Ah the tax man

This Saturday morning, I finally sat down with a nice cup of tea and turbo tax and walked through all my paperwork. I had originally done this a couple of weeks ago, but I discovered a slight mistake in my HSA contribution calculation. So, I decided to spend a couple of hours walking through the program with a fine tooth comb.

I should note that while I was doing said walk through of program, my handyman was putting in a new front and back door. I felt the need to bounce questions off of him. Turns out he was a wealth of knowledge. He was the one who informed me that the supplies I bought for my kitchen redo were considered personal property. Cha Ching. He also informed me that I could count the days I worked from home during the year as home office.

Who knew? Well, I guess a lot of people know that. I usually just do an pretty easy tax filing. I don't really have much. My house. My car. My cat.

Anyway, my refund is pretty small this year, but I actually don't have an issue with that. It means they are taking out the right amount of money. I was brought up to believe you should be around zero during tax time every year, if you get a refund, it means the government is holding on to your money too long.

I guess that's another monkey off my back.