Taxes Are So . . . Taxing
I have been staring bleary eyed at the computer screen for the past couple of days. Going over every single gallery transaction (all 8 million of them . . . tiny exageration) looking for errors. Tomorrow is the annual sojourn to our accountant, which is about an hour away. That’s the thing about living in the boonies, you have to drive for everything.
As I sit here trying to think of something clever to write I realize nothing sums up my experience with the accountant better than last years post.
So I’m reposting it, (with some minor tweaking.)
Now, I am a woman who is all about the numbers. Since knowing where we really stand business-wise can mean the difference between eating or not. Plus, I love statistics and inventories and records of what sells, when and where. I also track both my website and blog statistics eagerly.
That being said, I really (really, really) dislike going to the accountant. Not so much because I am worried or nervous. Its just because my business is … well … my business. This is my life and my passion. It is my blood, sweat and tears laid out before me, in all its numerical black and white glory. So then, to have a relatively complete stranger rifling through my private affairs, looking at it with cool impassionate eyes and making judgments, is hugely disturbing.
It kinda reminds me of those TV fashion police shows where the fashion experts rummage through their victim’s . . . urm I mean fashion awkward woman’s . . . underwear drawers. All the while making derisive comments. Until inevitably they pull out a pair of granny panties. And holding them up high, they exclaim in horror. “What is this!”
Yeah, it’s exactly like that.
Oh no, I always cringe at those moments! I sometimes look at my own underwear and think “I wonder what they would say about mine?” The same as they do about everyone else’s probably, or they wouldn’t have a show!
Still, I’m sure the accountant will have much less to say about your “underwear” than those fashion experts would about mine! - figuratively speaking (geddit?)
Oh, and you’ve been tagged!
Ha! Yup I get it.
Actually this years taxes look considerably better (as in we made a fair amount more money. The downside is we get to pay more taxes throughout next year. The joys of being a small business owner. No such thing as a refund unless your business does poorly.)
I did notice I’ve been tagged. Worked on the post some yesterday, will post today. Went back and read yours and Leannes. Not sure who to tag, perhaps Robert. Made me realize how little I’ve traveled. Should perhaps remedy that huh?
Sorry you feel that way about the accountant, at least it is only once a year. Kinda the way I feel about blogging! Angela