Taxes...ughhh
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 2:23 pm
I don't know about you all, but as a programmer and computer geek I like having as much as possible automated in my life...I'm super lazy...so the easier anything is the happier I am... 
I haven't done my taxes in a long time...and today I'm sitting down tackling the monumental task...
What a pain in the ass...
2 years of the last 4 I was self-employed but have lost most of the receipts, etc...so now I am scrambling to find them...and figure out income vs expenses...
Last year I switched banks and keep everything on elentronic file so I don't loose anything, as I hate clutter...and often throw stuff out compulsively...although my computer until recently was quite cluttered with junk (virtually)
I am so frustrated right now...as I don't want to be waste my time doing taxes...but I am also cheap and frugal (coming from a humble beginning, so it's not my fault
) so I am wary about seeking the assistance of an accountant 
Talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place...on one hand I'd rather get someone else to do it as I hate doing things I don't enjoy doing (my old man taught me that lesson as I hear him complain everyday about his job and how much he hates it) and on the other...money is a limited resource and I am hard pressed to part form it, unless I have too
I can do taxes myself I am sure, as everyone I know almost does it themselves with Intuit QuickTax, etc...
But what a waste of my time...I'd rather be working on my web site and software...
So I ask, what would you do:
Cheers
I haven't done my taxes in a long time...and today I'm sitting down tackling the monumental task...
What a pain in the ass...
2 years of the last 4 I was self-employed but have lost most of the receipts, etc...so now I am scrambling to find them...and figure out income vs expenses...
Last year I switched banks and keep everything on elentronic file so I don't loose anything, as I hate clutter...and often throw stuff out compulsively...although my computer until recently was quite cluttered with junk (virtually)
I am so frustrated right now...as I don't want to be waste my time doing taxes...but I am also cheap and frugal (coming from a humble beginning, so it's not my fault
Talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place...on one hand I'd rather get someone else to do it as I hate doing things I don't enjoy doing (my old man taught me that lesson as I hear him complain everyday about his job and how much he hates it) and on the other...money is a limited resource and I am hard pressed to part form it, unless I have too
I can do taxes myself I am sure, as everyone I know almost does it themselves with Intuit QuickTax, etc...
But what a waste of my time...I'd rather be working on my web site and software...
So I ask, what would you do:
Cheers