Over 30 & Filing Taxes

What phrase tells you that you are over 30? Dangerous Dave looks at an online poll of signs you are getting older. Plus, it is tax day and we talk about filing procrastinators.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Please step deeper in the din with dangerous day. You know,
it doesn't matter how young you look or act. You
find yourself referring to something that happened in twenty fifteen
as recent. Well, you've been out millennial at best. They
asked the Internet, what opinion instantly says you're over thirty.
Some of the best responses included Internet forums are better

(00:21):
than social media. No weekend plans is my favorite weekend plan.
People who are thirty seem young very much so. Punctuation
is good. Actually, serious purchases online purchases especially must be
made on a laptop, not on your phone. I agree
with that for sure. Yes, I want a paper receipt.
You cannot have my email address. Other opinions that say

(00:42):
you're over thirty. I want a physical copy of my music,
my games, of my movies. TikTok is too noisy, dinner
parties that started seven or two late. Have I told
you how much I love my air fryer? Have I
told you how much I love Costco and Sam's Club?
E bikes are out of control? Pluto is a planet,
and I really shouldn't. I have to work in the morning.
Deeper in the today's tax Day, which probably either is

(01:03):
meaningless to you, annoying, or stressful. If you're in the
last group, you're not alone. According to a survey it
was conducted at the start of this year, twenty nine
percent of Americans said they probably procrastinate on filling out
their taxes this year. Even more admitted to putting it
off last year too, Apparently it's an annual tradition for him.
Back then, fifteen percent of Americans thought they'd be done

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by January, thirty eight percent by February, twenty six by March,
and eighteen percent would wait until April. Even then, three
percent said they probably filed for an extension, which pushes
back the deadline to October fifteenth. And by the way,
if you do do that, you have to pay interest
on the money you owe, just so you know, let's
be honest. More than three percent actually are in that

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boat today. Nineteen percent of people said they didn't know
when the filing deadline was, same time of year every year,
and if it falls on a weekend, they push it
back to the Monday after the weekend. If you have
more complex finances, it can also be asso collecting and
organizing all the documents you need, and if you wait
till the last minute, it can be hard to schedule

(02:05):
an appointment with the tax professional. The people most likely
to procrastinate on their taxes southeastern US, followed by the
Dakotas and out West. Least likely Midwest and Northeast. According
to a new poll, seventy percent voters think taxpayers pay
way too much. Y're too high. I agree. That's up
eleven points from last year. Seventy five percent said government

(02:25):
spending is too wasteful, absolutely whopping, eighteen percent higher from
last year. So don't forget to file your taxes. I
don't want to have you listening to me while you're
sitting in prison. Tune it again for another episode of
Deeper in the Den with Dangerous Dave light Year.