Nine for Random Chatter, doomed to die

[Craig Jessop]

I trump all. I work early morning custodial... try 3:30 am sometime, you'll like it.

[Katya]

I trump all. I work early morning custodial... try 3:30 am sometime, you'll like it.

I did that for a while. (Only it was 3 am, you slacker!) And I had a second job that started at 3 pm, so I never got a full night's sleep.

[thebigcheese]

I had a roommate who worked 4 am custodial. She would generally sleep 4 hours before work, and 4 hours after. I thought that sounded like the most horrible thing ever.

[Craig Jessop]

I had a roommate who worked 4 am custodial. She would generally sleep 4 hours before work, and 4 hours after. I thought that sounded like the most horrible thing ever.

I just go to bed at 8:30. I usually aim for 7:30, but let's be real here: most humans don't do that.

[thebigcheese]

Yeah, I actually have a friend who goes to bed at 7:30 because he has to be at work in Salt Lake at 3:00 am. He's on the radio, so that's cool. But it's never been very conducive to social activities...we can hardly even go to dinner with him and his wife because he has to be in bed so early.

[Unit of Energy]

I usually wake up between 4:42 and 5:22 am. Because I'm weird and have my alarm set to snooze in ten minute intervals starting at 4:42. I work custodial, thankfully it isn't 4 am, but it is still quite earlier than I would like. I usually get around 5-7 hours of sleep. which is what I get when I don't work at six am, so for the most part I just don't like being up to watch the sunrise every day.

[Katya]

Yeah, I actually have a friend who goes to bed at 7:30 because he has to be at work in Salt Lake at 3:00 am. He's on the radio, so that's cool. But it's never been very conducive to social activities...we can hardly even go to dinner with him and his wife because he has to be in bed so early.

I've heard similar things many times from radio people. You beat the rush hour, at least, but you also miss the nightlife.

[Whistler]

I usually get 8-9 hours of sleep... so there?

[bobtheenchantedone]

Hooray for panicking because we realized none of us had seen my brother since 1:30!

He was at a friend's house, but it took some calls to find this out and gave us a stressful 10 or 15 minutes.

[krebscout]

My children always choose to have middle-of-the-night crises on Saturday nights. Especially the nights before Sauron has to teach Sunday School.

At least they're cute.

[Marduk]

Oh no! What's up?

[Dragon Lady]

My children always choose to have middle-of-the-night crises on Saturday nights. Especially the nights before Sauron has to teach Sunday School.

At least they're cute.

Hey, Dragon Baby did that last night, too. Except Yellow didn't have to do anything. But I had to conduct Primary and teach Sharing Time. In good news, I didn't have my 7 am meeting today.

[thebigcheese]

Ah, that takes me back to the days when I would throw up at like 3 in the morning and then immediately go find mom to clean it up. Good times.

[krebscout]

Oh no! What's up?

Nothing scary - no emergency room trips this time. Just problems sleeping and a series of increasingly desperate attempts to get our kids to sleep. Wreaks havoc on already over-stressed and under-slept parents. This isn't a common thing - our kids are usually great sleepers...so we're spoiled and underprepared.

[thebigcheese]

Ugh...another case of hives. Worse this time. Maybe it's time to go see an allergist.

[bobtheenchantedone]

HOLY CRAP TAXES

I spent 2-3 hours filling out tax forms. RESULT: My sister got paid, I need to send the IRS some monies, and I am GREATLY relieved that the whole thing is over (for now).

Next item of business: filling out tax forms for myself...

[Dragon Lady]

I think we maybe finally have all our tax info back, so that means we can file our taxes and I'm excited and nervous. I'm not sure if we'll get a refund or have to pay, but we've been setting aside money from Yellow's side jobs just in case. But I'm really hopeful that we'll get to keep at least some of it and then maybe I can afford a new washer and dryer! [crosses fingers]

[thebigcheese]

Oh man, taxes. Probably ought to get started on that. This is our first year filing together! Weird! Does that change things a lot? I'm so tax retarded that it's not even funny.

Oh, and another question...maybe somebody knows this: do you have to pay taxes on monetary gifts? We just received a pretty substantial amount.

[Marduk]

If I remember correctly, anything under 1500 is not taxed, but anything recieved in a years time that exceeds that IS.

[vorpal blade]

Oh man, taxes. Probably ought to get started on that. This is our first year filing together! Weird! Does that change things a lot? I'm so tax retarded that it's not even funny.

Oh, and another question...maybe somebody knows this: do you have to pay taxes on monetary gifts? We just received a pretty substantial amount.

Yes, filing a joint return will change things a lot.

I was curious about the question of monetary gifts. Marduk lead me to believe I had been doing it wrong all these years. The source to go to is the IRS, assuming you are talking about Federal taxes, and not state taxes. Looking in the instructions to form 1040 I found this information http://www.irs.gov/instructions/i1040/ar01.html#d0e1693

Nontaxable income. Do not report any nontaxable income on line 21. Examples of nontaxable income include the following.
• Gifts and bequests. However, if you received a gift or bequest from a foreign person of more than $14,165, you may have to report information about it on Form 3520, Part IV. See the Instructions for Form 3520.

The instructions refer you to Publication 525 on miscellaneous sources of income. http://www.irs.gov/publications/p525/ar ... 1000229549

Gifts and inheritances. Generally, property you receive as a gift, bequest, or inheritance is not included in your income. However, if property you receive this way later produces income such as interest, dividends, or rents, that income is taxable to you. If property is given to a trust and the income from it is paid, credited, or distributed to you, that income is also taxable to you. If the gift, bequest, or inheritance is the income from the property, that income is taxable to you.

If your gift comes from your employer, however, it might be taxed. http://www.irs.gov/publications/p525/ar ... 1000229125

Holiday gifts. If your employer gives you a turkey, ham, or other item of nominal value at Christmas or other holidays, do not include the value of the gift in your income. However, if your employer gives you cash, a gift certificate, or a similar item that you easily can exchange for cash, you include the value of that gift as extra salary or wages regardless of the amount involved.

I was unable to find any instruction that says you are required to pay taxes on gifts other than from your employer in certain cases.