Current Events > I had a week long panick attack over taxes

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I occasionally have bad anxiety attacks, and my big one tis year seems to have happened. I freaked out about taxes. i had a few years where I made such little money that I didn't need to file, according to the irs website. It was hard times, health was poor, job market was crap, etc. i've got a job now so Im better.

I got some bad tax advice a few years back. I recieved a statement from my job before they started giving out w-2's every year (foreign company) and my tax lady told me not to file taxes that year since there was little money, and it wasnt a w-2. What the heck. I was naive and listened.

So Im getting ready to move overseas for work again, taking care of taxes. I remember my 2015 taxes that i never worried about, and suddenly anxiety sets in. I didnt file that year. I decide, out of good faith, to file it late.

Then i remember "remember thta yea i was incredibly poor and didnt file? I did a commission for someone (book illustrations) and earned a measely 1000$. Apparently that is taxable, even though it has no trace. Out of curiosity and fear, I look it up and find a ton of weird articles saying things that are taxbale.

Gift cards
Odd jobs (mowing lawns, kid stuff)
Doing things like online reviews, swagbux etc

Like, how crazy is this. Now I know why people get so upset and go crazy over this stuff. The IRS really does tax everything.

I have always had a guilty conscience, maybe anks to uncomfortable childhood stuff, and I kno it is insane to file small things like that so many years ago.

I just need to vent so I dont end up hurting myself.
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Also just realized swagbuc*s is banned on this site haha
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get some xanax
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