Today is "Income Tax Pay Day." I didn't need my west coast brother to remind me of that, but he also told me it is "Titanic Remembrance Day." Some people may feel like their ship is sinking when they do their taxes and I feel for them. For many years I was considered self-employed, an independent contractor. My first husband did our taxes every year, very carefully, and he must have done them correctly because we were never audited. Every year, as he worked on the tax returns he would say to me "You really should learn to do this in case anything ever happens to me." To which I would reply "Sweety, if anything happens to you, I will go straight to H&R Block." and that's exactly what I did. This year my current spouse and I were able to file jointly for the first time, which meant he turned everything over to his accountant and all I had to do was provide a few forms. A happy time for me, but H&R Block really miss me, or so they let me know several times. They find it hard to believe that our 17 year relationship has ended. So sad (for them, not for me).
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