Undue Stress
Tax season is causing quite a bit of unneeded stress on me this year. Typically, I am always excited because we get quite a big check in March. I usually have my taxes done well ahead of April and we are sitting on a pretty penny come April 15th.This year, Phil has just started his business and I have been in charge of money. We got a copy of Quickbooks and I have been like a super sleuth trying to figure this program out. In fact, there are many things that I still have no idea about.
Tonight, I am struggling through payroll taxes, state unemployment taxes, federal unemployment taxes, federal witholding, state witholding, and more. I have such a headache I could cry. I am not sure what I am doing. I have the giant fear that I will take this stuff to out accountant and he will call me screaming "What have you done????" And sadly, I won't be able to tell him, because I really don't know.
I hate to feel stupid. I hate hate hate it. And I do, more than ever. I am going to smother myself in a pillow now.
posted by Metalmeredith @ 11:08 PM
1 Comments:
First- step away from the pillow! Okay now we both know that you are a smarty farty so stop doubting you.
Tax codes are confusing and I am conviced they are designed that way as a conspiracy between the accountants and the government. I am sure that those accountants know all about area 51 and difficult tax codes is the governments way of lining accountant pockets and keeping the whole area 51 thing on the downlow.
Okay good, now that you are laughing and rolling your eyes at me, listen up. The accountant is probably going to be mucho impressed that you have taken this on all by yourself and guess what, figuring out people financial stuff is why they get paid the big bucks. Odds are good you are a thousand times more ontop of it than a lot of people who have their own business. My stepFIL walks into the acountants every year with three big boxes of paper-totally unorganized and writes a check and says, "Figure it out!" Believe me, I think your accountant is going to love you.
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