#me paying my taxes this year:

[inkskinned]

100,000 dollars is not a lot of money.

it is also a lot more money than i will ever have. my student loans make up half of that - they're coming back, i'm told, like we all bounced back recently. the other day while paying for gas to go to work, i overdrew my account without knowing it.

i sat in the car and looked at the charge and tried to do the math. where the fuck is the money even going? i don't live extravagantly. i live in a hole in the ground, in an apartment the size of a sneeze; covered in ants. yes, i wanted to live close to a population center. maybe that's my fault. i've downloaded the apps and i've spoken to the experts and i've cut back on excess. i can't help the pharmacy bills or the medical debt.

i have a good, well-paying job. when i googled it to see if i was getting a fair salary, i found out i'd be making "upper middle class" money. which doesn't make sense - is "upper middle class" now just "able to afford a one-bedroom without a roommate". when i was younger, upper-middle meant a nice big house and a backyard and vacations and not flinching about eating at a resturant.

i was talking to my friend who is a realtor. he said 100,000 dollars is extremely cheap for housing. he's not wrong. 100,000 dollars would change my life. 100,000 dollars also won't really buy you anything. it could get you out of debt, potentially, if you were lucky and had a certain amount of scholarships to tack onto your degree. you could pay off the car and then have enough left over for "spending" money. how fucking amazing. one vacation, maybe two if you're thrifty. and then - like magic - the money would evaporate into nothing. people would sigh and tell you see, you should have put it into savings! like "upper middle class" people can't afford to value "actually living" over squirrelling wealth. you should spend your life only in scarcity. like that is what made the rich people all their real "actually a lot of money".

100,000 dollars would literally set me free. it also would just set me back to "earning normally" instead of paying down debt into infinity. god, do you know how many of us just want that? that our first thought is we could stop scrambling and just be free of debt if we won the lottery? that we don't even necessarily need to stop working - we just wouldn't have to worry about failing or falling?

and. at the same time. 100,000 dollars is next to fucking nothing.

#writeblr #me paying my taxes this year: #haha good to know im literally doing more for my community out of my tiny apartment #than most corporations will do in their entire scope! :) these motherfuckers will NEVER pay taxes!!! #bc they lobby others to be sure we CHOKE :) !!! #i hope this is clear like. this isn't someone being like ''haha if i got 100k it wouldn't be a big deal'' #it's more like. the gap between corporations and the ppl WORKING in those corporations #has become HORRIFIC. 100k to the company i work for is like. pocket change to them. #and it is LIFE CHANGING for me. #they could cut me a check for 100k tomorrow and not even budge their margin of error

[reasonsforhope]

If you're wondering why I set up ko-fi membership stuff after I really resisted monetizing in any way for so long, btw... Honestly, it's because taxes and some big surprise vet bills this month kinda. decimated my savings. by a lot.

Normally I'm okay enough financially, but I'm in a really high cost of living area, and it's just been a really rough month in a lot of different ways.

So, if you're interested in supporting me or my work, whether it's with a membership or a one-time thing or whatever - and only if you can genuinely afford it - that would honestly be amazing and more helpful than I strictly like to admit

As an extra incentive, if this ko-fi thing goes well, I'll commit to actually answering asks and shit again lol

Either way <3 <3 to all of you

#me #admin #blog business #not news #ko fi #the federal tax system is fucking broken #literally appalling that I made below the poverty line last year and still owed $2k in taxes #that should be illegal to do to anyone #not that “the US tax system is broken” is news to anyone but yknow it bears repeating #vet bills are like medical bills also super broken in the us #I should not have to pay this much money just to say goodbye to my baby #..................yeah like I said rough month #maybe keep me and my baby Roo in your thoughts this week #that would be really kind <3

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

the high prices of fucking Everything is so exhausting i stg

#i need to take an uber to the vet TEN MINUTES AWAY #i repeat IT IS A TEN MINUTE DRIVE #and its gonna cost me nearly 60 bucks. the FUCK #and who knows how much the checkup for my cats is gonna cost #let alone whatever prescription they need for the long drive #im so tired. im so so tired #its moments like these where i can see my future #ah yes. working 9-5 for a company that sees me as nothing more than a tool to be replaced when broken #just barely scraping by on minimum wage in a world where that isnt enough to pay for essentials #left with no time or energy to actually enjoy being alive or do the things i love #years and years of the same exact shit over and over and over again hating every second #and KNOWING it could be so much better but also knowing that it fucking Cant. sigh #sorry sorry im just. angry again at the absolute state of things #i would love to love life but my fucking god the world at large makes it tough #white-knuckling the little things once again #man its just. its so STUPID lmao #like why are we torturing ourselves like this? why are we just Accepting this #life could be so great but stupid shit like taxes and inflation and utilities exist #most of the shit we have to pay for should be free. it should be free. #it shouldnt be difficult to Live just because the majority of us don't have the fake fucking paper to buy things #its pointless its ridiculous and it makes me furious #why should i kill myself just to survive huh. why should i. why should any of us. #we all deserve to fuckin. idk enjoy sunsets and good food and art and each others' company. #instead everyone's stressing themselves to death over making rent and getting groceries and paying bills. fuck. #id love to be able to create art that Sells and open a shop or something #but also the thought of creating purposefully marketable art purely to make money fucking kills me inside #comms are one thing but... just... sighing sighing sighing. man idk #i just dont know. ill deal but everytime i manage to think positively reality comes in with a sledgehammer and now i want to go back to bed #the point is to live BUT YA CANT FUCKIN LIVE BC POINTLESS STUFF REIGNS SUPREME. WHO'S GONNA COMMIT ARSON W ME CMON LETS GO #this stupid fucking country and this stupid fucking government. i hate it here

[darkwood-sleddog]

working with the public or as i like to call it "baby boomer babysitter club"

#not dogs #i'm sorry but i am TIRED of handholding people 65 and older through basic tasks they've been doing my whole life #like paying their taxes BY CHECK #or voting!!! #we do a majority of our voting via mail in ballot here #but that's not something done at a federal level #and the second they can't receive it automatically in their mailbox without making a request #they're like ?????? how??? like um...we've only been voting by mail for 4 years and you're 70 #all you need to do is tell me you want it mailed to you and i got u boo #like please just CALL and ask me if you have a question i'm begging #instead of circulating mass confusion and misinformation in your group of friends as if i don't post at least once a week #direct instructions for what you're looking for

[cherrystonefemme]

My favorite moments from my lesbian™️ professional life:

1- That time I got to tell a nun that until she was ready to behave more maturely we would not be having a conversation

2- The terrified look on my well-meaning boss's face when I said "Are you aware that one of the signs in the front hall has the word faggot?"

#listen. #could i have said ''one of the signs uses homophobic language?'' yes. #would that have garnered such immediate response? #we will never know. #f slur #look so long as bitches are calling me a faggot i am going to use my ability to reclaim as chaotic good. #its the impact babes. oh you cant say that here? then why is it on the wall? #to their credit it was immediately ripped down. #she litterally had Never Noticed. #it was one of those old tattoo memes like- what does your tattoo placement mean? #and theyre all bad of course. like #your taxes pay for my prision stay. i have never and will never be employed. barbies first tattoo. shit like that #and the back was something like butterfly wings or equivelent faggy lameness #apparently its been up for years and neither of them had ever closely looked at it #okay to reblog

[roitaminnah]

er something something thinking about when ppkm started changing their hairstyles and then another adult ppkm almost kissing they keep doing this on my canvas guys get them out of here!! I'm trying to work!

#roi draws #butterfly soup #ppkm #throws these at you and pretends to not be so busy that I have to constantly be taking heart rate lowering medication 24/7 #sweats sweats sweats sorry can I for a moment. I need to do a LARGE amount of math I need to pay my taxes before sunday ?? I need to pack #150 more puppy orders I need to edit 101 photos and take and edit an additional 248 i have to do my LAUNDRY i need to clean #I need to draw ppkm at least once a day or I'll die. I have a fanfiction i am supposed to be updating sorry guys u didn't come here for my #to do list you came here for my ppkm thoughts! okay ppkm thoughts #PERSONALLY i think that they probably change their hairstyles before they leave high school . halfway through senior year? #but honestly I don't . maybe not ponytail noelle till college (that was my ponytail era before i chopped it so so short . ) um and. #something very intimate about hair. brushing hair touching hair. hair compliments. Idk. I just think it's neat I think they are in gay love #NOVEL TAGS!! #about me #ig since i rambled for so long. this is embarrassing. #OH WAIT one more thing. miniature cameo of the senior year outfits balls on my face designed <3

[getvalentined]

I have Done The Taxes, much later in the year than I usually do because hell world, but they're done and that's what matters.

#for the record #I do my own taxes #and my sisters' taxes #both of them #I've been doing it for like 12 years #I haven't paid for tax filing software since 2015 #I also haven't had an issue with doing my own taxes ever #it's complicated as a general rule #because hell country #but if you've just got a W-2 and no HSA or investments #it's pretty easy #I always feel bad #when people are intimidated out of it #and pay $$$$ to have someone else do it #even when their returns are SUPER simple #if you've just got a W-2 #and you don't have any investments #you can do your own taxes #very easily #trust me

[somecunttookmyurl]

i run hot i never have the heating on except for like an hour to dry laundry i do not require support for heating. but the price of electricity got hiked again in october and my bill last month was £247 so absolutely eat shit

#literally lived in my old flat *without* a heating system for 7 years and it bothered me on like. 3 days a year maybe #im not paying £250 they can get resoundly fucked that is literally just a staying at home tax #if i wasnt disabled and had like. a job i would not be using electricity in mine own home all day #but i will pay them just enough to shut up about not being paid

[bonesandpoemsandflowers]

i can do this i can do this i can do this (file my taxes a day late) i can do this i can do this if i consume enough coffee i can do this i can do this i can

#yes i've had my rx stimulants too today! it is just. #i've never filed on time in my life #i was SO CLOSE this year #idk i know i've been held at gun point and knife point in my life but those are intense and one way or another v temporary problems #tax forms????????? formless boundless anticipatory dread forever #one year i filed so late that e-filing was CLOSED #I had to PRINT OUT MY FORMS and MAIL THEM to the IRS #do not reccomend #sometimes i truly understand my father #mister yeah I want hazard pay sure send me to negotiate with terrorists idfc yolo fuck it we ball. just get me a really good secretary #mister I have highly personal beef with several legitimate insurgency leaders and have had literal bounties on my head #mister “sweetheart i mailed your birthday present to your address from five years ago can you handle it” #like. i get it. i get it! I would also rather have heavy problems limited in time #paperwork that can get you audited is way scarier #paperwork where the punishment for getting it wrong is like. a lot more paperwork #okay! i have blogged about my personal failings. #time to actually do something useful #about me

[pushpitprincess]

im 24 now. how wild. im gonna have to grow up soon :< waaa

#im getting to the point where i always imagined id be a real adult by now and 10 yr old me was right. i am #i pay taxes and bills and i can support and love people around me and i do big girl stuff #but i still want to hide under the blankets and i need my hand held a lot #n thats ok. there r people in this world kind and loving enough to hold my hand without resentment #i never got to be a little girl and i feel like its happening now but with 23 years of baggage on my back. how odd

[daintydoilypon]

HAVE YOU PAID YOUR TAXES YET?

"He's been doing my taxes for like 3 years and I have no idea how to do a contract work tax form. I'm either gonna do it with my parents or Silo's dad, who is very good with numbers, soon though."

#tmi tuesday #My CPA was able to like cut my taxes from 1.8k to 800 last year it was insane #no one is gonna be able to do that for me now and I'm kinda scared of the amount I'll have to pay

[natequarter]

history is always weirder than you think but the sixteenth century is particularly insane

#🗡️ #(to peasant from 1353) in 200 years the eldest daughter of a king will overthrow his still living niece's daughter in a coup :) #(peasant) please just help me pay my taxes

[kit-williams]

A Momrad to Konrad post

Guess who finally met the consequences of his own actions?

That's right my lil night lord finally fucked around and found out.

He's fine he just fell out of his bassinet which was a foot drop onto the carpet but it scared him. He's now passed out on me (which he only does on dadtarion ((or the dad haunter still playing around with names)) )

But yeah night lord is fine just got spooked. He "spoke" to grandma and cheered up.

In other news my car still fucked. Have to wait to go back to work till Wednesday because we can't get a rental car before then and I because of where I work... I wouldn't be able to bring my phone with me on my commute to work, because I couldn't guarantee a phone locker, which dadtarion does not want momrad to be in an unsafe situation.

#momrad to konrad #baby night lord shenanigains #my little konrad #my little night lord #life update #my car still fucked #my husband is planning on murder #he really hates our car at the moment #they almost couldn't find the part which is crazy #the car is only 5 years old and you're telling me they discontinued making the part already? #we blame covid #but still #momrad #dad haunter #or it's going to be #dadtarion #but my mom is helping with paying for the car rental so thats great #please hurry up tax return we need that money

[corpseofkingminos]

back in april i bought the really ugly fucked up vash plushie on ebay and it was coming all the way from texas to where i live (brazil) he was taking a little too long for my liking so i went to check with my dad where he was and we found out hes been stuck in sao paulo since may 15th bc theres an importation tax i still need to pay. this doodle is to represent my grief and my sorrow of knowing hes spent more than two weeks stuck inside a box somewhere in sao paulo

#trigun #this plushie has caused me so much grief its fucking unreal how much suffering iim going through just to get this little guy #fisrt i had to sacrifice three days of sleep to complete a comission for an irl so i could get the money in time #((yk how it is with ebay)) #i was freaking out for like a week about him. hes the reason people in my class find me insane. #and now this now hes stuck in sao paulo bc i have to go to correios and pay the tax. or something. i dont knwo. #my dads going through all of this with me so its all chill plus !! aparently nothing will happen to you if you take too long to pay #unless its like years and stuff

[da-riya]

Highlights from my EU4 Austria game up to 1600s

#og post #eu4 #pdx games #not in order but still funny #Had the worst RNG I didn't get any Personal Unions peacefully and had to fight wars to get Milan & Hungary & Bohemia & Brandenburg as PUs #Burgundy fully evaded my grasp and all of this got me so hated I got excommunicated and lost the election to Fucking Pfalz #I'm calling them the German name cuz it's more cringe then The Palatenate #(3 of the 7 electors are literally Theocracies what do you expect. Excommunication and the religious league wars were the end of me) #I got so pissed I switched to the Protestant side of the 30 year war and curbstomped Pfalz but only to sign the Treaty of Westphalia #Allowing me to gitch out and become an Easter Orthodox Christian member of the HRE (since it's peace between ALL Christians after all) #I can't even begin to explain how funny this is. Everyone picked sides based on me being Catholic! #When I switched sides all my allies were my enemies and all my enemies were my allies now. #Everyone lined up to kick my ass and I joined the queue. Then we beat up on some kid instead of me #Anyhow I also married into England without an heir and just... Got a Tudor as heir. The game pesters me to bring back the Habsburgs but no #It's better this way cause then I can try to take control over all the other Tudors (they hate me so that'd be hard) #England rebelled during my orthodox rebellion and so became an independent state seperate from Britian. Those are now two distrinct entitie #There's a England and there's a UK but they're nowhere near each other #And England wants to colonize overseas despit being landlocked. Like... No. Go back to paying me taxes!

[hearts4juzi]

Whenever I make friends I subconsciously assign them older or younger than me and by how much and im literally always wrong

#idek why i do it but #i have a friend who i thought was at least a year younger than me #theyre two years olderrr #and i had a friend i thought was in their mid-teens and they turned out to be an adult. paying taxes and shit #i have a friend who i thought was my age and they turned out to be nearly 20. wtf #tzu rambles