{"id":5283,"date":"2004-04-12T23:44:13","date_gmt":"2004-04-13T06:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/04\/12\/taxing-experiences.html"},"modified":"2004-04-12T23:44:13","modified_gmt":"2004-04-13T06:44:13","slug":"taxing_experien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/04\/12\/taxing_experien.html","title":{"rendered":"Taxing experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just plowed through TY03&#8217;s returns with relatively flying colors, thanks to the folks at Intuit TurboTax.  Some of the infamous &#8220;tax cuts for the rich&#8221; benefited the Hill\/Kleerup household, others did not (and, frankly, the ones that didn&#8217;t were because we made <i>too much <\/i>money).  Regardless, Uncle Sam and Uncle Bill will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/03\/28\/blooming.html\">buying some siding <\/a>for us this year, for which we are duly grateful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just plowed through TY03&#8217;s returns with relatively flying colors, thanks to the folks at Intuit TurboTax. 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