Taxes filed! Now bring on that return and get it to me fast so that I don't have to worry anymore about being audited.
I hate to say this but I've heard that during tax season they're so busy that they audit almost no one and they will then go back and audit people in the summer and fall after processing all the refunds, and that when they do, they go back three years in the audit. So I never consider myself safe until four years out. I'm always worried that we/the accountant screwed up somehow.
Taxes filed! Now bring on that return and get it to me fast so that I don't have to worry anymore about being audited.
I hate to say this but I've heard that during tax season they're so busy that they audit almost no one and they will then go back and audit people in the summer and fall after processing all the refunds, and that when they do, they go back three years in the audit. So I never consider myself safe until four years out. I'm always worried that we/the accountant screwed up somehow.
Ugh. Thanks for that!
I filed for my small business for the first time and am just stressed because I don't have all my receipts, so things look totally not legit. I actually didn't even take most of the small business deductions because it was only 2 months worth of work and I didn't want to attract attention. For the amount of money that was earned, they really ought to leave me alone. I actually paid in anyway, so they have no need to come after me, I am just irrationally paranoid about it.
In 2015 my goal is for my business to be all legit with the government, which, so far, is going okay.
This is the biggest suck about having my own business. Next year I am using an accountant.
I hate to say this but I've heard that during tax season they're so busy that they audit almost no one and they will then go back and audit people in the summer and fall after processing all the refunds, and that when they do, they go back three years in the audit. So I never consider myself safe until four years out. I'm always worried that we/the accountant screwed up somehow.
Ugh. Thanks for that!
I filed for my small business for the first time and am just stressed because I don't have all my receipts, so things look totally not legit. I actually didn't even take most of the small business deductions because it was only 2 months worth of work and I didn't want to attract attention. For the amount of money that was earned, they really ought to leave me alone. I actually paid in anyway, so they have no need to come after me, I am just irrationally paranoid about it.
In 2015 my goal is for my business to be all legit with the government, which, so far, is going okay.
This is the biggest suck about having my own business. Next year I am using an accountant.
Sorry! I totally understand where you're coming from. I never attempt to do anything wrong on my taxes but I always worry that something, somewhere is wrong and I'm going to end up owing $40,000 to the feds or something. This is obviously irrational for anyone living on a teacher's salary but nevertheless, the IRS is scary enough to go in the creepy gifs thread IMO.
I will also say that I've heard that if you don't have much money things have to look really, really sketchy for them to bother auditing you. They do a cost-benefit analysis to a certain extent and if they can tell that you couldn't be off my too much simply because you don't have much money in the first place, they leave you alone because they'd lose money in the long run auditing you. It's not worth the cost of an audit if they might get $1000 out of you. So it's unlikely that you'll have any problems unless you earn a lot, or so I've heard.
Post by prairiegirl on Feb 8, 2015 14:51:04 GMT -5
Ugh. Husband got mad at xmas because I didn't ask him what he wanted to do re: family stuff. His birthday is coming up. His mom keeps passive aggressively mentioning cooking supper, I tell him he needs to decide what he wants to do because it's his family and his birthday and I get 'I don't care'.
I can't even with this snow today and tomorrow. DH is going into work, even though I asked him to stay home. In all likelihood, he will end up having to stay the night, so he won't be home until Tuesday night. I don't feel comfortable leaving LO alone for me to go out and shovel, and it really can't wait until Tuesday night either. They've upped the amount of snow AGAIN, and we are expected to get 20-24+. I dunno. I'm feeling a bit damsel in distress and I don't really like it.
I can't even with this snow today and tomorrow. DH is going into work, even though I asked him to stay home. In all likelihood, he will end up having to stay the night, so he won't be home until Tuesday night. I don't feel comfortable leaving LO alone for me to go out and shovel, and it really can't wait until Tuesday night either. They've upped the amount of snow AGAIN, and we are expected to get 20-24+. I dunno. I'm feeling a bit damsel in distress and I don't really like it.
Can I ask what you're uncomfortable with, and I offer a suggestion? I shovel during he day when my LO is napping in his crib. I know he's safe and contained and nothing can get to him. Even just go for 5-10 min at a time, And check on him. I have a video monitor and if it isn't super cold I put that in my pocket and I can hear him/see him. Sorry you're feeling this way and that you might be husband-less in a snow storm. How much shoveling do you have to do?
I can't even with this snow today and tomorrow. DH is going into work, even though I asked him to stay home. In all likelihood, he will end up having to stay the night, so he won't be home until Tuesday night. I don't feel comfortable leaving LO alone for me to go out and shovel, and it really can't wait until Tuesday night either. They've upped the amount of snow AGAIN, and we are expected to get 20-24+. I dunno. I'm feeling a bit damsel in distress and I don't really like it.
Can I ask what you're uncomfortable with, and I offer a suggestion? I shovel during he day when my LO is napping in his crib. I know he's safe and contained and nothing can get to him. Even just go for 5-10 min at a time, And check on him. I have a video monitor and if it isn't super cold I put that in my pocket and I can hear him/see him. Sorry you're feeling this way and that you might be husband-less in a snow storm. How much shoveling do you have to do?
Probably just the fact of leaving her on her lonesome. I could definitely bring the monitor with me. It's a fair amount of shoveling. Last week's storm took MH about a combined 7hrs with a snowblower. ..which is also not working, so it'd be actual shoveling. I'm just feeling a little poor-me. I'm sure I can make it work if I need to
I cried in the Safeway parking lot today. LO won't take a nap; none of my tricks are working. Partnered with a dozen other things that happened today, getting my hair tangled in some hook in the car while I was loading a screaming child back into her car seat was the final straw.
I cried in the Safeway parking lot today. LO won't take a nap; none of my tricks are working. Partnered with a dozen other things that happened today, getting my hair tangled in some hook in the car while I was loading a screaming child back into her car seat was the final straw.
In about an hour we're leaving to go have dinner with my parents at their place. Normally we get along great and things are pretty non-dramatic but they've decided that they don't want to live where they do now (about fifteen minutes from us) and instead want to move over 1,000 miles away from me where they'll also be ten hours from my sister. They will have no family at all within three hours. They are seventyish and my mom isn't in particularly good health. They want to go from living in a condo in a warm climate to buying a single family house in or near a small town in a place where there is lots of snow and ice. Their reasons for wanting to do this do not seem very solid. My sister, DW and I are all upset about the fact that they're doing this because among other things, it seems really short-sighted and will result in all of us being many hours away when they eventually get to the point that they need support which seems likely to be within the next few years. We have been going back and forth about this over email and I don't think anyone is very happy. Dinner will at best be awkward and very quiet and and worst a total shit show. LO will be oblivious to whatever goes down but DD1 will not be. I'm dreading this and like to avoid conflict generally so I'm very on edge. I just want it to be over and to be back home and to go to bed. This weekend has not been relaxing in the least.
Im sorry mrsnorris. That does seem really odd. It would be nice if they gave you some insight into what is driving that strange decision. Sounds like you need to have a big uncomfortable talk.
Im sorry mrsnorris. That does seem really odd. It would be nice if they gave you some insight into what is driving that strange decision. Sounds like you need to have a big uncomfortable talk.
Thanks. Yeah, it's strange. The are giving reasons like thinking their current town is boring and bland. Sure, it's not excitement grand central but it's a town of about 200,000 that's 20 minutes from downtown LA. They want to move to a town of about 2,000 that is three hours from the nearest decent-sized city. I really have no words for how irrational they're being. Maybe dinner will at least clarify what on earth they're actually thinking.
My sister came over for an uncomfortable 45 minute visit. We have zero in common so we have nothing to talk about, my niece trashed J's room that I just got cleaning and she didn't tell her to help pick up toys, and she stayed until almost 5:30 which means I had to rush to make dinner and get everyone fed because it is bath night and my boys are nasty. She has kids the exact same age as mine so I never understand how she doesn't get that I have shit to do! GTFO of my house!
Also, Max was sitting in the laundry basket in the kitchen like usual and then I heard him screaming because he leaned to suck on the side and it tipped over. There may have been a bloody nose involved.
FI is currently singing Delaney an original ballad appropriately titled "Who cut the cheese?". The ending involves special flatulent sound effects. She's laughing hysterically. Little does she know she officially has no chance at a "normal" life.
Do you mean he made flatulent noises with his mouth or his sphincter??
Probably just the fact of leaving her on her lonesome. I could definitely bring the monitor with me. It's a fair amount of shoveling. Last week's storm took MH about a combined 7hrs with a snowblower. ..which is also not working, so it'd be actual shoveling. I'm just feeling a little poor-me. I'm sure I can make it work if I need to
Yipes! I love shoveling snow, but that's A LOT of shoveling! Maybe you won't get as much as they are predicting (that always seems to happen here).
Post by weeklyplanner on Feb 8, 2015 20:02:54 GMT -5
DH and I just agreed to put down our screens at 8pm each night in an attempt to actually converse like normal people. It's 8:02 and I'm hiding upstairs pretending to get changed because I didn't want to put my phone down. Also, he works late most nights, so this is probably the dumbest agreement ever.
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