BennyEast.Com/Blog The official blog of Kenny West

Last Year I Use Turbo Tax

I'm a little sad.  I'm fairly certain this will be the last year I use Turbo Tax for my taxes.  I've used them for what seems like FOREVER.  Given my financial circumstances.... I'm just going to have to hire a professional accountant to do my taxes for me.  It is what it is.  My trading is ramping up.  The money coming in from my mom's estate and my grandparents trust and the other trust and all of the other things my mom had setup along with my mom's house coming to me... Etc. etc.

It's just too much.

In addition I'm making money now from digital music sales.  I work full time in the IT field for my base salary.  That part is easy.  It's all the other stuff that is complex.  If you make money from a W2... And that's it?  You're fine.  If you make money from 50 million other things... You're not fine.

I also use my vacation from work to consult up in Maine at the summer camp for IT stuff there.

SO basically... Turbo Tax just isn't cutting it anymore.  Plus I plan to use the money I'll be receiving from the trust and my mom's estate to increase my investment holdings within my investment portfolio.  I also am toying with starting a company to incorporate all of my creative ventures... Books... Music... Whatever.  I might get into movie production one day.  I don't know what else.  Websites and businesses.

I may get into rental property.  Who knows what else.  If it generates income... It needs to be taxed.  And I'm all about doing things that generate income.  Obviously the more the better.  But who isn't these days?

It's just going to get nuts going forward.  And I'm not an accountant.  Sooo... I'll need someone to handle this stuff on my behalf.  Someone personal and not a computer algorithm that gets stuck when it doesn't know what to do.

I need someone I can call and ask... "Hey what do I do with these CDbaby sales?  What do I do with this capital gains sale I made from these 10 stocks.  What do I do with this income I got from this trust.  What do I do with...  etc. etc."

I want an answer from a live person without waiting on hold for 60 minutes.  Just like I can email the attorney from my mom's estate and get an email back.

Meanwhile I had to call Turbo Tax support for this one issue I just had and they were good... But... I just think going forward... Next year?  And the year after?  It's just going to get even more crazy.

I guess it really is, as they say, mo money mo problems.  And all I want to do is sleep in and write/record/play music.  And write books.  And be creative.

And find a girl to date...  That would be nice as well.  A girl to at least be in a relationship with.  That's nearly impossible to find.  It's like... everything goes great... Until you ask for any kind of commitment.  Or you want to label anything.  Or you want to be exclusive.  Then she's like... Oh... Um... Well... I mean... I don't know about all of that.  I'm just trying to keep things... As they are.  It's just tough, the whole dating scene.  Everyone wants to "have fun" and no one wants anything beyond that.  No one wants relationships or commitment.  They just want... "We're just hanging out, why do we have to take it beyond that?  Things are good right now aren't they?".  And that's fine.  I don't know... I look at married people and I'm just like... How did they ever get that far?  I don't get it.  How did they ever convince the other person to want more than just... to hang out and have fun.

Taxes and girls.  I need to date/end up with an accountant.  That would solve both problems.  Two birds with one stone.