which_chick | (no subject) (Reply)

Today I did my taxes. I owe, but that's par for the course and I'm not overly upset or surprised about it. My withholding is correct, but as I have other, non-wage sources of income, I owe. I report my non-wage sources of income because that's the law. D'oh. I don't file quarterly estimated taxes because that pisses me off more than paying it all at once and eating the minimal penalty as a convenience fee for not having to file asinine quarterly estimateds. About a quarter of my income (26.25%) comes from non-wage sources. Neat. (Where did this number come from? I took [Total Income minus wages, tips, salaries, etc.] divided by Total Income, numbers from the first page of my 1040.) Ideally, I would like to have all of my income coming from non-wage sources. Ideally. I'm working on it. Give me time.

I also mulched the peonies and roses, a project that involved wading through about as much shit as doing my taxes.