What would you rather be doing than your Income Taxes? Previously I really enjoyed the Two Line Financial Horror story challenge. It was quite terrifying to read and judge. However, this time we will go for something a little simpler.
This year’s challenge, answer the following question in the comments to this post:
I’d rather be _____ than doing my taxes
I realize for some who really love the tax system (I’m looking at you Blunt Bean Counter) they can’t fill this in, but for the rest of us common folks, it shouldn’t be that hard, can it?
Nobody Likes Doing Taxes — Except Accountants
Filing taxes in Canada isn’t just about T4s and tuition slips anymore. You hunt for medical receipts, childcare expenses, and RRSP contributions. You also pray you don’t forget something the CRA will come asking about later. Trying to remember what you spent 11 months ago is uniquely stressful. This is especially true when the stakes are penalties or lost refunds. Most Canadians would prefer to be doing almost anything else. They would even choose cleaning the gutters or having dental work.
For most Canadians, tax season feels like a slow, painful chore. Sure, there are the organized folks who love plugging in numbers and finding credits, but for the rest of us? It’s a headache of receipts, confusing forms, and the looming fear of making a mistake. We delay, we procrastinate, and then we cram it all into one caffeine-fueled weekend.
A bit late for the contest…
I’d rather be doing….. oh wait can’t mention that here.
I don’t mind tax time, seems the government owes me every year.
Thanks for the GP response 🙂 . I don’t like when the Government owes me money, but then again, it’s better than when I have owed them money…
Redditing
resting
I’d rather be forced to twerking at my 25th high school re-union than doing my taxes.
I’d rather be doing almost anything rather than doing my taxes!
I’d rather be freezing my *toes off at the rink than doing my taxes.
I’d rather be cleaning the toilet than doing my taxes.
I would rather be shoveling snow than doing my taxes. These days that means a lot.
I would rather be doing hospital laundry than doing my taxes.
I’d rather be digging my driveway out after the snowplow has buried the curb in 3 feet of ice than doing my taxes!
I’d rather be dreaming of frivolously spending my tax refund than doing my taxes!
I’d rather be learning about ways to save money on my taxes than doing my taxes.
Id rather be watching paint dry then doing my taxes.
I would rather be sticking hot needles through my eye while listening to Bieber sing than doing my taxes.
🙂
I’d rather be renovating my walk out basement to create that apartment that will give me enough income I can live essentially rent free.
I think I would rather be at the park with the dog than doing my taxes.
I’d rather be scrapping hard packed ice off my car…
Repairing the window that was broken by a fallen tree limb…
Swabbing out the basement…
Cleaning disgusting rotted food out of my freezer…
And doing physio to help heal my twisted ankle.
I’d rather be doing my Payroll Fundamentals 1 course homework than doing my taxes!
The instructor is AWESOME!!! But ya, Homework???? sigh… Nobody likes homework, but taxes even less!
I’d rather trot to Hell on a fast horse with a porcupine saddle than doing my taxes.
I’d rather be doing my own taxes than asking my mother to do them yet again. (Um, I’m 36 and I pull my own and my spouses info together, but my mom has turbo tax and all of our previous data so I just ask her to do it as opposed to doing it myself. This year my daughter has to file taxes. I can’t bear to ask my mom to do my kids’ taxes. The fact I shared this is embarrassing enough).
Anything else.
I rather watch women Tenis 🙂 or rather read more of bigcajun blog!! even if i still cant get CD; wont read!!!
I’d rather be be building my multi-million dollar financial blogging empire than doing my taxes.
(no this one doesn’t count, just me having fun).
would rather be sleeping
I would rather be taking care of my newly purchased sixplex than doing taxes.
I would rather be looking for a needle in a haystsack than doing my taxes!
I would rather help my mom and wife with their taxes than doing my taxes
dancing with the stars (with my two left feet)
I’d rather be playing with my kids than doing my taxes.
I would rather be doing photography outside in a polar vortex than doing my taxes 😉
Sleeping
I’d rather be paying my taxes than doing my taxes. Kind of warped, right?
I’d rather be standing in an endless line at the supermarket than doing my taxes.
I guess I’m similar to Blunt Bean Counter, as “I’d rather be doing other peoples taxes than doing my taxes.” I know it’s crazy, but being a numbers guy, I already know what my numbers look like, so this way I would get to see others numbers – Cheers