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Steps to take the stress out of tax season

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

No, it’s not Christmas (or back to school) – it’s income tax season!

I love income tax season and it’s not just because I have always received a refund, either (although that is certainly a plus). The process of preparing for tax season appeals to my very Type-A personality.

What can I say? Getting organized gets me going – and in a lot of ways, that’s what tax season is all about to me.

I know. So nerdy. It’s fine.

Are you getting ready to file your taxes? With the deadline for employers to provide T4 slips two days away, here are six things you can do to make the process of filing your taxes quick, painless and – maybe – enjoyable this year.

Money lessons I wish I learned in school

Considering the story behind the name of this blog, it should not surprise you to learn I love cheesy jokes.

Dad jokes, bad puns, jokes so stupid they’re funny — I’m here for it all. In a world where crude humour is increasingly the norm, cheesy jokes are refreshing.

And admit it: they can be pretty funny — especially ones that hit deep, like this one:

“I’m glad I learned about parallelograms instead of how to do taxes. It really comes in handy this parallelogram season.”

I could swap out parallelograms with any number of things I learned in grade school — how to play the recorder, the difference between a limerick and a haiku, the rules of soccer baseball. These things were useless to me then and remain useless to me now.

Meanwhile, important life skills — including those related to money management –were left largely up to me to figure out on my own.

Needless to say, the list of things I wish I had learned in school about personal finance is long.

Tax Season 2019: 6 things you can do to make filing quick and easy

5 basic money lessons I wish I learned in school