Any accountants in the house? There’s nothing like doing my taxes (or trying to do them) to make me remember how stupid I am about money. I’d simply assumed that because I have only one real source of income this year (last year, I effectively had three paychecks), figuring out how much I owe would be relatively simple. But I still have this Rollover IRA from my last job that’s confusing things — coupled, of course, with my natural stupidity about money. I suppose the worst that could happen is I’ll file my taxes and be sent an angry letter indicating that I neglected to pay the correct amount. (Last year, I did in fact end up having to send the township a second check for about seventeen dollars.) But I’d rather not let that happen. I’d much prefer this to be a simple process of plugging numbers into boxes and then adding them up.
Although, whatever I do, I should probably figure out what needs to happen with that Rollover IRA. I seem to remember being told initially that I couldn’t transfer the 401k from my earlier job to my new retirement plan at the University, but it seems silly to keep this small amount just sitting there, especially if I am going to end up owing taxes on it.
Don’t mind me. I’m just stupid about money, that’s all.