I just did my taxes
Mar. 2nd, 2008 02:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dragojustineI already knew that one of the awesome things about working a patchwork of part-time and temp jobs is the HUGE tax refunds, but this year does beat all. Let's play a fun game. It's called "guess Justine's total tax liability for 2007."
$1000, you say? Lower. No, lower. Nope, keep going. Uh-uh, lower. Lower. Getting closer. Lower...
$36. Specifically, $36 to the state of California and $0 to the feds.
Apparently, this is the result of making an embarrassingly small amount of money (which, for the sake of my pride, we shall call "significantly less than $20k") and a tax credit for contributing to an retirement plan on a low income. *happy dance*
The crazy thing is I wasn't even expecting it- here I am, talking to little Mr. H&R Block Web Questionnaire, praying "oh please oh please oh please let me get enough back to stay at motels on the way to Dallas," when Mr. Questionnaire is like, "By the way, ma'am, any IRA or Roth IRA contributions?" and I'm like, "Well, now that you mention it, yes, Mr. Questionnaire" and then Mr. Questionnaire is like, "CONGRATULATIONS, you societal free-loader, you!" *showers of confetti*
$1000, you say? Lower. No, lower. Nope, keep going. Uh-uh, lower. Lower. Getting closer. Lower...
$36. Specifically, $36 to the state of California and $0 to the feds.
Apparently, this is the result of making an embarrassingly small amount of money (which, for the sake of my pride, we shall call "significantly less than $20k") and a tax credit for contributing to an retirement plan on a low income. *happy dance*
The crazy thing is I wasn't even expecting it- here I am, talking to little Mr. H&R Block Web Questionnaire, praying "oh please oh please oh please let me get enough back to stay at motels on the way to Dallas," when Mr. Questionnaire is like, "By the way, ma'am, any IRA or Roth IRA contributions?" and I'm like, "Well, now that you mention it, yes, Mr. Questionnaire" and then Mr. Questionnaire is like, "CONGRATULATIONS, you societal free-loader, you!" *showers of confetti*
