Give Me Back My Five Bucks

Last Thursday night I geeked out by doing a practice run of my taxes. I don’t have all of my forms yet, but I knew enough to plug in most of the numbers. Turns out, I should be getting back approximately $2,500! Which is a shock to me, because I assumed with all of my freelance work, I would end up having to pay taxes. But, my RRSP contributions and my business expenses helped me out a lot. Because I consistently contribute to my RRSPs, I’m considering filling out the T1213 form which lets you request permission from the government to have … Continue reading →

Well I finally got around to filing my taxes yesterday, and for the first time ever I filed my taxes myself using the Business Unincorporated version of QuickTax. It was actually a pretty simple procedure, and IMO I was finished my taxes quicker than the person from H&R Block who did them last year. I’m definitely going to be doing my taxes by myself from now on. There’s no point in paying someone to do what I can do myself. How much was my refund? $1,585. Around what I was expecting. I’m going to earmark a bit of the money … Continue reading →

Tonight I’m going for a dinner/movie date with a friend. I’m really looking forward to it. We’re either going to see Up in the Air or Leap Year. I’d watch either. I still really want to see Avatar (I know, I know, I should have seen it already – I said I was going to!). I was waiting to see it with J, but he’s been so busy lately and all my friends have already seen it. Sigh. I should just buy the IMAX tickets. Then he’d be forced to go. :) Other than that, things financially are going as … Continue reading →

Well, according to ING’s handy dandy Goal Setter, I am right on track in my Travel Fund savings. Back in June, I plugged in $10,000 as my goal, and as of right now I’m on track to reach that goal in January 2010. And if I keep saving at this rate, I should have close to $15,000 by mid-June! :) I also realized that I should be getting my tax refund back before we go traveling. I didn’t end up filling out those papers to deduct less tax off of my regular pay cheques. I know not to count on … Continue reading →

Yay! My mom just called me and said that my tax refund cheque has arrived ($2,200+). She is is going to mail it to me tomorrow, so hopefully I get it sometime this week. My original plan was to put my entire tax refund towards my LASIK eye surgery. But since then, a lot of things have changed – I totaled a car, bought a car & insurance as a result of the car crash (the bulk of the cost is sitting in my Line of Credit until I pay it off), and I’m now moving in with BF. So, … Continue reading →