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April 15, 2006
Please don't ever let me wait until April 15th again
I hate Ohio, I hate taxes, and I hate Ohio taxes.
I guess I'm now officially an American adult.
Last time I was in town, in mid-March, I did my taxes as well as Lauren's. It was the first time I had ever done my own taxes, and that was a pretty cool feeling. My dad has Turbo Tax, which I guess means that I didn't do anything that amazing, but it was still a big deal to me. I mean, I figured out how to put in our savings account interest, the credit Lauren gets for paying for grad school, and her two separate state tax information on the federal return. I was so confident that I didn't even need my dad to help me. I did both of our federal and Minnesota taxes without a problem.
But for Lauren's Ohio taxes, we had to do them manually. Turbo Tax doesn't let you buy a 2nd state (as far as we know, at least), so we figured no big deal, we'd just do the Ohio ones by hand. But somehow, they just kept getting put off and put off and put off... I finally decided that I'd do them with my dad when I got here this week.
Somehow, they got put off some more until last night after my dad had gone to bed. Lauren and I sat down to do them and we were completely stumped. Trying to figure out how to NOT have to include her Minnesota wages on her Ohio forms was mind-boggling, for some reason. So this morning, my dad and I spent stupid amounts of time figuring that out. And then we weren't done. We also had to do CITY taxes. What the hell?? And then we STILL weren't done, because we had to do school district taxes.
Now, in the end, we're getting refunds from each of the 5 separate envelopes Lauren had to mail in, and we're getting refunds on both of mine as well, so I shouldn't complain. But still... It was ridiculous. I'm already dreading next spring when we have to do her partial year Ohio taxes AGAIN.
I hate Ohio. I hate taxes. I hate Ohio taxes. And we will never live in Ohio again for this reason alone.
Posted to Oberlin at April 15, 2006 10:10 AM
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On the upside, you're the cutest tax accountant I've ever had. Thanks for doing our taxies every night. I love you!
Posted by: lauren at April 15, 2006 01:12 PM
That sounds like it bit major butt. I am happy to say I didn't have to do taxes this year (they don't take out taxes on SSI, and I only made about $275.00 working for Augsburg), but I have done them in the past when I was in high school and had a summer job. I like you had my dad help me. I think when I have to do them again (whenever that is) I'll have him help me again because he is a little better at doing the number thing than I am.
Posted by: Levi Dokken at April 17, 2006 11:05 AM
Hey Levi! I didn't know you were reading here! How are you these days?
Yeah, taxes were much easier before we had real jobs (ok, I didn't have a real job in 2005) and deductions and other income and educational expenses and all that. And everything about taxes is easier in Minnesota than in Ohio. Never move here.
Posted by: Rebecca at April 19, 2006 11:45 AM