I filed my tax returns yesterday and found out I’ve a little bit coming back to me, which makes me happy. Nothing better than finding out you’re owed money for once, rather than having another bill to pay. The extra bit will probably go to the wedding prep or perhaps our new apartment when we find one, but it’s good to have an unexpected financial buffer.
I also saw in my Net wanderings where a fellow writer asked about the “business end of authorhood.” Someone in the forums there pasted a couple links on tax tips and tricks for writers and I figured I should pass them on. If you make income off of your writing (that is the hope, right?) you do need to account for it. Fortunately, it seems there are plenty of opportunities to make all sorts of nifty deductions with self-employed businesses and the like.
Here are the two links that were referenced there, in case anyone out there is in the midst of doing their returns and has always wondered how to fit their writing into yet another aspect of their life:
And on an utterly different and disgusting note, I end this post with a link to hot dogs that have been filled with cheese, wrapped in bacon and fried. The perfect treat to help you overcome tax return blues, should you have them. This way you get a heart attack and can deduct medical expenses.
What? You don’t think it’s a workable strategy?
I see that smile.
Well, I can’t say much for tax law, but I can say that I love this part of the hotdog thing: “ Don’t fry them too long or all of the cheese will explode out into the oil. That’s very bad.“
I’m tempted to try it just to see things explode.
Food and property damage. Could two more enticing things ever be combined?
Aha. You must have seen my post on that disgusting indelicacy. 🙂
Mir
Ah yes, it is quite exquisite. Though I still think the deep-fried Twinkies and Snickers bars I’ve seen floating around beat this. But not by much. I wonder…can we combine deep-fried Twinkies wrapped with bacon with a side of cheese-stuffed hot dogs? All fried together at the end?