Interwebs Power Grab, Income Taxes, and My Bad Attitude

[anogete]

What the hell? I want to move to an island and start my own country of people who like to stay out of others people's business. Why are politicians so nosy? Why are they so stupid? Why are they so power-hungry? It's disgusting. I feel like our government is some big, bloated, hideous monster that lumbers around and steps on me (and everyone else). They almost haz our interwebs, doods. Information? You want accurate information? No, no, no. You can only have the information the government deems necessary for you, especially in a time of upheaval. Act like good little citizens and do what the government says.

Speaking of government hate, Jason has angst over his income taxes. I tried to help him with them, but they've got quite complicated since he sold some mutual funds last year and moved all his investments from one company to another. Basically, it's a clusterfuck. So, I talked him into going to the H&R Block office down the street from our apartment. They have all his info now, and he has an appointment with the woman today after work. I knew enough to know what was wrong and what I couldn't do, so I told her. And I was totally right. She suggested I take their tax professional course and go to work for H&R Block part-time. If you are one of the top students in your class, then you will receive a job offer from H&R Block and can set your own hours to some extent. The class isn't all that costly, but it is time-intensive. Nearly 70 hours. o_O It's a thought, but I don't know if I want to tackle that. Though, it would be interesting to have a more extensive knowledge of tax law, if only to help people retain more of their own money.

Work is holy-crap-boring. I have an extremely bad attitude about it right now. So bad that I've been trying to invent excuses to skip work or leave early. And now is not the time to do that since the boss is in a fragile state. She could snap and start firing people any minute. Yikes.

The last of the knitted hats by moi are going out in the mail today. I hope everyone likes their hats even if it is kind-of-sort-of Spring and getting too hot for them.

I am in such a bad mood today. I should probably just go home and go back to sleep. Oh yeah, I have to work. Sucks.

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[anogete.livejournal.com]

I would go insane if I left it to the last minute. I've been bugging Jason about his for the past three weeks. He just decided to do them on Saturday. He *knowingly* left the money he got from the mutual funds sale out because he thought he would have to pay $4,000 in taxes on it. Years ago, he accidentally left out his capital gains and was never caught, so he thought he could get away with it. Even with the mutual funds sale left out, he still owes $400. When I saw it, I realized that he sold the mutual funds at a loss and could take three grand off his income, which would lower his taxes. So, he'd get $360 back from the federal government. However, the mutual funds were broken up into about fifty different items. And he had already filed his return, so an amendment would be needed. And that is beyond me. Amendments are scary. So, I talked him into going to someone who does this for a living. She immediately knew what was wrong and is working on it today. Jason's still sick over the whole thing because he thinks she's going to tell him he owes thousands of dollars, but I don't think that will be the case. Taxes should be much simpler than this.