Doing Taxes....

[alfreda89]

I hate %$## taxes. I have always had complicated taxes, because I file Schedule Cs, and I invest when I have the money, and sell things when I need money, and so on. So, I'm ready to print the stupid thing, and once again it wants to know why my car use is less than last year.

Because I'm sick and my business has faded and now closed and the car is parked in the driveway needing $3000 of work it won't get, because it's a 1995 Mazda I bought in 9/94? Isn't this enough?

I bought TurboTax originally just to keep track of depreciation. I did a straight line 5/year on the car, because it was 3.5 years old when I started using it! But I always let the system do it, because they change the rules on depreciation every 4-5 years just to make sure we lose a weekend to doing taxes.

Does anyone get theirs done on these extra sheets faster than I do? No -- I don't do carry-over from Quicken, because a few times lines have changed. do NOT want to go there.


Yes, they do keep up with these things. So far I've always been right, until they asked for $35.04 more in July of 2006 for my 2005 taxes.

But it may be time to get an accountant. That hasn't worked out before, for amusing reasons I won't go into. But I can always try again!

I will go mail W's, and weigh my last year's for postage...grumble....