Dads Are better at Taxes

So it is almost April 15th and I have yet to begin doing my taxes. I have done this for no comprehensible reason. I got all my W-2's and 1099's together and have been driving them around for the last few months in a file folder,in my back seat or trunk. They have been ready for months.

I usually do my taxes at my parents for the following reasons:

1. My parents still receive some of my mail even though I own a house and receive mail there regularly.

2. My father buys Turbo Tax every year and that is cheaper for me.

3. Unlike my friends, my parents do not have an accountant who will do them for me.

4. My brother does his taxes there so why shouldn't I.

5. If anything goes wrong (meaning I own $) I can yell at my Dad about it.

6. If I don't know what the f TurboTax is talking abut then again I can yell at my Dad.

For the first time ever I may be filing an extension, clearly starting this blog was more important!

So I did file my taxes last night with my fathers help. I was trying to "work the numbers" so I would receive a return rather than have to give, and discovered that if you can find someone to charge you $1,000,000.00 to do your taxes you can receive a handsome return and then they can claim the monies as bad debt! I enjoyed showing my brother this strategy but was brutally rebuffed by my mother she claimed it would be considered "tax fraud"... the only tax fraud is that I had to pay taxes again! I know the basics of how taxes work but am often unsure when it comes to these finer points.

Before I woke up this morning I was dreaming about giving my taxes to someone else to do, so then I could relax on April 14th... perhaps next year!