My experiment: effect of doing taxes on blood pressure

Duer 157099

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Thu Apr-15-10 05:59 PM
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My experiment: effect of doing taxes on blood pressure

Edited on Thu Apr-15-10 06:06 PM by Duer 157099

I need something to motivate me to get my taxes done today, so I decided that I'd monitor my blood pressure before, during and after the process to see if there is any effect.

BRB after I take the t=0 reading...

edit: ok, t=0 reading is: 141/77 pulse 83 -- that's already on the high end of normal for me. I think I'd better procrastinate a little longer until it's lower. Or, what if that makes it go higher? hmmm...

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mike_c

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Thu Apr-15-10 06:01 PM
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1. did you hit "Post message" too soon...?

...or is your resting BP just utterly chill?

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daylan b

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Thu Apr-15-10 06:04 PM
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2. Your experiment is extremely flawed.

Edited on Thu Apr-15-10 06:06 PM by daylan b

Until we start paying all of our taxes on the 15th of April each year instead of having it slowly siphoned away before you actually see it 'doing taxes' is relatively painless.

My first April after becoming self employed was a flat out life changing experience.

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Duer 157099

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Thu Apr-15-10 06:07 PM
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3. Agree, but it's the process of filing out the tax forms that I'm talking about

should be informative anyway

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WatchWhatISay

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Thu Apr-15-10 06:21 PM
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6. Did you not realize you were going to have to pay them?

Did you not file quarterly returns and send in estimated payments?

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daylan b

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Thu Apr-15-10 07:36 PM
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11. No, I knew.

I was 23 at the time and paid attention to getting the business doing instead of accounting. Having to pay $15,000 at one time instead of piece by piece was a shock to the system.

Since then we've been on top of it but there's a reason the IRS takes our income tax out in small bites before you get your check. This nation would be in revolt if everyone had to pay all of their taxes in just one payment.

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kitkat65

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Thu Apr-15-10 06:09 PM
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4. My dad, a CPA, did taxes

Dropped dead on a late March monday from a massive coronary. True story. Obviously, there were other factors - heart disease, etc. - but my tax preparer was talking about being at a tax conference and overhearing a conversation between preparers comparing notes on their heart problems.

How are you doing? I'm guessing waiting until the last minute to do your taxes might ramp up the systolic a bit? ;)

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Duer 157099

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Thu Apr-15-10 06:16 PM
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5. That and the 3 cups of coffee... I'm going to wait a bit

Sorry to hear about your dad. I guess that's sort of what I'm trying to avoid.

I'm at 141 right now which is too high for my taste. I am usually in the 106-130ish range (diastolic typically 70-80).

I always wait until the last minute, it's just the way I roll, I guess. :hi:

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kitkat65

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Thu Apr-15-10 06:33 PM
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7. It's the way I roll too.

Had my appt. last week and dropped it off in the mail yesterday. Not quite by the skin of my teeth, but close.

Stay healthy and relaaaaaaxed. :hi:

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WatchWhatISay

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Thu Apr-15-10 06:38 PM
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8. Don't stress out too much

Edited on Thu Apr-15-10 06:40 PM by WatchWhatISay

Several years I have mailed it in on the 16th or 18th or so and nothing happened. No penalty, no interest, nothing.

And a few years when I was due a refund i have mailed it in months late, either with no extension or well past the extension deadline. Again, nothing happened, no interest, no penalties, not even a lecture. I think the latest I have ever mailed in a return with a refund due was in December of the following year that it was due in.

But I wouldn't recommend sending it in that late. Thats a lot of months of worrying about needing to get it done.

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Duer 157099

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Thu Apr-15-10 06:45 PM
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9. I always wondered about that

Like, whose job it was to check the postmarks on the envelopes, lol.

I suspected that really there was nobody doing it, but now you've confirmed it, thanks :thumbsup:

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rgbecker

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Thu Apr-15-10 07:02 PM
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10. Don't forget Schedule M....Could mean $400 for you.

I overlooked it and will have to file an amendment for me and my daughter's return.

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Duer 157099

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Thu Apr-15-10 09:56 PM
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12. Preliminary results are in

No significant effect. After finishing the federal form, and discovering much to my extreme surprise and delight, that I'm getting a HUGE refund (unless I screwed up, but what do I care, they always check the numbers anyway), my bp was: 132/83 pulse 115. Not great but a lot less than what I expected!

Now on to the State form...

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