Tax Day in the US 2021

It is April 15th, the generally accepted tax deadline for filing in the United States and possessions.

Having been born on April 14 I always viewed myself as 'daddy's little tax deduction' though I'm quite sure that the expenses I caused him to incur far outweighed the deduction he may have enjoyed many times over.

This year I filed back in February and after a little extra hubub in the form of late arriving documents. I have already received my State refund and expect my Federal refund sometime next week.

I have always been one to attempt taking care of this business as early as possible in an effort to promote efficiency — and not to incur the wrath of the IRS ...

Be all of this as it may I'm sure they have bigger fish to fry than me in their process but as such I'd just as soon not stir up anything anyway.

I recall many years being more 'taxing' for me personally than those of late. This is likely due to the change we have made in the completion of tax forms.

The past years I have filed my tax returns along with those of my mothers using her tax software which she renews annually.

It affords us the opportunity to work through the returns at our own pace and we are advised when we're missing something — as happened this year.

Most years we're done in a few hours.

This year it ran quite over, and we wanted to blame a vendor for the mess. However, they were innocent in the matter as the issue stemed from a late mail delivery ... MONTHS late.

So we will try not to be all teeth gritting, gnashing, and prematurely accusatory in the future and we are certainly glad to be through another year of this yearly duty to the nation.