Mom is due to be discharged tomorrow-----and I just picked up the taxes. I cannot recall if this ever happened (my wife just told me that back in the late 70's when we had no money it did) but it feels good now

We owe zero federal, state or local taxes for last year and zero federal, state, or local estimated tax for 2024. In fact we are getting refunds from all of them.

I never wanted refunds--but I have to admit this has a nice ring to it.

April has long been the most "unfriendly" month of the year. April 15th had a triple whammy of the final payment of last years income taxes and the first quarter of the current year's taxes. Then the icing on the cake was that April 30th the county real estate taxes in PA were all due (to take advantage of a 2% early payment incentive).

The real estate taxes are just around the corner---but I'm still a happy camper