On Taxes

Screw you, Uncle Sam.

With those four simple, vulgar words, you can probably tell that I just finished doing my taxes.

Twice.

That's right. Two times. Many moons ago, I used H & R Block's online feature because it was fast, free, and I could have a persistent return that would carry over last year's info. It was great. This year, I somehow managed to get a TaxCut CD from them as a thank you/please-use-us-again gesture, so I installed it. And I used it. And it sucked. And they wanted to charge me $15 for an e-file.

Bullshit, of course, since they do it for free if your AGI (adjusted gross income) is under $52,000 and you're under the age of 50. Don't know why those rules are in place, but hey: I qualify.

So I log into the H & R Block free file site, do my taxes again and e-file for free-file. Fortunately, the Ohio state IFile site is a lot easier to navigate, although it has all the UI polish and smooth usability of the final project for a junior high HTML computer course. I don't mind: I'm just waiting for my smokin' hot $62 refund. Thanks, Ohio!