April 09, 2004
Taxes
It feels so good to be done with my taxes. Gearing up for taxes this year has been rough because I've been a bit more disorganized than usual. My accountant tells me that I'm right on the cutoff point - which isn't that high in terms of income - where it would start to make sense to incorporate instead of being a sole proprietor, so I'm continually thinking about that. But doing a Schedule C is rough compared to W-2, because you have to start thinking about things like County taxes, tri-met taxes, business license taxes... and honestly, I only randomly heard about the Business License requirement for Metro Portland, because I live in a different county and only travel there to work onsite occasionally. I don't see where someone who doesn't have an accountant would even hear about the need to file and pay that tax.I definitely did see my federal tax payment fall this year, but I'm not sure if that is because of Bush, or because I had a lot more business expenses this year, including a weekly drive to Seattle and back. But if it was partly because of Bush, then hell, I'll take that money easily. I'll also vote against him in November just as easily.