February 4, 2010

A taxing business

If our social media presence and blogging activities have been less focused (and witty) this week than usual .... blame it on the IRS. We've been up to our ears in receipts and paperwork as we bring our 2009 finances to a close. Fortunately we'd kept careful records all year, but we're doing the extra legwork on our end now to ensure we keep our accountant happy. (A happy accountant = a business owner's best friend.)

Happily, Erin is a QuickBooks goddess — so I don't have to worry over columns and sorting functions and ledgers. (Deep, deep sigh of relief from yours truly.) No, no .... my tax season task is a much more enjoyable one: I get to do all the filing. And as anyone who knows me would undoubtedly attest, organizing things is truly a labor of love. (A quick peek into my color-coordinated closet would more than confirm this statement.)

So now that you know we're not trapped in some secret underground bunker away from the world, and are instead merely doing our due diligence to get things ready for our corporate returns, you can rest easy, friends. And I'll get back to filing .... but not before sharing our latest fanmail. Cruel, cruel world! To receive a postcard from sunny Hawaii as we sit inside C/S headquarters on a gloomy, sleeting day — this is indeed a twist of the knife! But of course, we're always glad our jet-set fans think of us as they travel the world ... and we hope they'll be so kind as to soak in some rays on our behalf, too!



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