The Don't Sweat Guide to Taxes: Avoiding Stress Over April 15th

By Richard Carlson

Avoiding Stress Over April 15th Filing your taxes is an event almost everyone "sweats." With tips on how to stay calm about the deadline, how not to obsess over lost receipts, and how to keep focused, this is the perfect gift for anyone who dreads tax time.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B005AYWKFO
• ISBN13: 9780786888122
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Hyperion Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 6.5"
• Age Range: 17 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 12 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

A Cool Little Book to Get You Ready for the Big Day!

... This is the kind of book you can read CHAPTERS at a time. At 208 pages, you can still read the whole thing in less than one day. ... Is it absolutely NECESSARY to read this book? NO. ... But it WILL give you a sense of closure when it comes to paying your taxes, as well as a little bit of interesting, historical background in order to help you understand taxes in a general sense. ... It will NOT help you to actually "DO" your taxes, but it WILL help you to do EVERYTHING in PREPARATION to getting your taxes done, either by yourself or by a professional. That, alone, can be very conducive to maintaining peace of mind during Tax Season in the Spring of every year.... Here's an interesting quote from page 78: "The Income tax was implemented in 1861 to help raise revenue for the Civil War, but even this didn't mark its permanent inclusion in the landscape. It was repealed in 1872, revived in 1894, and declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1895. It was only in 1913, with the adoption of the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution, that the federal income tax was institutionalized." ... And, from page 202: "During the political season, it's common to hear elected officials and their challengers try to outdo each other in the pledges for tax relief. There's a tendency to respond to these initiatives with your own pocketbook - that is, to support the tax measures that appear to bring the greatest benefits to you. As appealing as this may sound, it may be a shortsighted approach that can hurt you - and all of us - in the long run."... I, personally, believe that the tax system and the tax code is unfair. I think it would be far better if all non-commercial property taxes and all income taxes were abolished on both the state and federal levels. Instead, Congress could initiate a FLAT NATIONAL LUXURY SALES TAX of 10 or 20 PERCENT on all luxury items - and stop witholding money from worker's pay checks immediatly, other than for Social Security and Medicare ( or an instituted National Health Insurance Plan of some kind ). ... Whatever you think, one thing is certain: we are ALL taxed TOO MUCH in order to support a military that serves the interests of BIG BUSINESS in order to keep us ALL hostage to the Military Industrial Complex of the modern National Security State that our once great constitutional republic has been morphed into by the greed-heads and war-mongers of the multi-national corporations. This military serves THEIR business interests, not OUR interests as a people. ... - The Aeolian Kid