Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for April 15, 2013
Transcript:
Irene: How's it going, dear? Ned: Pretty good, actually... I just need to double-check my math... and if it checks out, we'll be getting a nice refund. Irene: Yay! Let me see. I don't think Mr. Piffles and his vet bills are tax deductible. Ned: In that case, we're in big trouble.
Varnes over 11 years ago
Fifth panel….Mr. Piffles, with all four paws clamps on to her face and changes her mind….
oranaiche over 11 years ago
I know a CPA who had a client who actually did this.
thirdguy over 11 years ago
So, maybe I should refile, again?
edclectic over 11 years ago
My cat has her (our) own VISA card.
keenanthelibrarian over 11 years ago
Hey, it happens all the time. Why, only last year …
puddlesplatt over 11 years ago
LMAO….
bagbalm over 11 years ago
If that flies how much does a crazy cat lady get back?
jackdohany over 11 years ago
Guess what? Now we’re all gonna move to Ireland!
pekenpug over 11 years ago
Speaking as a crazy cat lady, the tax refund should almost equal our psychiatric bills.
dabugger over 11 years ago
Oh, Uho, someone is not going to get to walk today; then leftovers will be lean….
prrdh over 11 years ago
Americans spend over 6 billion hours and almost $170 billion dollars a year fooling with income taxes. About 60 percent hire accountants or attorneys to do their taxes and another 30 percent use tax software.
Linguist over 11 years ago
No Kidding. And you never get a return ! The Irish Government still owes me a tax return from 1968.
yimhere over 11 years ago
Our house came with an outdoor cat …. she runs the place… eats us out of house and home, makes money on the side running a cathouse out of the garage and drives a Cooper Mini because she can reach the peddles ….. has a CPA do her taxes.
Defective Premium Member over 11 years ago
There was a Congress critter that was recently trying to get pets recognized as dependents that we could write off. I dunno what happened to the idea, or the guy. But I do very much consider my friend to be a dependent and very much part of my family. She’s the best! (no, I’ve never claimed her on anything… no worries)
unca jim over 11 years ago
@Omnius said,“The biggest tax cheats are republicans, they don’t believe in sharing.”
My 401(k) is about to run dry in another <2 years. I didn’t die before I thought I would. Could I come over to your house and “share”? I’m sure we could work something out, even with me as a Republican bunkie… we could find a common ground.
Ernest Lemmingway over 11 years ago
Taxes. A six-letter four-letter word meaning “to suck the life out of working stiffs every year even after paying out through their paychecks all year with highly-fluid laws, impossibly complex forms, and equations that only someone with a Ph.D. in mathematics could understand.”
Justice22 over 11 years ago
1 1/2 to 2% of those earning over one million dollars pay no taxes. They are included in the 47%.
Caddy57 over 11 years ago
I bet Captain Eddie claims Pauly as a dependant AND a business partner
H P Hundt Premium Member over 11 years ago
@Omnius:
The dead in Chicago vote Dem.
Repubs contribute more to charity than Dems who want to feel good by spending other people’s money. Repubs also like to know who’s getting the money.
arizonat over 11 years ago
May not be for the Feds, but it depends on the state where you live for a state refund that will cover the Feds.
water_moon over 11 years ago
Gaurd dogs count, but only if trained for it, and it’d have to be pro-rated as your home office is.
wronhewitt over 11 years ago
They should give the cat a human name, and claim it as a child dependent…The expenses are about the same… except for clothing an’ educating the human child…Cats seem to be born with all the ‘clothing’ and all the education they’ll ever need…