Taxadoodle

It's a funny time of year for Tax Expert Dog... like me.

Something called the Tax Return Deadline is approaching and it seems to have got a lot of people excited.

For a laid back, chilled out dog like me it's a bit bizarre to see people coming in with great bundles of paperwork, waving their Tax Returns (or even 2 Tax Returns (this year's and last year's)) and frowning in a worried sort of way.

They disappear into the office with my human and emerge sometime later like different people.  The frown is gone, their shoulders are unbowed and there's invariably a bounce in their step... as though some enormous weight has been lifted from their shoulders.

Okay, I may be exaggerating just a little bit, but not by much...

According to Renee, this is stressful time for people who need to complete their Tax Returns by 31st January.  If they haven't done so yet, it means they are cutting things a little fine and it usually means there's something on the form they need help with.  They know they have to do something, they just don't know what.

Personally, I don't know what all the fuss is about, but then I ate the last pen I picked up (and very painful it was a day or so later.  An interesting shade of blue, though).

So, what's to do?

Well you can either fill in your return yourself, which is fine.  Or you could get someone to do it for you, which is also good.  The advantage of having someone do it for you is they will probably know more about what you can claim for and could well reduce the amount of tax you end up paying.

Worth it?  Well, maybe, but worth a conversation at least.