Tax Time

[madbean]

My god, I hate it.

My OSH Park prototyping total for 2012: $1234.35

At least I cut down a little from 2011!

[gtr2]

Me too!

I just finally finished my local today.  My state and fed has been done for about a month.  What a headache!

They make it hard to run a legitimate small business, that's for sure!

EDIT: not to mention the chunk of change THE MAN wants...

[alanp]

Remind me again how the American Colonies began their revolution over taxes? 

One good thing about being a meatworker, I just put down 'M SL' in my tax code and leave it at that. No one expects a meatworker to do hard maths

[atreidesheir]

I had a terrible year and received a refund.  yay

[jkokura]

I had a terrible year and received a refund.  yay

I hope 2013 is better for you charles!

Taxes in Canada are way different. We get taxed on every purchase we make, as opposed to getting taxed heavier 'by the man.' So, if I buy a chocolate bar for $1, I actually pay $1.10. But that means that I actually take home more of my pay, and at the end of the year I usually get a refund because of my situation.

Jacob

[davent]

In Canada they take it from us all year and then at the end of the year they pay thousands back but of course they don't pay any interest on the loan they've commandeered from you. (But that nice lump sum payout always does look pretty good.)

dave

[pickdropper]

I am not sure what the full tax laws are in Canada, but here in the Chicagoland area, we get 10% sales tax on every purchase we make and that is completely independent from the State and Federal taxes we are required to pay.  Some states don't have income tax and sales tax varies from state to state.

[davent]

Ontario=> Federal Income Tax, Provincial Income Tax, Provincial Health Insurance, Municipal Property Taxes, 13% Sales Tax on most things including snack foods, luckily real food is exempt. What have i missed... such is life!

dave

edit; I forgot Canada Pension Plan and Employment Insurance, collected by the Federal Government.

[icecycle66]

I would have had to send them an extra 21 cents. 

I can't handle it.

[pickdropper]

Ontario=> Federal Income Tax, Provincial Income Tax, Provincial Health Insurance, Municipal Property Taxes, 13% Sales Tax on most things including snack foods, luckily real food is exempt. What have i missed... such is life!

dave

edit; I forgot Canada Pension Plan and Employment Insurance, collected by the Federal Government.

Yeah, that sounds a bit worse than here, depending on what the rates are, of course.

[culturejam]

Remind me again how the American Colonies began their revolution over taxes? 

I'm certainly the last guy to wave a flag and be all jingo, but the "tax" part of the revolution was based around "taxation without representation". In other words, the colonies paid taxes to the motherland, but didn't have any MPs in Parliament. Had the Crown relented in this area, I think we could have avoided that whole mess, and we'd all be spelling our words like we were the serving wenches to France (colour, etc). 

There is a faction in America now that believes any and all taxes are evil, but that's got nothing to do with the old colonial rebellion.

[juansolo]

It's the neglect of U and the overuse of Z ( 'Zed' ) that always gets me.

[nzCdog]

Boo for tax time

[jvg13]

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[atreidesheir]

Yes.  Southern American dialect is more archaic than other dialects.  Much closer to ca.1600 English than the modern British.  And you are correct American English has more diverse influences.  There was a movement @1800 to reject British idioms and adapt French words.  Such as Nashboro changed its name to Nashville.