Tax Season

I have this not-so-secret love for tax season. A friend once told me that she drives manual cars to keep her mind sharp and thinking. My manual car is our taxes. I love math and love learning new “mathy” things. I love to sit and crunch the numbers, to take an inventory of our finances over the last year, to praise God for his generosity to us, and brainstorm at how we can use our gifts more prudently in the year to come.

Every tax season I learn a little more as I pray that we won’t owe the government anything. I also sit back and enjoy how our growing family lowers our taxable income! And it’s like winning a math contest when I crunch the numbers to see us blessed with a lofty return (that will go straight into the “Save Adam’s Jaw Fund”).

With all that said, I hope you have as much fun doing your taxes, as I had doing ours. Also, don’t forget to get your credit for the Federal Telephone Excise Tax paid (line 71 on your 1040).