It's that time of year again! Taxes are due.
If you send your tax return to Kansas, then your taxes are due on April 17, 2006. If you send your tax return to Massachusetts then your taxes are due on April 18, 2006. Why? Massachusetts celebrates Patriots Day. FYI - Connecticut is one of the only New England states that does not send their tax returns to Massachusetts. Go figure? So, don't plan on the extra day.
And, no Patriot's Day is not a celebration for the New England Patriots Football Team. Don't get me wrong, I am a Pats fan, and have been even before their winning streak. Specifically, I remember Grogan got his ass kicked by the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XX. I lost money that day. But no one like Grogan could throw a hail Mary pass and turn a game around in the eleven hour. He's still my all time favorite.
Actually, Patriots Day is a celebration of the battle at Concord and Lexington in Massachusetts in 1775. (The picture below is the "battle" bridge in Concord and the Minutemen Statue). This was the battle that was known as "the shot heard 'round the world". 
I don't quite know of any other state who has a holiday only applicable to their state.
Butt, anyways I sent in my extension. Since my husband owns his own business tax time is hell! I do meet with the accountant to get a rough idea if I am going to cry, jump for joy, or at least feel comfortable. As a business owner not only do you pay the tax that you and I are accustomed to, butt you also have to pay a self employment tax! For those of us who are employed, your employer picks up half the tab. Believe me there is alot of headaches to being your own boss. And for some of us it actually means having two jobs. My husband always tells me I do a great job and he's giving me a big raise. Well, I was always taught, zero times anything still equals a big fat zero.
Smokers are also big time tax payers. Not only do they pay taxes like all other citizens, they also pay a tax everytime they light up. In Connecticut that equals $1.51 (I think, stopped counting) per pack of smokes. Everyone, always ask why don't they make nicotine illegal. Let's face it, it is more addictive than heroin. You may think it's the tobacco companies that dictate that decision. Well, it's not! Legislation would die without the tax money smokers contribute to the pot. So the next time you curl your nose up at a smoker, at least give them a pat on the back for paying more than their fair share of taxes.
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