I think I have this uncanny 6th sense that tells me to do my taxes each year. One weekend a year, usually in January, I wake up and have this urge to do my taxes. And, it's ALWAYS on a Saturday. I'm not exactly sure why; maybe it's because I never do anything "accounting like" and with the exception of taxes have not booked a journal entry or really done any kind of true financial analysis in the past 10 years. Sure, there were the times when I compiled and reviewed project forecasts when I was doing IT Finance work, but it was not anything like what I used to do as a Finance Manager.
It's actually kind of nice not to have to do that stuff for a paycheck anymore. I enjoyed my years in audit, but hated doing any kind of journal entries. Luckily, I only had one real accounting position where I had to book entries and it was for less than a year.
So, here I am holed up in my office and was just about to put in some deductions - the last step before I finished - and I lost our internet connection. It's frustrating that this happens and lately it seems to be happening more and more. Up until the internet connection was lost, this year it was an easy task. I was stupid to think that I could get away with putting our taxes together without a hiccup. I suppose now the only thing left for me to do is to brace myself for any kind of shock that may come up when the final tally of what we could owe comes up. I hate that moment.
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