It snowed today for the third time this season. Another unusual thing that is happening this year is that I am doing my own taxes. Last year, I went to HR Block, sat in a chair by a lady’s desk and watched her open a program that told her what numbers to enter and where exactly to find them in order to enter them. Then she charged me $300. I swear I am not kidding. What a racket they have going on there. I looked at her business card when it was all over with and she wasn’t even a CPA. Her card basically had her name, then underneath was the sentence “Can Type for Exorbitant Fees.”.
So I made the decision, quite easily I might add, to get my own program for 30 bucks and type in the numbers when prompted all by myself and, in the process, save $270. I opted for TurboTax, because it sounded super fast. Turbo!!! It’s right there in the name for crying out loud. And so I typed in numbers when prompted and now I am ready to file my taxes. And it didn’t cost me $300 plus a trip into town. It didn’t even take that long, although to be honest I thought it would be a little faster because of the Turbo part, but still it was over rather quickly. Now I can spend the money I save on useless crap like a tiny stand for my iPhone that makes it look like a miniature iMac. How freaking awesome is that?
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