Originally Posted by Blackcat31:
It kind of feels like winning the lottery doesn't it?
Which is really kind of sad... lol! 
I was elated last year when we only owed half of what we did the previous year.
This year we owed one and got a refund of $44 from the other. Still better than it's been but tax season really shouldn't be the negative, stressful experience that it is for self-employed people. 
I always get a bit pissy this time of year... I get tired of hearing about all my "over-worked" single daycare parents that don't pay a dime of their own money towards the care of their children but yet still get $1000's back in refunds.
One of them is in Mexico right now for 14 days. Wish I could afford a weekend somewhere tropical let alone 2 weeks! But I gotta work. Some one has to pay my bills. 
Bc- when I had dd, no help/social programs of any kind, my neighbor was on HUD and kept pushing out babies. One year she got a 12,000 tax return, left her 5 kids with her mom, and went to puerto rico for 2 weeks. She barely ever worked! We used our measly 2,000 to pay up our bills and put in savings. Dh and I ordered pizza for the first time in like a year.
At least I can afford things like homes, cars, etc. now. It stinks not blowing money on elaborate vacations, but it's something to be proud of.
Our return was enough to pay for the tax preparation and then I put the rest in savings. We have another tax payment coming up in April. Oh, darn responsibilities!
