Monday, April 18, 2005
Already Done, Already Back, Already Spent
Last Friday the family and I were driving to the nearby suburb of Grandview, when we stopped for a red light near the Liberty Tax Service. For some reason, their employees were not all inside feverishly running returns for clients, but dressed up in red, white, and blue suits encouraging people to come in off the street and patronize them. One of the Uncle Sam's caught my eye, so I just laughed and yelled back, "Did 'em weeks ago. Already got out money back."
Didn't mention already spent said money. If you waited till the last minute, don't worry. You'll probably spend your refund in less time than it took you or your accountant to prepare the refund. I'm always amused at the IRS estimates ... "The average taxpayer will spend nine hours and seventeen minutes preparing this return." Where do they get that stat? What they don't tell you is that the average taxpayer will spend a tax refund in seventeen minutes.
Now if I can just get used to the way the new refrigerator door opens, I'll be okay.
