The Chronic Consumer

Now that I’ve got my 1099 forms from all but one of the places I did independent contract work for in 2008, I’m just about ready to settle down for an afternoon to do my taxes. I looked in my drawer where I keep relevant paperwork from the year, and boy do I wish I had a nice receipt printer to keep everything tidy. I could just scan my regular receipts into the computer and then print them out at the end of the year when I’m ready for taxes.

At any rate, I think I should be getting a slight return this year, as I paid far more in estimated taxes than I ended up owing. I also might be entitled to another stimulus check this year, but who can really say about that since the government keeps waffling about what’s going to be done about the economy.

Actually, since I made so little money last year, tax time should be relatively simple this time around. Not always a good thing, I guess!