tax time is here, huh?

They're building a mud house on Dirty Jobs if anyone's interested.

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No, I'll punch him if I *DO* get a big refund.

I'll be within a couple hundred of break even either way. What will piss me off is when he gives me the final numbers about how much I gave the govt this year. If you knew your actual effective tax rate it would make you sick.

Well would you say its more than 40% of your income?

more boobies on "the sleeping dictionary", not Alba....

By the time you calculate in your income taxes, Socialist Insecurity, various luxury taxes, sales taxes paid (which you can get a really good estimate at), excise taxes, licensing fees, etc, etc, I can assure you that everyone on this board pays over 60% of what they make back the to the govt.

Oh, and that doesn't account for increased cost of goods due to business taxes, which most economists agree is just South of 30%.

Not I, said the full time student.

The price of Freedom, isn't it grand.....

...of course that's the beauty of the scheme, it's damn near impossible to get a complete grasp on how badly they're f**king you.

My parents have somebody else calculate my taxes, said another full time student.

A) Wanna bet?

B) They're just setting you up. They're investing in your future taxing potential.

So I'm drinking Negra Modela dark tonight. First time in probably 3 years I've had the stuff. Much better than I remember, which isn't very much.

Im guessing B