Do You Do Your Own Income Taxes Or Does Someone Else Do Them For You?

I have to admit that I have worked for both the IRS and for H & R Block where I was a tax preparer so I do my own income taxes myself. That doesn't mean that its not hard for me sometimes - especially now that I work for myself!

I have 3 different sets of tax forms to fill out yearly. The first is my own area's local tax where I have to pay a 1% tax on my earned income -


and then of course there is my state and federal tax forms that have to be filled out.

I also have to admit that I do my taxes the old fashioned way which is to fill out the forms by hand and then mail them in. By as I was doing my taxes for this year I was toying with the idea of doing them online. I haven't used any of those tax preparation softwares like Turbo Tax - although I don't rule that out for the future.

What Book Are You Currently Reading?

If you look on the right side of this blog you will see my Shelfari widget that shows the books that I have currently read.

Right now I'm reading a book written by Dr. Phil and it is a book on self-improvement. Most of us could use more self-improvement and I was curious about what it is that he had written. I'm more than half-way through this book and its mostly about identifying the "demons" in your life - that way you can deal with them and move on. The book talks about getting back to your authentic self as opposed to your fictional self. Explained further it just means getting back to the real you instead of trying to be what someone else wants you to be!

Dr. Phil used his own self as an example saying that he became a doctor only because that is what his father did and he felt that being a doctor was expected of him. Some years later he came to realize that he was not happy with what he was doing and decided to go on and do what he wanted to do - and now he says that he couldn't be more happier - so he is trying to teach others to be the same way and be happy.