TAXES 2012

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Caleb has been "self employed" now for the past year and had not paid taxes all year. I had no idea what to save or how much taxes would amount to, and neither did he. We played it safe and saved $23,000. We knew we probably overshot a little. He did put over 40,000 miles on our car last year, gets a break for food and insurance expenses. We have kind of turned into hoarders with money lately anyway. Not knowing what our future holds and where Caleb will end up working, we just keep saving. 

Our tax guy just left our house at 10 pm on Sunday night, the night before taxes are due. I wasn't sure what to expect but Caleb has saved what he could. 

Drum roll please......... we owe $349 to federal and get $400 back from state. So basically, it's a wash and we saved lots of money for ourselves.

Without any hesitation, we are leaving this weekend to celebrate. We previously had planned on going this weekend for our anniversary trip that we have not had time to take. Now we can celebrate without worry. Feeling very grateful and proud of my man for saving money.

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