It's time for my annual paean to Turbo Tax.
Like many people (not you, of course, surely not you) I put off doing my taxes. I don't wait until the last minute anymore; now I do them sometime between March 15 and April 5. But still, it's not like I'm anxious to get to this annual chore.
For whatever reasons — some books I've read recently suggest the primary reason is "fear" — I procrastinate. I find other, higher priority tasks to do instead. I have to wash my hair… do the laundry… read a book… feed the cats. Something, (anything!) else.
But today, I got out my paperwork folder, installed the software, and did what needed to be done. There's a whole bunch of bunch of questions, a lot of clicking "No", and, occasionally, I entered a number and checked off another piece of paper. It took about an hour.
Turbo Tax imports last years data to start and can even download W-2 information from over the 'Net.
Doing my taxes will never be "fun", but it's just not difficult anymore. (The lizard brain still doesn't believe me; it hid under a mental rock during the entire process.)
Now, if TurboTax could only handle the rest of the papers and data I have to save and file during the year…
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