Got my taxes done yesterday [View all]

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I went into the local town to the senior resource center.

They have volunteers that are preparing/filing taxes there.

I had never been there before but they had everything filed for me when I left.

The tax return is what I had expected to get (abt. $200) and it matched the results I got with this easy to use calculator from the AARP here: https://www.aarp.org/money/taxes/1040-tax-calculator/
It works for everyone, senior citizen or not.

They asked me to be a volunteer there being I had the same results that they came up with. I am considering doing this.

They had a form to be filled out on it and one of the questions was "Did you rent out a room in your house this past year?". I was shocked to see this question. Is renting out a room to someone in your house a taxable event? If so I never knew it. I guess it is considered income (?). Any ideas on this are appreciated very much.

Besides this income tax thing, I also noticed that the price of gasoline here went from $5.03 a gallon to $5.59 a gallon in the past week. This is over a 10%+ increase in a few days!

What did the orange freak to to cause such a dramatic increase in such a short time?

All in all, it was a successful day other than the price of gasoline jumping so much.

I'm off to see my health care provider at the local Open Door Clinic where I go for care today and yes, its one of the Federally funded clinics that every one wants to go to here. They are full of customers and aren't taking any more. I consider myself fortunate to have managed to get in there as the physician I was going to retired a couple of years ago and finding a new person/place to go is a tremendous challenge where I live.

In fact it is such a big problem that many have to move away from here as there is an extreme shortage of not only doctors, but also dentists. This is in rural NW California.

Good night everyone and have a good day!

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