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[susandennis]

My swim device told me I had gone 52 minutes - 8 minutes to go. I literally thought "ok, so anything else I need to think through that can't wait until tomorrow's swim". I crack myself up. It's like daily meetings with an agenda.

At the end of the swim, my watch told me my phone had a call. From the number and the time of the year, I figured it was my CPA. So I waited until I got home and completely forgot to stop at McDonald's on the way. Sigh.

For several reasons, I expected to have a healthy income tax bill this year and turns out I was wrong. I love being wrong. I get $900 back. And my estimated goes down by $300 a quarter. I'm getting a raise! But, the happy dance has shoes that pinch. The CPA ran my scenario through the new tax laws - the Trump ones for next year. All but 5 of his clients will come out better under the Trump plan. I am one of the 5. I will get to pay $500 more. Somehow that feels ok to me.

It's only 10:30 am but I feel like I've had a days worth of stuff already. I have no big plans for the rest of the day. The baseball game isn't until 5. I might treat myself to an early dinner/late lunch at 13 Coins. I will absolutely be treating myself to more episodes of Corner Gas.

Comments

[belleweather.livejournal.com]

I ran the withholding calculator twice. Once it said that I should claim 0 exemptions and plan to owe about $125 bucks, the next time it said I should claim 14 exemptions and plan to get a refund of about $900. The calculator is clearly drunk.

(I currently claim 9 exemptions on my federal taxes, and figured that number would go down because we don't pay for childcare anymore now that P is school aged... so increasing by 5 is a shock.)

[susandennis]

The whole thing's a crap shoot. At least it only happens once a year and at least Washington state has no state income tax so I only have to deal with federal. Still. Ugh.

[coffeeguy777.livejournal.com]

Corner Gas.. ..make sure you pay for the coffee 😂😂