And then I forget about it until the next year instead of asking someone, which, you know, my issue. But. Would it absolutely kill them to say on the form "deduct more" or "deduct less"?

Seriously. All of a sudden this year, I was like, "Fuck! What does 2 mean again? Is that the one where I've fucked up and owe a lot, or is that the right one? How could that be the right one? Not sure. Well, we'll see..."

I did not know childcare was deductible.

Yes. THANK GOD.

I pay enough in childcare now that it's like the equivalent of parochial school tuition. Which I guess means I should get my kids baptized in the Catholic Church so we can afford private school at some point.

I applied for a job at textbook company. Meep. Nothing will prolly come of it, but still.

I can't find the form I need to keep my current job. I seem to have lost it. Is that a sign?

A co-worked of DH's figured out that he needs to claim 9 to exactly owe nothing and get nothing back on his tax return. I think it took him years to figure it out.

I've noticed vultures flying around the office building today. I suspect it has something to do with the Ford Sales Rally being held in the building today.

I would tend to think amoral simply because at 8 or 9 do children have moral standards?

Absolutely! Whether they have clear ideas of what consequences all of their actions will have is another matter.

Immoral or amoral? I would tend to think amoral simply because at 8 or 9 do children have moral standards?

Amoral is what I mean.

I'd say my 8 year old definitely has a sense of moral standards, though she seems to take a looser stand when her brother is involved.

A co-worked of DH's figured out that he needs to claim 9 to exactly owe nothing and get nothing back on his tax return. I think it took him years to figure it out.

Actuaries are exactly like gamers, but with more tolerance for really slow feedback, aren't they?

MORE allowance will lower withholding - check.

I've had my federal at 2 since I started at my present company by accident, and I've never bothered to change it. I end up paying some taxes every year, but I'd just a soon it came to me during the year instead of early the next (my state return usually is a little bit more so I do get money back when I do all my taxes).

I should change mine to 2, I guess. I never get a lot back, but I'd still rather have it during the year. But, like amych, I never really knew for sure which was which.

Fifty degrees is too cold for flip-flops, huh? I just got a pedi yesterday, and I want to wear flip-flops! Oh, well. Sounds kind of windy, too. Woe.