Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Tax woes

I recently calculated the total amount of tax am supposed to pay this time around and was astonished at the whopping figure !! .. Don;t understand how i have to pay so much tax when am getting paid peanuts . I have had my share of visits to the Tax department last time around and am not really interested in going back there. Also my accountant scrached every hair of his head and used all his mathematical experience gained over the decade before coming to the conclusion that this is the least amount i will have to pay. Hmm ... no wonder am so poor :p Nevertheless i remembered this joke about the Income Tax Department .so here it goes :


The local bar was so sure that its bartender was the strongest man
around that they had a standing Rs 10,000 bet. The bartender would
squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran into a glass, and hand the
lemon to a patron. Anyone who could squeeze one more drop of juice
out would win the money.

Many people had tried over time but nobody could do it. One day,
a scrawny little man came in, wearing thick glasses.

"I'd like to try the bet," he said in a tiny, squeaky voice.

After the laughter had died down, the bartender grabbed a lemon,
and squeezed away. He handed the wrinkled remains of the rind to
the little man. But the crowd's laughter turned to total silence as
the man clenched his fist around the lemon and six drops fell into
the glass.

As the crowd cheered, the bartender paid the Rs 10,000 and asked
the little man what he did for a living. Was he a lumberjack,
or a weightlifter, or what?

"I work for the Income Tax department."


Just wished that i come into some special category where upon i get to decide how much amount of money i need to pay as tax to the government . I promise i will honestly pay some amount. Is any "law rules maker" listening ;)