I have sat on this couch for 10 hours, working on my taxes. On the plus side, I got to sit in my wonderful living room all day with the door and window open, which I NEVER get to do. I love my front room and I never get to enjoy it. *sigh* I swear to you, once I get Greycat completely shut down, I'm locking the basement door for, like, a month. I'm looking forward to enjoying the rest of the house. :)
I actually got a TON done. My harddrive crashed in September, so I had to go back and reconstruct all my business data. This is why I keep paper records. (Yes, I know, I should have backed up. I learned my lesson.)
Today I:
OK, it dosen't sound like a lot, but that actually took a LONG time. Seriously. Now I'm going through my bank statements and cross-refrencing them against my receipts, to make sure I didn't miss anything. Although I try to be really good about keeping my receipts, I usually $1,000 worth of receipts go AWOL every year. Cross-refrencing with my bank statements is an extra step, but it saves me money in the long run.
After that I'll pull togther all the household expenses, pop it all into Turbotax, and it'll be done. One more good night of it and it should be teh awesomeness.
Business was slow this year, so I think my taxable income is going to be pleasantly low. Which means that (hopefully!) I'll be eligible for some decent financial aid/grants for school in the fall. Keep your fingers crossed for me that I'm poor enough to merit some gov't $$$. ;)
For the record, my mortgage interest statement makes me happy (yay! get to write it off on the taxes!) and sad (OMFG, I paid *how much in interest*?!?!?). It's freakish.