mode. I wouldn't be surprised if I read this tomorrow and discovered that it's actually just a random jumble of letters.
Posted by: Cathryn at February 8, 2003 11:40 PM
Graphics from works 