My New MacBook - and Its Tax Connection
Just before BlogHer, Chris went out and bought me a new laptop. This was a fairly important purchase since my last laptop had more or less lost its portability - kind of an important part of a laptop.
My new laptop is a MacBook, just a more modern version of my prior laptop (only this one is mine, all mine - insert maniacal laughter here - from the beginning whereas the last one was a hand me down). I’ve been playing with the features now and again and today, as my battery wound down, I decided to check out the Speech functions. One of the functions allows you to choose different voices to announce the time, speak text and otherwise operate your computer using voice functions. I was checking out the different voices when I heard the Good News voice say:
“Congratulations! You won the sweepstakes and you don’t have to pay income tax again.”
What? Who writes these things, Apple? You certainly do have to pay income tax on sweepstakes winnings. And likewise, the interest or other income earned as a result of your winnings is also taxable.
And yes, I know, I overthink these things. I can’t help it.
(Psst, Apple, if you’re looking for someone to write some tax voices, I’m totally happy to help!)
