Installed a 3-gang screwless switch plate for friends. Easier said than done: I had to unwire the three switches, thread the wires through a backplane, then reconnect the switches. (This photo is an example in our home.) It was lucrative work: I learned we are paying too much tax on our parking spaces: they’re homesteaded, but tax is less if they’re not homesteaded, which seems upside down.
Category: Taxes
Chilly Compliance
Another cold day, another day indoors. As the year winds down, I’ve finally reached that age where the IRS mandates minimum withdrawals from some of my retirement savings. Today, I plugged numbers into an online calculator, then paid myself and the taxman, and thanked my younger self for caring about the seasoned citizen I have become.
Filing Taxes
Completed Federal, Minnesota, and Oregon taxes: first time I’ve filed in two states. A technicality prevented me from filing electronically.