Don't spend it all in one place. But maybe take an around-the-world cruise?
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Where's the cow catcher?Mallard's "Wild Swan"
Not to bring up old dirt but UK's slide seemed to start with Grady's slump. The man was outstanding in the beat down of Alabama on February 19th. 7-9 from the 3-point line. That's more made 3s than his last 7 games combined. 6-30.
How the hell did you know?
Actually just $210. Investing amount later in a robo account.
Good morning from ATX. Currently 47°F and clear. Warming later to 71°F.
We've been working from home for the past 25 months. Going in to the office tomorrow for a new badge. Getting together with colleagues afterwards and drinking a few beers.
Happy Hump Day.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
We've been working from home for the past 25 months. Going in to the office tomorrow for a new badge. Getting together with colleagues afterwards and drinking a few beers.
Happy Hump Day.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
Good morning D-Leaguers. It is 59.4°F and overcast. We are supposed to get up to 64° and we have the same chance of rain (20%) as yesterday. Yesterdays (20%) got us .63 inches.
I still do not have all the tax information done. I am struggling to get the 1099's. They don't send them out as they should. I am hacked at a couple.
I am not over the loss in the NCAA. UK and the SEC really underachieved. Next year if I start to get optimistic over Kentucky you guys need to set me straight. I thought the SEC was going to kick ass and instead we were sent home with our own ass bruised. Bad.
I still do not have all the tax information done. I am struggling to get the 1099's. They don't send them out as they should. I am hacked at a couple.
I am not over the loss in the NCAA. UK and the SEC really underachieved. Next year if I start to get optimistic over Kentucky you guys need to set me straight. I thought the SEC was going to kick ass and instead we were sent home with our own ass bruised. Bad.
I gave up being optimistic about UK sports a few years back.....I check line scores and that is it.......I guess the truth is I am not even a fan of sports the last few years......we finally got all the info we need to file taxes two weeks ago.......now we are just waiting to see how bitter the remedy is.........we pay enough taxes for a couple of households........someone has to pony up so that fat bastard across the street that won't work can have a free phone, groceries, rent, car repairs, internet, medical and anything else working folks pay for.....
Yep. Mine are done. Get to pay an additional 4 grand to keep the freebies rolling.
I have some complex crap going on in my taxes. Sherry has some IRA's, I have some IRA's, I have a 401-K, we have stocks, we each have accounts with Edward Jones, I get a pension and to top off the impossible things to figure out is I retired from the railroad and I get the old railroad retirement. So on the 1099 I have four parts. The top one is called the 1099 and the bottom is the RRB-1099-R. The numbers don't match up and it is a nightmare to make sense out of it.
It also makes it hard because we have to pay taxes quarterly, so the pain never goes away. It is there 4 times a year. To make it even worse we are on the hit list because we were in the Rand Paul group the IRS has declared war on. No matter what we do it will be wrong. We have been penalized one way or the other since 2010 returns because we were involved with Rand's senate run. They say I am lying but I was never dinged by the IRS until then and it has not stopped. The 2019 returns we had been forced to overpay the quarterly amounts and they agreed that they owed us over $2,000, but they have never paid us.
The IRS can be used as a weapon. Don't ever doubt that.
Speaking of taxes our state does not have a state income tax or any local income taxes.
So last week I was walking out of a Publix store and several people were on the sidewalk with a little table asking people to sign a petition. I asked what it was for and he told me to add a state income to our state constitution. What? what? what? I asked him where he was from( his accent gave him away), and he said New York. He had three signatures on his petition and I would bet all were out of staters who moved down here from the North.
When I asked him why we need a state income tax he said Florida could do so much more with more taxes. There were so many people to help. I had enough and just walked away. What gets into people's brains who think like this.
That is a problem when nut jobs move to your state from nut job states.
Kentucky has a 6% state income tax but with exemptions et.al. and being retired I have paid a little over $200 Kentucky income tax in the last 22 years.
One good thing about Kentucky is our property taxes are a small portion of what Texas, Tennessee and Florida charge and our sales tax is only 6% and is not applicable on food and drugs.
It happens every time. So far the vast majority have relocated in the Southeast but now they are spreading out in other areas. It really is a problem.
I imagine the people pushing for a State Income tax don't even pay taxes..
People have to want to help themselves first. We had a guy come in for orientation the other day and they let him try out the job to see if he wanted it. Well of course he didn't want it. I remember when people use to put in for a job, they actually wanted it because they wanted to better themselves. Now people just want to wait on someone to give it to them.
They are infiltrating also to Kentucky but not in the numbers that Texas and Florida are experiencing. When I was Mayor one of the city clerks was from California, our Santa Claus was from California, we have a group of New Englanders, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania et.al.
The problem for Florida is the massive bunch of New Yorkers. Even when I lived in Jacksonville the New York influx was already a problem.
Yeah, mine are complicated to, but I still piddle with my small business and use an accountant to do my business stuff. She also does my taxes. I pay a good price, but reduce the headaches greatly. Sounds like your headaches are greater than mine though. One other thing about government. When covid started gov Andy said we were non essential and FORCED me to lay everyone off. When the unemployment fund went broke, Andy raised my rates and we are having major trouble replacing my former workers. Basically we cut back and are using the business as a hobby that brings in a little spending money.
I was one that voted against Andy. I will the next time. He has to be one of the worst govs out there.
Been there, done that. My pay only funded a Mediterranean cruise.
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I'd rather owe than get refund, but my guess 4K is a bit much to avoid a penalty. Owe Feds $940, KY owes me $250.
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Agree it's a pain. We have all those parts but RR retirement but have rental income instead. I deal with it thru TurboTax vs. handing it all to someone to do because I want to know what's going on. Probably spend 20-30 hours on it all together.
We don't make estimated tax payments. Never have in the 10 years we've been retired. We pay it all from our IRA withdrawals. The RMD's are larger than the tax amount so we don't have to take out more than the RMD for taxes. If you pay the taxes from the IRA, RMD or not, you can do it just once a year because the IRS considers IRA withdrawals, regardless of when or how many or how much each is, as being paid equally throughout the year. So normally pay one big lump in Nov. or Dec.
It's call mindless liberalism. LMAO. Thanks !!
Perhaps I'm wrong, but think most people leaving CA & NY today are the smart ones & are doing so to cut their taxes.
True, but my taxable income varies quite a bit, so it's hard to guess.
Here in Travis County, TX, we receive $10 day of impaneling and $40/day for each day thereafter. Not a lot. Better than some counties, worse than others.
Med cruise: Not yet. Bucket list. Plan on visiting Europe soon see my son and ex in-laws. Have not been back in 9 years.
Same issue to a degree. Can be +/- 25% here.
Well those people clearly more important than cruise.
We did one from Barcelona to Venice & back & another from Venice to Rome with a lot of Adriatic stops. Both were great - and expensive. I preferred the latter one a bit.
Evidently cows don't mess with swans
I was in CA less than 10 days in 1973. I couldn't get out of there fast enough. Back to Tempe. In 1972-3, drinking age 19. Mill Avenue, Cowboys, Indians, Mexicans, Bikers, and a few hippies. Frank Kush & the Fork-U football team maintained discipline. Even Bear Bryant knew better. About 1975, I remember walking home from a saloon/pool hall and shooting out the street lights to see the heavens in Arizona's crystal clear skies. A remarkable time. Those times long gone. Sports crushed by cultural destruction as result of urban renewal progress. I remember attending a public environmental forum concerning the re-establishment of wetlands using the dry (formerly flowing) river bed to recharge aquifers through the what was former river bottom like it used to. All that good stuff. All the stake deciding stakeholders were there. Everyone had good intent. Increased property taxes. More housing. A young hispanic man stood up an inquired about those whose roots were there and would be displaced with no community. Civic leaders as they usually do, babble BS and he was ignored. Today, 50years later, the former 72, 000 seat sold out football stadium seats around 60,000 and still has empty seats. The last hero here was Pat Tilman. I guess it will only be a matter of time, before he's erased too.
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Good afternoon! I haven't filed taxes at all for the last 18 years. I decided that I didn't need to do that any longer. Nope, once I found out that my wife was able to do it, I sat back and watched.
@Bert Higginbotha Hey buddy! Shot a smooth 72 today in a relentless wind. Gusts of over 40mph at times. 2 bogies, 2 birdies on the front and parred every hole on the back 9.
Fairways and greens my friends!
@Bert Higginbotha Hey buddy! Shot a smooth 72 today in a relentless wind. Gusts of over 40mph at times. 2 bogies, 2 birdies on the front and parred every hole on the back 9.
Fairways and greens my friends!
Welp, wonderful GD has decided on Purdue for college in the Fall - Civil Engineering & Design, at least to start. Smart as a whip. Sure she'll stay in some technical field.
I'm quite pleased with her choice. Great school & best college prez in the business imo: Mitch Daniels. Now all we got to do is pay for it. Plus buy a lot of old gold & black gear. Least of my worries.
I'm quite pleased with her choice. Great school & best college prez in the business imo: Mitch Daniels. Now all we got to do is pay for it. Plus buy a lot of old gold & black gear. Least of my worries.
Used to get it (taxes) done for free through the military but one year tried H&R Block thinking they could get us more (as they claim) and they charged us about $90.00 a page (never again). Wife does it now since the military quit doing it for free for retirees. Wife gets the new yearly Turbo Tax version since we do the EZ forms and has for the last 4 years or so. Got back $3800.00 this year (state included).
Now that they've found the ship off Antarctica I'll have to read the book. Rave reviews.
Loved the 80's! Prolly cuz I was in my 20's. Neither of these got the love Madonna got. Don't know why.
Congratulations to your wonderful grand daughter. We know she made a great choice as a civil engineering major. I have a very close friend who went to Purdue's School of Engineering and he turned out great. He started his own business and the rest is history.
I have a GD who has narrowed her choices down to 5 schools. She was a Kentucky Governors Scholar and has some very good options.
Nice! I've paternal twin GDs they'll be freshman/roommates this year @u-eh. Might as well be lulvul as far as the foolishness goes. Aside from being born the same day they're nothing alike, but seem to know each others thoughts. That will be good for them. I'm happy to see them step out together.
Now, I have 2nd cousin like that. We were born close together, towed in same wagon, put in same play pen (cage). I tried to kill him as soon as I was able to lift a Tonka Truck. I cheered his older his brothers on as they tied him to a stake but our mothers interfered before they could set this sweet baby dumplin' ablaze. His mouth is directly responsible for my ears losing their virginity. He assured they were tempered in raw sewage.
Boy, did I get off track. I'm really happy for her to pursue her goals. Working my way thru then going back when I was 50 to learn an addition skill set. College can have many pros & cons. I feel the pros generally outweigh the negatives so I trust your optimism here and happy for your family.
Now, I have 2nd cousin like that. We were born close together, towed in same wagon, put in same play pen (cage). I tried to kill him as soon as I was able to lift a Tonka Truck. I cheered his older his brothers on as they tied him to a stake but our mothers interfered before they could set this sweet baby dumplin' ablaze. His mouth is directly responsible for my ears losing their virginity. He assured they were tempered in raw sewage.
Boy, did I get off track. I'm really happy for her to pursue her goals. Working my way thru then going back when I was 50 to learn an addition skill set. College can have many pros & cons. I feel the pros generally outweigh the negatives so I trust your optimism here and happy for your family.
Wouldn't touch H & R with a ten foot pole. I used to know a guy who went to their classes and got hired to prepare taxes. He was one of the dumbest people I ever met and it was very obvious to everyone, but they hired him anyhow.
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