Does Uncle Sam have a sense of humor? Sure he does! He must have been joking when you received that letter disputing your right to deduct those pain relievers for that raging headache.
It’s the throbbing pain that hit you hard as you tried to wade through thousands of words of tax-prep instructions that would stump the most brilliant person on the planet.
And we know that cantankerous old geezer with the white beard dressed in red, white and blue had to be rolling on the floor with laughter as he watched from the wings. He thought it great fun to see you wadding up one tax form after another. Uncle Sam can be heartless. What busy entrepreneur has the time to record all those deductions? Certainly dealing with tax forms has to qualify as cruel and unusual punishment!
And, here’s the real time killer: Who on earth ever thought an annual tax filing could be completed in just four hours? You need at least a week’s vacation just to recover from the tedious ordeal!
Let’s not forget the sheer tedium of tax prep as your office floor is slowly buried under mounds of wadded-up paper — the sad remains of one attempt after another to complete those tax forms. And it’s really no surprise since those tax-form instructions are complex enough to ‘tax’ your patience to the breaking point!
While it’s true we can’t reform the entire tax code, we can make recording those deductions next tax year a tad bit easier. Swipe a card and record those expenses on the fly. Then you can reclaim the time to smell those first spring blossoms. After a taxing season, you deserve a break!