April 15, ummmm April 17 is just a days away and your tax info is expected to be in the mail, with a check included, if more taxes are due. A little bit of a break, because the 15th is on Sunday, and Monday, April 16 is Emancipation Day, a Washington, DC holiday. So, in 2018, the deadline for filing is April 17.
Over 155 million returns are expected to be filed this year and the IRS expects more than 70 percent will get tax refunds . Last year, nearly 112 million refunds were issued, with an average refund of $2,895. If you did not get a refund last year and do not expect to receive on this year, apparently you did not ‘pay in’ more than you should have.
Have you seen the Trump-0-Meter, or the Obama-O-meter, or how about the Truth-O-Meter? I GOOGLED all! Subjects of Mr. Trump and Mr. Obama were promises made, promises kept, promises broken, etc. All are compiled by www.politifact.com. Check it out, when you have nothing else to do.
Did you see Jack Nicklaus grandson score a hole-in-one in the Par Three tournament that precedes the Master’s Golf Tournament, held yesterday? The ‘big show’ begins today.
Will be interesting to see where the US-China tariff dispute goes. When the farmers get ‘stirred up’ and China decides to take a ‘pass’ on financing more US debt, could be interesting. Kinda like stirring up a hornets’ nest.
My guess, cooler heads will prevail at some point. What’s fair for one should be fair for the other. Problem is how is ‘fair’ determined and who decides.
Old age comes with ailments that make a monthly trip to the pharmacist a must. Need to restock the medicine cabinet, and don’t forget the stool softeners, aspirin and other such aids. For the younger generation, if you are lucky, your day will come.
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start early. Theodore Roosevelt
To me….old age is always 10 years older than I am. Bernard Baruch
Scripture is filled with examples of men and women whom God used late in life, often with great impact – men and women who refused to use old age as an excuse to ignore what God wanted them to do. Billy Graham
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