What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[ElkinFencer10]

Change in your deductions?

I think a lot of deductions got eliminated because I actually claimed more this year (I didn't bother tracking my medical expenses or out of pocket expenses for classroom supplies, and last year was the first year I paid a vehicle tax, so that's another deduction). All of my fellow teachers are apparently paying a LOT more this year, and a lot of my non-teacher friends in North Carolina have said they're paying more in both federal and state taxes this year, as well.

If only I could get in on some of those loopholes for the top 1%...

[prfsnl_gmr]

Isn't it crazy how that's works?! Our state legislature is pretty much the worst.

[TSTR]

Cancer's in trouble.

hell yeh

[Xeogred]

Was a bit dreadful to see all the other shit Bret's been dealing with lately. That was quite a list on his FB post. That stroke must have really messed him up. 58 is too young for all that.

[Jmustang1968]

Change in your deductions?

I think a lot of deductions got eliminated because I actually claimed more this year (I didn't bother tracking my medical expenses or out of pocket expenses for classroom supplies, and last year was the first year I paid a vehicle tax, so that's another deduction). All of my fellow teachers are apparently paying a LOT more this year, and a lot of my non-teacher friends in North Carolina have said they're paying more in both federal and state taxes this year, as well.

If only I could get in on some of those loopholes for the top 1%...

I got a better discount this year than last. Also had a kid, so that helped, but even without it would've been a little bit better.

[MrPopo]

If you adopt a kid on December 31st and then give him back to the orphanage on January 1st can you still get the full deduction when you file your taxes?

[samsonlonghair]

If you adopt a kid on December 31st and then give him back to the orphanage on January 1st can you still get the full deduction when you file your taxes?

Nah, the IRS gets suspicious. It works better if you adopt the kid on December 26th (no Xmas presents) then take him on a "field trip" to the sausage factory on January 2nd.

[Ack]

Change in your deductions?

I think a lot of deductions got eliminated because I actually claimed more this year (I didn't bother tracking my medical expenses or out of pocket expenses for classroom supplies, and last year was the first year I paid a vehicle tax, so that's another deduction). All of my fellow teachers are apparently paying a LOT more this year, and a lot of my non-teacher friends in North Carolina have said they're paying more in both federal and state taxes this year, as well.

If only I could get in on some of those loopholes for the top 1%...

Did you claim deductions for all of those school supplies you bought out of pocket?

[prfsnl_gmr]

Did you claim deductions for all of those school supplies you bought out of pocket?

It is really, really sad that public school teachers in our state have to do this, BTW...Not only does this state - which once prized public education - now pay its public school teachers less than almost every other state in the country, it has also slashed education budgets to the point where, to obtain basic supplies like paper and pencils, teachers have to purchase them out-of-pocket despite funding from our so-called "education" lottery...(which, in reality, is just a way of diverting funds that normally would have been spent on education to our legislature's political).

[Ack]

Of course, but he made a comment about the 1% and their taxes. This is one way they get them so low, by claiming as many deductions as possible.