When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)?

Hello all!

When you have to deal with this type of responsibility it is the end of childhood.😔 You not only will need to file your taxes at the end of the year, but you will need to pay sales taxes when you buy anything. State and local taxes are removed from your paycheck as well as Federal.

Matthew 22:21

“They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.”

King James Version (KJV)

It is not fun when you have realized how hard you have worked and how much taxes are taken out and given to our Uncle Sam. I always wondered why we call him “Uncle”.

I recall as a child seeing my parents file their taxes. Never smiling. To me it looked like homework that had to be done once a year. All of the figuring and writing that they were doing that seemed like it took hours to do. I thought to myself,

“Gee, I am glad I don’t have to do that. That looks hard, why didn’t they do a little each night the whole year before this so they wouldn’t have so much to do now?”

Why America pays taxes.

Taxes provide revenue for federal, local, and state governments to fund essential services–defense, highways, police, a justice system–that benefit all citizens, who could not provide such services very effectively for themselves.

Okay. So now I know why now. It has to be done at a certain time when the W2’s are sent out. And now I know why they complained about how much taxes were taken out too!

Yep, those taxes will make you grow up real fast.

Peace and blessings to you!