Silicon Investor - Things That Annoy Me

[bruwin] "Lotus 123" You could very well be right about Lotus software. I never got to k...

bruwin — 2/24/2021 11:11:53 AM

"Lotus 123"

You could very well be right about Lotus software. I never got to know, or use, it.

[Graystone] Lotus 123 or Excel Excel was the greatest copy of the greatest software. We us...

Graystone — 2/24/2021 11:01:25 AM

Lotus 123
or
Excel

Excel was the greatest copy of the greatest software.

We used to buy PC Tools from Checkpoint that allowed copying of Lotus key disks.
You had to have a Lotus Key Disk in the floppy drive to use Lotus products.
Lotus wasted a lot of effort and money on copy protection.
Once the Evil Empire focused on your lunch the gig was usually up.
I still remember Netscape Navigator with fondness for doing what it did so well.

[bruwin] Fair enough.

bruwin — 2/20/2021 3:52:00 PM

[SI Ron (Crazy Music Man)] I still use an an accountant. My taxes are complicated.

SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) — 2/20/2021 3:08:30 PM

[bruwin] A suggestion from my side ..... if you don't already do it ..... List all the b...

bruwin — 2/20/2021 3:01:36 PM

A suggestion from my side ..... if you don't already do it .....

List all the basic sets of Data that you need for your Tax return and split them into individual Tables via EXCEL, or similar, using a month to month basis.

And then place these individual tables into one overall spreadsheet.

For example, I own several properties that I rent out. For each property there's (a) Rental Income, (b) Municipal rates, (c) Levies, (d) Repairs/maintenance, etc.
Each property has its own Table and several times in the Tax year I just add the necessary latest info.

I find putting the necessary data into that spreadsheet several times of the year makes doing my final tax return far less of a pain in the rear end because all the necessary info is in one place and up to date ....

In my opinion, EXCEL was the greatest piece of software ever developed.

[SI Ron (Crazy Music Man)] Doing taxes right now, what a nightmare. I would rather be at the dentist. Wel...

SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) — 2/20/2021 1:03:42 PM

Doing taxes right now, what a nightmare. I would rather be at the dentist. Well actually that's where I will be Tuesday afternoon.