Getting ready to have my taxes done is always an awkward experience. Gathering up my forms is the easiest part of the process, save for the rental property that both my brother and I share an interest. Given that my brother is a well paid, but overworked person, I rarely have received this last set of financials on time.
I'm glad that I'm not an accountant at this time of year. One's person's numbers and forms would likely blend into someone else's in my mind - and I'd screw up both people's returns. So I respect my brother a lot for starting a second career in his 40's, and doing well up to this point.
Right now, my brother has got the weight of the world on him, and all I can do is give him encouragement. He will soon have a lot of hard decisions in front of him, and all I can do is listen when he needs an ear, as well as remind him of what he's already accomplished in such a short time in a career.
In the end, my brother will still end up doing tax forms, if not for a large corporation, then for his family. I wish him the best....
