Sunday, January 10, 2010

CONGRATULATIONS; you're over 65. Now pay your taxes - in full.

There's a little box on my 1040 form that I check if I'm over 65; supposedly I get a small reduction in my income taxes for having survived the IRS for 65 years.

Uh, no. The box has no effect unless I also take the standard deduction.

I get nothing - not even a gold star.