Random Thoughts 18: The Year of Fire
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Still waiting for my state refund. I suppose that's what i get for waiting until the last day. Got my federal in a week though, but that wasn't that much, the state is a lot bigger.
Iowa is always different. You will get a federal refund but owe the state.
We lose our last child tax credit. That is going to hurt next year. The year after that we lose the college tax credit. Not looking forward to my income taxes in two years. Throw in that a couple major items time out In depreciation and I may need to find a couple more jobs.
We got a fed refund but had to pay the state a small amount this year. Funny thing though...a couple of weeks ago we got a check for 21 dollars and change from the state. Turns out we were charged a penalty because we didn't pay enough over the year...and they refunded about half of it. It's really hard to judge our income now because we don't get steady paychecks any more. We've had to pay in twice now...but this is the first time we were penalized. Ooops!
We've talked about paying quarterly but just haven't gotten around to it yet. And I never had to pay in April until after we retired. Lew had to a few times in his previous life because he owned businesses.
Found a bunch of expansion pex fittings in a bin for crimp pex, so I grabbed them all and put them in the correct spot. Those are 2 different things that are easily mistaken for each other. People who sort all the plumbing fittings at Menards need to know that. I'm sure there were a lot more that are mixed up.
Lew gets really frustrated with that. The plumbing and electrical fittings are always messed up at the Menards in Ames.
Went to a hardware store and needed stainless steel bolts/nuts. Looked in the bin and I’m positive they are not SS. So I test them and sure enough they are plain bolts/nuts. What I wanted was about a buck a piece whereas regular is about a nickel. So if people bought them, they were getting screwed over bad.
Now I saw a hawk fan. Yuck.
Iowa graduation ceremonies today, they showed highlights of yes you guessed it…C f’n C!!
Was disappointed in their ceremony today. Just seemed really blah.
One of the local sports broadcasts (kcci?) Showed Pacer highlights, I'm pretty sure the only reason they did was to show CC and Conner in a suite.
Was doing Young Eagle rides at the Iowa City airport this morning. Let’s just say it was a good reminder that wealthy kids go there too…Iowa graduation ceremonies today, they showed highlights of yes you guessed it…C f’n C!!
Was disappointed in their ceremony today. Just seemed really blah.
Happy Mother’s Day to the CF mamas
And RIP to all the men of CF who woke up realizing just now what day it was.
Yeah, I am waiting for the Feds to tell me how much I owe as a penalty. I ended up owing quite a bit, most years I am plus/minus a few hundred dollars but not this year.
True story - my son called at 8.30 this morning. HE reminded me what today was.
The first time we had to pay it was an eye-opener. Our income varies widely from month to month because part of it comes from our portfolio. And in October and January when we turn 70 each of us will be required by law to take a set amount out of our retirement. We decided to use the money manager Schwab offers to help us control things better. It has helped a LOT.
It was a lot easier when we had regular paychecks with actual withholding.
Ah well...
