Confessions of a Fugitive Mind
April 14, 2006
Five on Friday for April 14, 2006
Taxation Without Representation
- 1. Have you filed your taxes yet?
- Technically, Jon filed them for us a couple months ago. I had almost nothing to do with it, other than getting copies of a couple forms to him since we filed jointly.
- 2. Do you use e-file or the old fashioned paper forms?
- I've been using e-file for the last few years because it's so much easier (and faster!).
- 3. Do you do your taxes by hand, with the help of computer software, or do you hire an accountant or tax firm?
- I can do them by hand and have in the past, but the advent of TurboTax online and similar applications has made doing them by hand seem downright uncivilized. I like knowing that I could do them if I had to.
- 4. How soon do you do your taxes? Are you a procrastinator or do you do you start them before you even have all of the supporting documents?
- I may be a procrastinator at heart, but I think the latest I've ever waited was April 1. I traditionally do them after my birthday, but Jon was even speedier this year.
- 5. Imagine you were subjected to a tax law like the Stamp Act of 1765. Would you be willing and able to give up your favorite beverages (coffee, Diet Coke, etc.) and manufactured goods in a boycott like many women did during the American Revolution?
- I never realized how involved women were in the American Revolution until I read about the huge boycotts they organized in Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts. They were some seriously dedicated women. While I'm sure I could give up shopping or soda, I'm not sure I would want to. It would have to be in support of a large movement and a lot of people would have to participate. We're so dependant upon manufactured goods these days that it would be hard to organize a truly successful boycott. I mean, unless a significant percentage of the population participated, the world wouldn't notice. That's probably why I respect the women of that era so much, because they were able to move so many people to make those sacrifices for the good of the colonies.
Posted by criminal at April 14, 2006 10:48 AM