Everyone has a story about a tax return gone bad. And this is your chance to turn your bad tax move into a good one…
Have a horrible tax filing story? Car break down blocks from the post office? Ran out of paper in the printer? Dog ate your return? Tell me your worst tax filing story – or simply complain, whine or ramble about the thing (or things) you hate most about filing taxes – and win.
Three lucky readers can win their own Tax Tip Kit from Office Depot. Office Depot offers a number of options for taxpayers who want to file at home in addition to being a one-stop shop for your tax needs.
The “Tax Tip Kit” features everything you need to navigate the busy tax season, including:
- Office Depot brand receipt file box to stay organized
- Ativa tax calculator
- Ativa USB flash drive loaded with valuable information on Office Depot resources and tax tips from Office Depot
- H&R Block At Home Software to simplify the tax filing experience
All you have to do to enter is share your worst tax move, your biggest tax goof, or your silliest tax gaffe. Tell us your story. Leave your response in the space below as a comment (free registration required on Forbes.com). I’ll choose three winners at random from all of the entries.
Here are some more rules because, as you know, I’m a lawyer and I like rules:
- Entries must be posted in the comments section for this blog post in the space below by 11:59 p.m. EST on January 26, 2012.
- While I love my twitter followers and my Facebook fans, responses on Twitter or Facebook will not be included for purposes of the contest. Ditto for emails. Comments have to show at this post below.
- Don’t panic if your comment doesn’t show immediately. If it goes to moderation because, for example, you’re new here, the time stamp on your comment is what counts. If you have difficulty registering, please send an email to tech@taxgirl.com so that I can help if I need to/can.
- You can enter as many times as you like but you must leave a different story each time you comment.
- Offensive comments or comments that otherwise violate the comment policy will be deleted and will not be considered valid for purposes of the contest.
- Pingbacks and other links will be disregarded for purposes of the contest.
- I have to be able to contact you. I won’t publish your email address but I do need contact information for the winning entry.
- Due to shipping considerations, only United States addresses, please. Sorry, Canada, eh?
- I respect your privacy and I will not send you anything unrelated to your entry in this contest.
- By entering the contest, you agree that I may post any part or all of your submission including your name as a part of the contest announcements or promotions, with the exception of your email address.
Comment away!
