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Brighten Up Tax Time with this Tax Relief Prize Pack #Giveaway #LSSS

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live-secureI’m a member of Master Lock’s Live Secure Safety Squad and have been compensated for my time in writing this post.

While April brings the sweet relief of spring, she also rings in the most dreaded time of year… TAX TIME!

Hopefully you have all your paperwork organized and you’re ready to tackle your taxes efficiently and without too many headaches.

You may recall last month I shared some tips on How To Keep Your Information Safe and Organized for Tax Time.

But even if you’re scrambling to find papers and receipts, give yourself a break and enter to win this awesome “Tax Relief” Prize Pack including a Sentry Safe Digital Fire Safe and a $50 Visa gift card.

Sentry Safe Digital Fire Safe

This awesome Sentry Safe has a loud, audible alarm so it’s the perfect place to store valuables as well as sensitive and critical paperwork. If your safe is being picked up or moved, someone is attempting to pry open the door, or if five wrong code attempts are entered, the alarm goes off to alert you.

I like that it has a multi-positional tray for flexible organization and that it’s been verified by a third party to protect against fire and flood.

Enter to Win

Thanks to Master Lock and Sentry Safe, you have a chance to win this awesome “Tax Relief” Prize Pack.

Win a Sentry Safe Prize Pack

For a chance to win a Sentry Safe SFW205GQC Digital Fire Safe plus a $50 Visa gift card, leave us a comment telling us when you usually start doing your taxes… are you weeks early or do you leave it to the last minute? Then enter using the form below.

Open to US residents only. The XX Large Digital Safe retails at $399.99 to bring the total prize value to approximately $450.

 

Tax Relief Rewards Sweepstakes

Tax Relief Sweepstakes

Also, make sure you enter the Tax Relief Rewards Sweepstakes that’s running until April 16. Registered Master Lock Vault users are eligible to enter for a chance to win one of five $1,000 prizes. You can register for a free Master Lock Vault account here in order to enter the sweepstakes.

 

Written by Susan Carraretto, co-founder of 5 Minutes for Mom
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247 Comments

  2. I have someone to do my taxes, I start early,if I owe anything that gives time to save the money

  10. The part of getting everything together, and mostly finding some quiet time so i can do them in peace lol.

  11. The part of doing taxes I hate is when I realize how much money the government takes from me. SO depressing.

  12. I usually don’t mind preparing my tax return since it is so easy to do but dislike it when I second guess myself using the tax website I choose.

  13. I hate not knowing if I took all the deductions I am entitled to pay/reduce my taxes.

  14. I hate the stress of worrying about getting all documentation in on time and ensuring everything is properly submitted.

  16. Thank You for the giveaway…I really hate the ridiculous & unnecessary complexity of our federal & state tax system; itemizing deductions almost guarantees a migraine headache every year !

  19. Usually either my Father who was a tax accountant for a major corp does all of the family members taxes, or my husband who has a college degree in accounting does. Either way, the part I hate most about tax time is dealing with them being all stressed out and cranky while they do them!

  23. I hate doing my taxes every year, because it takes me forever to get all the info together. Thanks!

  27. I hate the anxiety of thinking that you filled out/did something wrong on your taxes by accident.

  28. I hate it when I find out we owe them money and then trying to figure out how to pay it.

  33. i never do my own taxes but owing is the absolute worst thing about having them done.

  34. The part I hate most about taxes, other than paying them of course is gathering all my information together to do them! My husband is self employed and I do our taxes, and fill out a lot of forms!

  36. Getting all the papers and receipts together, then going through everything to make sure it’s all there and gone over. It takes forever.

  37. Gathering all of my paper work! No matter how hard I try to be organized, there is always something missing & I have to scramble around to find it! It happens every year!

  41. The worst part of taxes the last couple years has been trying to find my pin number! I can never remember what I use the previous year!

  42. Luckily my husband does our taxes, but I don’t like how stressed out he gets. Thank you!

  43. Paying a fortune to have them done by HR Block. Every year I say will never go back but always do.

  45. I hate having to find someone trusty worty to do my taxes is the part I hate the most

  46. I hate having to gather up and add up all the reciepts for sales taxes. It is very time consuming!!

  48. I have to do partnership taxes as well as individual….The question should be what part do I like….NONE!!!!

  50. Since my husband owns a business we have an accountant do ours. I have nothing to do but sign the papers!

  59. I don’t mind doing my taxes, the only thing that aggravates me is waiting for the needed statements to arrive from banks, etc. Once I’ve got everything, it doesn’t take more than 45 minutes or so to do both federal and state, and that’s with itemizing.

  62. I actually don’t mind doing my taxes at all! Plus, I love getting a nice refund. 🙂

  65. It’s not just a long day (or a couple days) of getting things together, but it’s all year long of maintaining records. Running a small company, this falls on me and my wife for now.

  66. My wife does taxes as she is an accountant and we see the thousands that some get back and with her being an expert, we have to pay a bunch each year.

  71. Calculation health deductions. I’m not very organized so I make it harder than it should be. Thanks for a great giveaway!

  72. I hate trying to find my receipts! I need to be more organized. The whole process is just time consuming and stressful.

  75. I file paperwork after paying bills and keep records going thru out the year. We will start our tax prep around Feb 1st

  82. I don’t mind doing the taxes as much as the stress of wondering how much I might owe, or luck out and get back. There’s no rhyme or reason.

  83. I Really Hate Gathering All The Paperwork Together And Double Checking Everything.

  91. I hate doing every bit of my taxes. I especially hate adding up all of my different W2s since I work several jobs. It is so frustrating and at times difficult.

  98. Sorting and compiling documents. I usually keep everything in one place, but often it’s not the case.

  114. I really do not like getting everything together for it! Every year I say next year I am going to be more organized, but nope. Doesnt happen! Maybe next year!!!

  117. I hate gathering everything together because my husband is self employed and their is receipts he shoves everywhere!

  119. I hate feeling like I missed something very important that could give me a bigger refund.

  125. The worst is trying to get all the medical expenses put together only to find out we don’t have enough to claim it and then owe big on taxes

  126. I hate trying to get all of the documents together so that I have the information I need to fill out all of the forms.

  128. I hate gathering all the receipts and sorting them. Also hurts when we owe money and have to pay.

  130. I hate to see how much I pay each year in taxes. I sure could use that money myself.

  131. I hate paying. My income is way under average where I live, yet I always seem to owe taxes every year.

  132. I hate collecting all of the information that I need in order to do my taxes. It just takes way too long to get it all together.

  134. I hate the time that I have to invest in it. I miss out on doing other things when I have to do this!

  135. The part of doing my taxes that I hate the most is trying to find uninterrupted, quiet time to actually sit down and get it done!

  139. The part that I hate most about preparing my taxes is gathering all the documents, receipts, etc. that I need to file.

  146. I hate the whole process, but mostly I worry about getting the final number wrong

  149. My husband is a sub contractor and I have to deduct everything. I hate it and I always wait until the last minute. I haven’t even started yet.

  150. The part of doing your taxes that I hate the most is getting started. Thanks for the giveaway!

  152. My husband does our taxes so it’s not to hard on me but I do hate seeing the small return we get.

  161. I hate the whole health insurance bs…some ppl just can’t afford it (like us this past year with me being in nursing school). I hate getting all the paperwork and receipts together to take to our tax lady.

  162. The part I really hated this year was we didn’t have insurance for a whole year, so we were fined, not happy.

  163. I do not like trying to gather all the papers up, making sure that nothing is being missed.

  164. I hate it when the software asks you a question and you don’t understand what they are talking about.

  165. I don’t like doing any part of my taxes, especially the part where I have to itemize. Thanks.
    partymix25(at)Hotmail(dot)com

  168. i honestly hate seeing the amount of taxes we pay in compared to the little we get back if any at all!

  172. We have a CPA that does our taxes, but I hate making sure I have all my paperwork together.

  174. I hate trying to find the deductions to get more money back on income taxes, what a pain.

  179. I usually start getting documents ready in Jan. and have to wait until I get financial documents in March. I start in March and usually get it done by the beginning of April.

  180. I don’t like actually doing my taxes – even with Turbo Tax. It always takes longer than I expect.

  182. I start my taxes around mid – March each year. I hate the uncertainty of knowing if I could have saved more money so I pay someone else to do my taxes. It has been worth every penny!

  184. Preparing for them. Getting all paperwork together is the worst part for me.

  186. I hate getting all the paperwork together. Every year I say, “next year I’ll have it all in one place”. Never do.

  187. I don’t mind doing taxes. The worst part is just making sure I have all the documents & receipts I need. I try to put them all in the same spot during the year.

  192. Thankfully, I am NOT the one responsible for handling taxes! I do have other many other chores, but this is one I am glad I don’t have to worry about!!

  196. I just hate the time it takes to do it. I do a short form and it’s pretty easy but time consuming.

  199. I hate all of it: finding all the documents I need, waiting for my husband to get me his numbers, putting everything together, but paying is the worst.

  201. That feeling of not being sure you’re doing it right. I have read more IRS publications than I care to think about.

  206. i hate the time it takes to go get the taxes done and then paying someone to do them

  209. I hate that I must sit in front of a computer mindlessly typing in numbers. I hate that the Tax Code is incomprehensible. Mostly, I hate that the Tax Code is so !@#$ complicated.

  210. i just hate worrying about if this will be the year we owe instead of getting a refund.

  211. I dislike the gathering of all the paperwork only to find out I’m still missing something!

  212. I hate everything about doing taxes so I have someone else do it for me.

    janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com

  213. I hate the fact that every year I seem to owe taxes. I am single and can barely live on my measly income, but the government says that I have too much and have to pay more.

  215. I hate waiting for all of the tax documents to arrive. It seems like they’re always late.

  218. Finding all of the necessary documents and writing a check at the end if I owe is my least favorite.

  220. I hate finding all the documents and receipts that are needed. It takes so long.

  223. We are a military family, so figuring out how to do a different state’s tax return each year is a huge pain! It makes me miss Texas, no state income tax. 😉

  225. For me it has to be checking everything twice, sometimes three. Because I want to be sure I did everything correctly.

  228. For me, because my husband is self employed, it is getting together all the receipts and adding things up to make sure I don’t forget anything!

  231. We start early and then figure out how we will pay for them. My husband is self employed and tax time is not fun for us.

  232. I hate sitting there doing all the paperwork waiting to see if I owe or if i’m getting money back! total suspense!!

  233. The part of doing your taxes that I hate the most is everything about it, so I have my husband do it.

  239. Gathering up all the paperwork, and hoping that I do not have to pay. Getting it all done is a hassle.

  241. The part I hate most is the tediousness of entering everything in to the program. Once it’s done, though, I enjoy that refund. 🙂

  242. I’m not fond of doing all the small calculations to get the numbers necessary to fill out the forms.

  243. Honestly, all of it, but probably digging up all the files that I put in a “safe” place and can’t find now.

  245. I hate every thing about doing my taxes. From paying taxes owed to paying someone to file my taxes for me.

  246. I usually start doing my taxes right away. As soon as I get my W2 I get it done.