What first world problem did you have today?

[Dr. Zaus]

I email my tax lady for suggestions to save on my income tax. She responds.... I think she's the devil.

:hmm: She is. Given this advice I can think of things right now that'll avoid more taxes, quite legally. Are you an S-corp or a C-corp; and whats your personal marginal tax bracket?

I'm assuming that you're in the 200k household range; and are butting up against the AMT because of kids/house/state tax?

 

[Mixolydian]

Ninja postman doesn't ring at all.

stop it!

 

[Red Squirrel]

Ordered an Atmel programmer off Amazon a month ago and it's STILL not in. I keep getting orders from previous months hoping it's that, and it's never it. I need to stop ordering from Amazon and go back with Ebay. I originally started ordering from Amazon thinking I was actually ordering from a retailer but it's basically like ebay except with slower shipping.

 

[highland145]

:hmm: She is. Given this advice I can think of things right now that'll avoid more taxes, quite legally. Are you an S-corp or a C-corp; and whats your personal marginal tax bracket?

I'm assuming that you're in the 200k household range; and are butting up against the AMT because of kids/house/state tax?

s corp. No mortgage. Charitble contributions are the largest deduction. Property tax is a joke...oh, shit...did I just say that? So I take the HSA, the minimal property tax, charitable, 529, 1 kid. Can't claim the ira. The business pays the health insurance premiums.

Almost like being single and taking it in the butt but I can afford the lube.

Back to the email that said I can get $70K of government $$ by working the system.....:hmm:

stop it!

Jelly of the ninja, you are, fedex man.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

s corp. No mortgage. Charitble contributions are the largest deduction. Property tax is a joke...oh, shit...did I just say that? So I take the HSA, the minimal property tax, charitable, 529, 1 kid. Can't claim the ira. The business pays the health insurance premiums.

Almost like being single and taking it in the butt but I can afford the lube.

Back to the email that said I can get $70K of government $$ by working the system.....:hmm:

Jelly of the ninja, you are, fedex man.

You can buy c-corp stock with your s-corp earnings, which is a non-taxable event for the c-corp.

Then the c-corp can then pay dividends and you only pay at the capital gains rate.

I recommend you talk to someone from a real tax-house, like KPMG, about structuring this kind of deal; they will be familiar with the case law on what bright-line tests you need to pass (for example, I know you need to make sure the s-corp owns less than 80% of the c-corp) and what informal tests you need to pass (for example, whatever a 'reasonable' salary is before passing through earnings on the s-corp).

 

[MongGrel]

My back hurts, and I spent the whole day watching movies more or less.

 

[Imp]

Same problem here :'(

Last week I somehow cut the inside of my nose with my nose-mate. It's hell getting old.

I'm guessing you didn't disinfect the cut with alcohol since you're not complaining about it -- holy shit alcohol burned the inside of my nose for so long.

I use tiny scissors with rounded ends. Think they were meant for cutting nails -- came with a box of Q-Tips.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Received the dreaded email this morning - 'Your mailbox is almost full.' This means I have to deal with the help desk to increase my mailbox.... AGAIN. It's like dealing with Time Warner Cable customer service. They're atrocious.

 

[KeithTalent]

Morons keep sending me e-mails without subject lines. Drives me fucking crazy.

KT

 

[CraKaJaX]

Morons keep sending me e-mails without subject lines. Drives me fucking crazy.

KT

I hate that shit. I usually end up forwarding it to myself with an updated subject in case I need to find/search for it in the future.

 

[KeithTalent]

I hate that shit. I usually end up forwarding it to myself with an updated subject in case I need to find/search for it in the future.

Yeah I do the same, but it's such a waste of time!

KT

 

[CraKaJaX]

Yeah I do the same, but it's such a waste of time!

KT

Especially when you know they got the pop-up "Are you sure you want to send this email without a subject?"

 

[Mixolydian]

It wasn't supposed to rain today. And yet, it's raining.

 

[AMD64Blondie]

Fuck My Life.

Think I might have gone over my bank account.

Damn it.

 

[highland145]

Fuck My Life.

Think I might have gone over my bank account.

Damn it.

3rd world. We have overdraft in the civilized world.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

3rd world. We have overdraft in the civilized world.

And savings.

 

[CraKaJaX]

And savings.

Hopefully.

 

[highland145]

Hopefully.

There's always the high interest loan places.

 

[Imp]

Forgot to deposit a check yesterday, now I have to walk 30 seconds to my bank branch to do it... some time today.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Ate WAY too much peanut butter with my celery as my snack this afternoon. An unsafe, un-healthy, non-human amount.

 

[Ns1]

There's always the high interest loan places.

Got a recommendation? Looking for someone who won't blow my kneecaps off when I default.

 

[highland145]

Got a recommendation? Looking for someone who won't blow my kneecaps off when I default.

If you're planning on defaulting, the knee cappers are the only people I would recommend. Gotta make an example out of someone.

 

[nageov3t]

not my first world problem, but I just spent an hour in physical therapy (in a wealthy/upscale town) listening to old ladies complaining about how heavy their Coach bags are because they're real leather/metal and not plastic/vinyl ("like the junk my daughter keeps buying")

 

[Kaido]

Ninja postman doesn't ring at all.

I was sitting at my kitchen computer next to the front door when my email pinged. Open the message up - "package has been delivered". Walk over to the door. Big package there. No deliveryman.

Ninjas

 

[Imp]

Avira has been getting bigger and bigger since I installed ONLY the scanner as a back-up to my two active anti-virus/malware programs. Thing keeps updating itself despite me telling it not to, and I just found out it auto-installed the real-time protection yesterday. Since today, my Windows log-in screen needs a minute to load -- coincidence? No other windows updates installed since.