tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post7519242500265350088..comments2024-01-11T18:39:50.665+00:00Comments on Painting With Shadows: The innocent have nothing to fearKim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-50558413676795512152015-04-22T21:42:15.469+01:002015-04-22T21:42:15.469+01:00Guyana-Gyal - every year I contemplate skipping th...Guyana-Gyal - every year I contemplate skipping the country, just to avoid filling in the forms...Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-64999529341022597382015-04-22T11:23:37.823+01:002015-04-22T11:23:37.823+01:00"...the innocent live in perpetual fear of be..."...the innocent live in perpetual fear of being wrongly accused..."<br /><br />This says it for me!<br /><br />One little zero in the wrong place...leaving out a set of figures by mistake...Oh, the horror, the fear!<br /><br />It's awful.neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-13832869541158261882008-02-08T09:10:00.000+00:002008-02-08T09:10:00.000+00:00Pat - just watch a few episodes of "Bad Girls" and...<B>Pat</B> - just watch a few episodes of "Bad Girls" and I'm sure you'd have the screws wrapped round your finger in no time<BR/><BR/><B>Camsavwin</B> - welcome to my ramblings and thank you for taking the time to comment. <BR/><BR/>I know what you mean about the police - my foot automatically comes off the accelerator the moment I spot a police car, even if I'm already 10mph under the speed limit<BR/><BR/><B>Justin</B> - Your name changes are increasing in frequencyKim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-7987108648596189892008-02-07T11:08:00.000+00:002008-02-07T11:08:00.000+00:00There are innocent people?I had a similar experien...There are innocent people?<BR/><BR/>I had a similar experience here. Got my taxes in just in the nick of time.<BR/>Why did I wait until the last minute?<BR/>Because I'm an idiot, that's why!Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05802083243719644274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-45660024738232899192008-02-07T09:14:00.000+00:002008-02-07T09:14:00.000+00:00I'm getting audited. Sheesh. This'll mean lawyers,...I'm getting audited. Sheesh. This'll mean lawyers, I'm sure. Sheesh, again.<BR/><BR/>I feel about taxes the same way I do when a police car is behind me in traffic:<BR/><BR/>I have to keep reminding myself I'm not guilty of anything.<BR/><BR/>Amazing that you can feel guilty even when you're not? This is what "The innocent have nothing to fear" leads us to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-9172982728009908642008-02-06T16:47:00.000+00:002008-02-06T16:47:00.000+00:00Taxes and insurance are beyond me and I become a t...Taxes and insurance are beyond me and I become a total blonde. So far - with two husbands who are good at that sort of thing I've got away with it. Would they send an elderly lady to prison?Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-77016470865949379922008-02-06T10:27:00.000+00:002008-02-06T10:27:00.000+00:00Birdwatcher - it's the online thing - if the compu...<B>Birdwatcher</B> - it's the online thing - if the computer tells them it's ok, it must be<BR/><BR/><B>Archivalist</B> - phew, that's a relief...Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-34560200741655509992008-02-06T00:23:00.000+00:002008-02-06T00:23:00.000+00:00It's the Second Amendment (GUNS!) ueber alles now....It's the Second Amendment (GUNS!) ueber alles now. Free speech? Feh. No self-incrimination? Hey, like you said: if you're innocent, you have nothing to fear. Former Attorney General Ed Meese put it best: "Police do not arrest innocent people."Archivalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017326976783821842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-59979807333344079722008-02-05T21:46:00.000+00:002008-02-05T21:46:00.000+00:00I did mine at the last minute as usual. I had been...I did mine at the last minute as usual. I had been telling HMCR for the last two years that I did not need to do one anymore as all my income was collected via PAYE. They refused to listen and insisted that I filled one in SO I did. And I managed to do it online. I was dead pleased with myself. On Friday 1 February they sent me a letter saying that they had reviewed my files and agreed that I no longer needed to do one! Perhaps they have a sense of humour?The Birdwatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05682268406484192602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-50227871645717022782008-02-05T19:39:00.000+00:002008-02-05T19:39:00.000+00:00Mary - filling in Japanese forms? I shudder to thi...<B>Mary</B> - filling in Japanese forms? I shudder to think...<BR/><BR/><B>Cactusfreek</B> - yup, I think I'd need to change my underwear after a demand like that<BR/><BR/><B>Sarah</B> - it's true that the instruction leaflets can be longer than the returns!<BR/><BR/><B>Brave Astronaut</B> - when I was running my web design business, I was VAT registered, so had to submit VAT returns every 3 months. this meant I had to keep on top of the figures. Unfortunately, now I back to annual returns it all has a habit of building up to the point of panic<BR/><BR/><B>Anna</B> - well we're always told the Californians are more laid back than the rest of the world (apart from the Dutch, perhaps)<BR/><BR/><B>Tom</B> - the problem with credit card companies is the only people on the other end of the phone are people who hate their job and just want to get home at the end of the day with as little hassle as possible - and it's easier to say no that go out of their way to help you.<BR/><BR/><B>Archivalist</B> - No Fifth? But that's all we know about the American Constitution - you can carry firearms and not answer anyone's questions...<BR/><BR/><B>Sam</B> - massage his shoulders, make him a strong hot chocolate with extra marshmallows and cream and tell him how manly he is and how much you appreciate his looking after his family in this way<BR/><BR/><B>Tom</B> - I'll be handing out rugs later to shoot across the floor onKim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-14178551769138022662008-02-05T18:58:00.000+00:002008-02-05T18:58:00.000+00:00I'm diggin' the new look here Kim; very stylish an...I'm diggin' the new look here Kim; very stylish and slick. Makes me want to tread lightly though, so I don't slip on the waxed floor. :)Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04338367408403679236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-32188224154631468722008-02-05T17:45:00.000+00:002008-02-05T17:45:00.000+00:00Oooh, I like that crevasse analogy.I have been try...Oooh, I like that crevasse analogy.<BR/><BR/>I have been trying to read this for days now but kept getting interrupted by one thing or another.<BR/><BR/>My husband usually does our taxes while I stand beside him and soothe his outraged snorts away. It's a difficult week in the house, that one. Even the girls seem hushed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-22013661754997069022008-02-05T16:23:00.000+00:002008-02-05T16:23:00.000+00:00Kim, there is no 'Fifth' in this country any more,...Kim, there is no 'Fifth' in this country any more, except on paper. And the liquor stores.Archivalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017326976783821842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-11439972041123234992008-02-04T20:23:00.000+00:002008-02-04T20:23:00.000+00:00I remember being on the phone one afternoon a few ...I remember being on the phone one afternoon a few years ago *begging* a credit card company not to raise my interest rate to 29.5% from 7.5% for being late by a few days. Not quite Guantanamo Bay, but my prison nonetheless.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04338367408403679236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-63098965386302216842008-02-04T16:58:00.000+00:002008-02-04T16:58:00.000+00:00In 15 years of living in California, I never once ...In 15 years of living in California, I never once got the tax form correct. You know what they did? They corrected it and sent me the refund. I'm not going to go messing with the Feds, but I think if you screw up, they can handle it.Anna van Schurmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545037218589039870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-57940810043919554092008-02-04T15:37:00.000+00:002008-02-04T15:37:00.000+00:00Ah, taxes. Our founding fathers idea of a cruel j...Ah, taxes. Our founding fathers idea of a cruel joke on their descendants.<BR/><BR/>For many years, I was an "EZ" form guy. Then I took a job where they did not take out taxes and I had to file quarterly taxes to save myself from a $20K tax bill at the end of the year.<BR/><BR/>Now I own a house and I might actually start seeing a refund again. But I won't know that until my accountant finishes with my taxes.<BR/><BR/>I don't do my own anymore. It's not worth the stress.Brave Astronauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13893671129001583065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-53562822724832747432008-02-04T01:01:00.000+00:002008-02-04T01:01:00.000+00:00ech.. i feel your pain. a two page tax form here (...ech.. i feel your pain. a two page tax form here (US) required 17 pages of instruction..<BR/><BR/>make any sense?<BR/><BR/>oh and i always ef up on the EZ forms from the state.. there is nothing easy about them, they are arse backwards!sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668939110660039602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-57241932365781059402008-02-03T22:20:00.000+00:002008-02-03T22:20:00.000+00:00I've never lodged a tax return in my life. My husb...I've never lodged a tax return in my life. My husband has always just added my details in the "Spouse" section.<BR/>Late last year i got a letter in the mail from the tax department, demanding i lodge tax returns for the past 6 years within a month or get fined $10.000. Well... I shat myself!<BR/>In that time i've had bank accounts opened and closed, A casual job where the business had closed down and the owner was who-knew-where....oh my goodness, so many road blocks!<BR/>But we did it. I haven't heard back from the tax office so hopefully it was all ok. But geez, i hope that never happens again, and i'lllodge my own return from now on!TitanThirteenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06409728436640335599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-9767249048884854202008-02-03T20:24:00.000+00:002008-02-03T20:24:00.000+00:00Ooh, my sympathies, and thanks for reminding me!Go...Ooh, my sympathies, and thanks for reminding me!<BR/><BR/>God, I hate doing my taxes! I've been filing an American return for all the time I've lived abroad, and in Japan, we had to file a Japanese return too, and that job fell to me. I felt so sorry for the fellow down at the City Hall who I used to consult: he assumed it was the language that threw me, but he soon learned it was the math. All I have to do is see numbers and my heart goes cold. Every year when tax time rolled around, I felt like hibernating.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-21161937736391260182008-02-03T16:22:00.000+00:002008-02-03T16:22:00.000+00:00Carole - remember, citizen, your government has yo...<B>Carole</B> - remember, citizen, your government has <I>your</I> interests at heart. Listen to us. Listen to us. Listen to us...<BR/><BR/><B>KarateMom</B> - if you have half an idea how to use spreadsheets on your computer, it's considerably cheaper than buying tax software.<BR/><BR/><B>Jupiter's Girl</B> - they have simpler versions here if you earned less than £15K or more than £15 million...<BR/><BR/><B>Savannah</B> - there is no Fifth in this counry. In fact, remaining silent is allowed to be seen as hiing a guilty secret - remember, the innocent have nothing to fear...<BR/><BR/><B>Freakazojd</B> - I think Taxitis is a condition created from driving about in too many taxis<BR/><BR/><B>Oblivion Seeker</B> - just down several pints before you start - it'll be a piece of piss (now that I look at it, I don't think I've ever actually written that expression down before)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-58752964025041322452008-02-03T13:00:00.000+00:002008-02-03T13:00:00.000+00:00When I lived in the UK I was used to PAYE, with my...When I lived in the UK I was used to PAYE, with my tax automatically coming ot of my pay each month... over here that option does not exist, and my tax forms for last year just arrived too. Really not looking forward to it!Oblivion Seekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964651640088211020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-34876849533264169352008-02-03T06:00:00.000+00:002008-02-03T06:00:00.000+00:00I HATE doing taxes. I am extremely fortunate in t...I HATE doing taxes. I am extremely fortunate in that my mother-in-law LOVES doing taxes. (Not to digress, but I think she may be ill. Is there such a thing as "taxitis"?) The result is that I haven't done my own taxes for years. That will have to change at some point, but I'm sure enjoying it now! :)<BR/>Good luck...I feel for you, I really do!Freakazojdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08059402583495865454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-43734174524497582742008-02-03T03:06:00.000+00:002008-02-03T03:06:00.000+00:00i plead the Fifth on this one, sugar.(just in case...i plead the Fifth on this one, sugar.<BR/><BR/>(just in case THEY read your blog)savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-26737700023146033462008-02-03T02:04:00.000+00:002008-02-03T02:04:00.000+00:00Excellent post, Kim. So funny and true. I had to ...Excellent post, Kim. So funny and true. <BR/><BR/>I had to give up the task of doing our own taxes a few years ago. I seemed to make a mistake somewhere in the form, that changed everything and delayed our return by months, for several years in a row. It only caused more anxiety as I tried to figure out the "correction" form and do that right. I invariably had to call the toll free # on the form to get help filling that out. <BR/><BR/>So, hat's off for getting that out of the way. Release the guilt.Jupiter's Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071415384252770418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-69924763558486402622008-02-02T20:11:00.000+00:002008-02-02T20:11:00.000+00:00LOL..Having been self employed for many years I co...LOL..Having been self employed for many years I completely relate to a lot of your post. All the calculations and figuring out deductions etc .. I was very similar in I would lock myself in little room in the basement for the better part of 3 days and sift through all the receipts and forms until I emerged victorious.<BR/><BR/>We have to have ours done in April but usually begin in February.<BR/>This year however, will be my easiest year..<BR/>I am no longer self employed so I only have to buy the income tax software program for the computer and punch in the numbers and let the computer do all the calculations!!!!<BR/><BR/>( on the downside now that I am no longer self employed I really don't make as much either lol )karatemomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04208731490933555532noreply@blogger.com