Andrew & Cristina

I finally finished our taxes this afternoon, after procrastinating for weeks. I had started working on them a while ago, but I’d gotten so frustrated with them that I pushed them out of my mind for as long as I could. I normally don’t have an issue with filing taxes, it’s just that living on this island has complicated things quite a bit. I have some papers here with us, some of them are at home with my parents, and some of them are only available online. They’re all done and I can breathe a sigh of relief.

Here are a couple of things that bothered me, though. The first one is that H & R Block’s so called free e-file is not exactly free. Nope. If you used them in the past, they will ever so helpfully offer to import last’s year’s information for you. That’s great, no? Sure, it’s just not so great when they charge you $14.95 for the convenience. I was too tired and in no mood to go through the entire process again, but it’s a good lesson to remember for next year. Keep a copy of your tax returns handy and don’t pay this ridiculous fee.

The other thing that was a bit shocking was the amount of medical expenses we’ve had this past year. I know how much we pay in health insurance premium but it’s still hard to look at the grand total for the year. I know that the point of insurance is to be here in case of some sort of catastrophe and we’re lucky we haven’t needed to use it, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it.

That is all. Go finish YOUR taxes.