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Before we get started, I will need each of you to complete form 2008 in it’s entirety. First time visitors only need to complete sections A through F but repeat visitors need to complete the entire form. If your last name starts with the letters A through N, please fill out only the applicable sections. If your last name starts with the letters M through Z complete sections C through V but omit the questions that don’t apply. If you are visiting for the first time but plan on visiting again, you will need to fill out all sections and also complete form 2007. If this is too complicated, you may elect to fill out form 2008 EZ however you will find it just as confusing and end up giving up on that one as well……………

Don’t you just love filling out forms. I love how they are so simple these days and so easy to fill out and understand. Yea right. And what happened to the internet simplifying things? I spent the greater portion of last night trying to fill out some tax forms. Step one was finding the right form. I struggled with step one. You see the form I wanted was part of another form and the title had nothing to do with what I wanted. It was like going to the grocery store to find lawn furniture. Who could argue with that logic. Finally I found what I thought was the right form, and thats when the fun really began.

Page one was all the usual stuff like name, age, address, business name. Business name? Wait I don’t want to start a business. I will just skip over that part. Then there were questions like: Type of business, number of employees etc . Man they are stuck on this business thing. Page one also said to make sure and complete applicable portions of page two but my page two was only instructions for filling out page one. Hmmm is something really wrong here. I went back on line and reprinted the forms and this time I got a page two. On page two, I only needed to complete section A but there were parts of that which I didn’t understand either. I also had numerous blanks and at the bottom of the form, it said that forms with blanks would be rejected. It’s time for the last resort. I hate asking for directions. What can I say, I am a man.

Ok so I call the tax office and guess what I hear? “I’m sorry the number you are trying to reach has been disconnected.” What the heck? No more taxes! Yes Yes Yes? (Wishful thinking on my part.) They gave me a new number so I called it. Now a lady answers and I tell her I need help with a form and she asks a million questions and finally transfers me to another person who can help me. A man answers now and he asks the same million questions and finally I get the answer I am looking for: Sir that’s not the right form. You need to fill out form 2008 EZ. 10 minutes later I finish filling out the form on line and I am again a legal citizen of the USA.

While I was doing all this form searching, I found a form that you fill out to suggest changes to other forms. I wonder if there is a form to fill out to make suggested changes to the form change form. The possibilities here are endless.

Please complete the exit form before you leave.

Have a wonderful day,

Greg