Hi Koolman. I am working full time and had to come up with $4000 additional for the tax man. Yes, it stresses me out. It triggers my anxiety. I just push through it, write the check (luckily I have it) and try to put it out of my mind. Good luck. Tax time will pass.

What really chaps my you know what is that the federal income tax is: unconstitutional in its current form and although there's 1,000s of pages of tax codes, there is no actual law on the books requiring individuals to pay a federal income tax. The IRS is currently the American Gestapo and being that the tax code is so complicated, individuals always have to worry about making mistakes, paying fines, or being prosecuted for violating an unconstitutional system for which there is not actual law on the books.

Don't sweat not being able to climb out of debt. Realize that it is not your fault; although, that's what many have been marketed and brainwashed to believe. A tremendous amount of salary compression has gone on since the 1970s with the cost of living skyrocketing. A college education costs 400% more today than it had in the 1980s. Debt is a system of slavery imposed on you and then you are socialized to be your own guard to keep yourself in that prison under the pretext of being personally fiscally responsible. Our current factional monetary policy imposed upon us by a PRIVATE corporation, the Federal Reserve ensures that our country and we will never be able to escape debt. In fact, my contention is that the dollar is simply being engineered to fail to get us under a global currency.

You see, it's not your fault that you're in debt and you are putting pressure on yourself over tax time because that's what they want you to do. They want you to be scared and stressed. They want you to be afraid of the IRS and the government. It should be the other way around. You are your own prison guard. Realize that it's all BS. Free your mind and free yourself. Pay your bills and pay your taxes, but recognize it for what it is. After all, the Federal Reserve and the private banks that comprise it make money up out of thin air, literally and then charge the federal government an unknown interest rate for doing so enslaving the country and us to debt. This whole government shutdown issue is nothing but a "dog and pony show."

I've come to realize that no matter who wins the election we loss.
This may sound cold but the only one responsalbe for your money problems is you. You can't spend more than you make. Budget your money and stick to the budget. Buy nothing on credit that you can't pay off in one lump sum at any time. I use credit cards for the free stuff but never carry a balance. I don't buy new cars. Why eat the depriciation. I drive them till they drop and kick them in the ass and make them go a little longer. I keep a spare car in case I have to wait while ones in the shop. I can still get around. I don't have any debt at all. There for I only have the basic bills to pay. You would be amazed how little it takes to live. If your debt free. I paid my mortgage off fast so now I only have to pay property taxes and insurance which come to about $300 an month. And I don't have to carry the insurance if I don't want.
Now it wasn't easy to get to this point but I got there by planning a budget and doing without for a long time. But now I have peace of mind and My total monthly exspenses are around $700 without including food. It can be done.
As far as income tax, I try to estimate what mine will be so I don't have to send any in or get any back. I usually get close.
Gemstone look at it this way you got a $4000 intrest free loan from the government. They just want it back in a single payment.

I have to deal with taxes every year. We sit down, have a snack and drink table set up near by, all documents in place, the forms ready, and do it on-line.
Some years we come close to even, some years not so much.
Best wishes in making this tax time easier.

Oh, yes. My husband I had our taxes done this weekend and I was sweating it. It was actually stressing me out to no end. We almost broke even this year, which he was angry about and I was thankful for. I am also discouraged about having to work while others get to stay home. I know there are people out there who really cannot work. But I am upset about the others who can but won't.