mark and i should have known that our accountant's advice to ignore a request for a tax payment was wrong...hell...we both did economics for the HSC and mark has a degree in business.
but we did follow his advice and now we have to pay a H-U-G-E bill today or face prosecution.
silly thing is that they will probably owe us the amount we are paying today and more once our tax is done for 2004/2005 and even more once 2005/2006 is done.
i am sick to death of doing the right thing all the time - we pay our taxes; we have private health insurance (although i doubt we will keep it after this latest round or rises); we insure our house, our car, ourselves; we don't claim any child support and the one year we did get the grand sum of $182.91 (1991/1992) for the three kids for 12 months we had to pay it back because our income was $43.00 over the threshold.
i am sick of saying no to my kids when they want stuff because all our income at the moment goes to paying bills.
so the belts are gonna have to be well and truly tightened for a few months until we can get back on our feet.
don't get me wrong....we aren't quite in the poor house yet but if one more bloody politition tells me how well off middle income earners are i am gonna hunt them down and bloody well sit on them.
now i have that off my chest i feel as guilty as all sin and a typical bloody aussie whinger when i think of all those poor hard working folks in nth qld who have literally lost everything - their homes, their belongings and their livelihoods. i guess the one good thing about it is that they all heeded the advice of the authorities and evacuated or made sure they were as safe as they could be in their homes.
what devastation thay have suffered and as i said to mark this morning....where do you start to pick up the pieces of your life and start over again...???
it seems that the scrap needs retreat went off with a bang....or at least the girls did...!!!
sounds like they had a great time - not sure too much scrapping got done but you can read about some of the exploits here and here and here as well as see some "interesting" pics of some of the girls. i bet there are a few stories and pics though that may very well never see the light of day.
i completed my rolodex/atc cards for The Craft Attic's swap and i must say i am pretty chuffed with them. they will be on their way in the post today. mr blogger is being very unco-operative this morning so i will upload an image later today. i love how bright they are and hope that the girls like them too.
off to do some dreaded housework now.
have a great day girls
~*~ shazz ~*~
but we did follow his advice and now we have to pay a H-U-G-E bill today or face prosecution.
silly thing is that they will probably owe us the amount we are paying today and more once our tax is done for 2004/2005 and even more once 2005/2006 is done.
i am sick to death of doing the right thing all the time - we pay our taxes; we have private health insurance (although i doubt we will keep it after this latest round or rises); we insure our house, our car, ourselves; we don't claim any child support and the one year we did get the grand sum of $182.91 (1991/1992) for the three kids for 12 months we had to pay it back because our income was $43.00 over the threshold.
i am sick of saying no to my kids when they want stuff because all our income at the moment goes to paying bills.
so the belts are gonna have to be well and truly tightened for a few months until we can get back on our feet.
don't get me wrong....we aren't quite in the poor house yet but if one more bloody politition tells me how well off middle income earners are i am gonna hunt them down and bloody well sit on them.
now i have that off my chest i feel as guilty as all sin and a typical bloody aussie whinger when i think of all those poor hard working folks in nth qld who have literally lost everything - their homes, their belongings and their livelihoods. i guess the one good thing about it is that they all heeded the advice of the authorities and evacuated or made sure they were as safe as they could be in their homes.
what devastation thay have suffered and as i said to mark this morning....where do you start to pick up the pieces of your life and start over again...???
it seems that the scrap needs retreat went off with a bang....or at least the girls did...!!!
sounds like they had a great time - not sure too much scrapping got done but you can read about some of the exploits here and here and here as well as see some "interesting" pics of some of the girls. i bet there are a few stories and pics though that may very well never see the light of day.
i completed my rolodex/atc cards for The Craft Attic's swap and i must say i am pretty chuffed with them. they will be on their way in the post today. mr blogger is being very unco-operative this morning so i will upload an image later today. i love how bright they are and hope that the girls like them too.
off to do some dreaded housework now.
have a great day girls
~*~ shazz ~*~
2 comments:
The middle income people are the working poor, I'm sure of that. I know exactly where you are coming from and, even though, it's not nice to say this - I honestly thought that we were the only ones in this boat - it's kind of assuring to know that others are too, iykwim. Like Ruth, I'm starting to put the feelers out as well for some work.
Yes, the devastation up north really helps to put our whinges and complaints into perspective, doesn't it? At least we still have our businesses/wages and a roof over our heads. I really feel for anyone affected by the cyclone.
I can so relate to your comments about middle income earners. Phil and I are currently going through the whole single vs double income debate, as I try to decide whether to go back to work when Jamie is 11mo old. I dont' think we will be able to afford for me to stay home. And we both have good jobs!!
Kathie
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