Income tax time

I fill out our income tax return forms.  Unfortunately, I’m not very good at it.  You know that line of people you see at the tax office just before midnight on April 15.  I was in that line at least three times.  Probably the worst year was in the mid ‘80s when we had to sell our car to pay our taxes.

I usually pay a penalty because I don’t do that quarterly estimating thing.  It’s worth the penalty rather than having to deal with taxes four times during the year.

Tonight when I started to put the records in order I noticed that I don’t have a 1099R for my pension from the warehouse job.  I know that will be a hassle.  

I am proud that I never cheat.  One year I paid more than President Reagan.  (That was when presidents published how much they paid, not like the grifter currently in the White House.)  I declare scrap metal income, fair prize income, my piddling dividends from my New York Times stock, and the money I make from selling electricity to PPL from our solar panels.  Elon Musk needs that money for his contracts.