(Question unrelated to today's topic: Can anyone explain to me why Blogger has started double underscoring certain words? It's annoying. How does one get rid of it? The underscoring doesn't show up on the draft, just on the final post. Help!!!)The brilliant State of Kansas is considering charging $25.00 to those who file their state income taxes via paper mail rather than on the computer. Now, this doesn’t affect me, because years ago I said, “To hell with it!” and turned over the mentally taxing tax return duties to H and R Block. It’s expensive, but cheaper than me having a nervous breakdown trying to muddle through the filing booklet.
But I do know many people who have either limited incomes or limited knowledge and take the paper route to file their returns. Why should they be penalized? The very people who need the money the most are going to be the ones who get the shaft. What’s more, if a filer doesn’t have a bank account of some sort and requires a paper check for a refund, an extra $10.00 would be charged. Shipping and handling fee. Sure. And, of course, those who file by paper can expect to wait four months longer for their refund than those who file electronically, according to the article I read in the newspaper. Shouldn’t that be enough of a penalty?
The state’s rationale is that the paper filing system, which apparently worked fine for decades, is now suddenly too costly to operate. Well, if that’s the case, then I think Kansas should just get rid of state taxes altogether and not have to whine around about returning to its citizens what is rightfully theirs. Problem solved.
1 comment:
Amen!
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