Episode 025 - Tax Blues

This week is a hectic one for many people; whomever earned income from the previous year will have to file an income tax return. This year is probably the worst one to file a return for me because my former employer was the first to send me three separate slips. I never thought that I would have trouble figuring out paperwork before. The language is confusing, the guidelines can be hard to follow, and if you spend money in donations it adds to the confusion. That would explain why so many people are employed in the field of income tax preparation. There are so many H&R Blocks that are closed until tax time. I used to wonder how they can afford the rent! But then again, it's not my money that funds it. I prefer to file by myself, even if it confuses me. Behold the misery of accounting we all have to go through. A high-school like class where, like a high school class, students don't understand the work assigned. You could say those tax preparation people are the smart elite that you pay to do your homework. For those of us who have to earn money somewhere else, it is their pleasure to earn money off calculating stuff. Hey, maybe math teahers should promote the job as the true "stay at home" job. All you need to open up this type of business are a bunch of tax forms and a pen or two. With little start-up cost and high income potiential, why don't all of us open an H&R Block-type business?