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Taxing Times

Taxing Times
By Madeleine Begun Kane 

My husband Mark and I usually prepare our joint tax returns jointly. Being good citizens, we begin early in February with tax planning discussions like this:

Mark: We really should start doing our taxes next Saturday.
Me: You’re absolutely right. I’ll pick up Quicksand’s ShirkoTax this week.

By late March we’ve made impressive progress:

Mark: We really should start doing our taxes next Saturday.
Me: You’re absolutely right. I’ll pick up Quicksand’s ShirkoTax this week.

Our tax planning culminates promptly on April 14 when Mark boots up the computer, loads ShirkoTax, and does whatever it is one does with tax software. … (Taxing Times is continued here.)

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4 Responses to “Taxing Times”

  1. Don't Mess With Taxes says:
    March 19, 2007 at 2:38 pm

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  2. Polli says:
    April 4, 2007 at 1:31 pm

    Oh this was funny!! I could so relate. I think we use ShirkoTax too. Love your humor Mad Kane!

  3. madkane says:
    April 5, 2007 at 12:16 am

    Thanks so much Polli!

  4. Kaye Swain says:
    April 13, 2010 at 12:33 pm

    Hi, Thanks for participating in the latest Boomers and Seniors: News You Can Use blog carnival. And congratulations on your 2008 Robert Benchley Society Award for Humor!