I'm in Columbus for a two-day tax training so that later this year I can train counselors to use the Benefit Bank's tax software, as well as help clients file their taxes at tax clinics. (Yikes!)
The software will do all of the work, thank God -- because a) I don't think anyone is looking for MY tax expertise :) and b) just working through one fairly simple scenario by hand was enough to make me want to rip my hair out. Seriously? Tax forms are insane. How did this system even develop?
VISTAs from around the state gathered and prepared by hand taxes for Janis Hayes, a familar "fake client" around the Benefit Bank. (Janis, along with her son Tyler, daughter Carmen and grandson Simon, also "apply" for benefits during benefits trainings.)
I think the whole point of the exercise was just to make us appreciate the simplicity of the Benefit Bank software. No worries there!
I have to admit, there are fleeting moments when working out the big math problem is actually kind of satisfying. But that feeling soon passes as I'm quickly buried under an obnoxious pile of alphabet-soup schedules, forms and worksheets.
Sheesh. Stop the madness!
Another day of tax fun bright and early tomorrow...
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