This was not the year to learn how to do taxes myself. My father has always done mine in the past and done a great job on them. Living in TN with no state income tax, he has only to do my federal taxes, which are easy enough to slot in with all the others he does. However, I did not think it fair to ask him to do them now that I'm a married woman. So I said, no daddy, I can do it myself. I got TurboTax and went to work. It was great, and everything was moving along just fine, until it came time to deal with the sale of my house. Now I'm all confused. Because they sure are asking me to pay a lot for making next to nothing on the sale of the house. In fact, I look at the sale of my house as a loss because I put a lot more money into remodeling the house than I saw on the closing. I'm hoping it is just my ignorance in answering some of the questions they asked. And when Daddy gets home from helping out my brother in Oregon, he is going to take a look at what I've done and what I need to do. So, um, I am learning about doing my taxes, however I'm not too proud to admit I need assistance. We love you Daddy!
