articulate and intelligent discussion of personal finances

[devi]

GAH TAX RETURN GAH GAAAAH. Ugh.

On the upside, in the process of hunting for a Revenue letter with important information in it I have recycled a ton of old and useless paper and thus will have less stuff to move. And found my master copy of Wasted Epiphanies 1. On the downside, no letter. Humph.

(Edit: Tonight also brought the weird realisation that I've made more from artwork this last year than I've made from writing ever. This has uncomfortable implications but is also kind of cool.)

Comments

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

I am going through a very similar process to what you described recently, only two weeks later. And yes, I know it's ridiculous.

My reaction on learning of the existence of UTR numbers was "wait, you want my WHAT?"

I have thoughts on what you say about art and writing, but they should probably wait till after work...

[the-elyan.livejournal.com]

The UTR is a perfectly pointless invention, as all registered taxpayers already have a unique NI number. UTR's keep Hector fat and happy though.

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

I know nothing of the dread Hector...

And yes, I did think that was the point of NI numbers. Still, expecting it all to make sense would probably lead to insanity.

Oh well, I have all the helpsheets in the world and a sheaf of photocopied receipts resembling the phone book of a medium-sized town, and it will get done.

[the-elyan.livejournal.com]

The small guy on the right of this page is Hector. He's been retired, apparently- was in favour of those bloody ads featuring Pauline McLynn, initially.

It tells you a lot about accountants, or at least these accountants, that this is their "fun" page.