Breast Cancer Survivor Jo Myers' Top Ten List of Ways to Survive Tax Season
10. Get out two big envelopes, address one to “Colorado Department of Revenue,” the other one to the IRS and slap some stamps on both. Okay, THAT’s done.
9. Start sorting your tax info and receipts in a shoebox, then—[-ding- “Message Received”]. Read text. Answer text. Forget what you were doing. Pour yourself a beverage and mouth-breathe in front of the television.
8. Ease into the process. Pull out the state tax form and fill in at least a few blanks, using an erasable ink pen. With indelible ink, check Line 37, indicating you are making a donation to the Colorado BWRC Fund. Fill in donation amount, again using indelible ink pen.
7. Assemble a “2012 Tax Prep Survival Kit.” Be sure to include lots of chocolate. Then, proceed to write it off on your taxes. (That’s allowed, right?)
6. Wear black. It’s so slimming! And if you look good, you feel good, even when filling out tax forms.
5. Make doing your taxes a fun family activity. Involve the kids. Let them fill out the forms. Blindfolded. (Be sure to remove any and all blindfolds when checking Line 37, donating to the BWRC Fund.)
4. Get organized and don’t procrastinate. Between now and April 15, do a little bit every day with the goal of filing early and thus having more time for belly dancing and stamp collecting.
3. Have your dog do your taxes. (Fido always excelled at eating your kid’s homework, so why couldn’t he do this?)
2. Before sitting down to work on your taxes, take three deep breaths, center yourself, and . . . tebow yourself!
And, the number one way to survive tax season:
1. Whether or not you get a refund, go to Line 37 on the state form and donate to the Colorado BWRC Fund. Even if nothing else about taxes is particularly wonderful, helping others is a wonderful thing.Yay for you!
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