Where did my January go?

I had a full January schedule. No, I am not complaining. I am just thankful for the opportunities.

For this year, I went old school with my planner. I bought a generic hallmark planner. I am keeping things simple. 😀

I am now a legitimate professional.  Well, something like that. I just wanted to pay taxes. Since I am a freelancer, I am required to register the services I offer as a business.  All the while, I thought I will just declare my income and compute taxes based on what I declared.   So, I went through the whole process. I have to pay taxes monthly, quarterly and annually.  And I have to keep books.  I had to refer to my cousin who’s a CPA on how to do entries on the accounting books.  Yes, I am a mathematics major with zero accounting knowledge.  Quite ironic when both my parents were accounting majors yet I cannot ask them anymore because they are no longer around.

I am a believer that if you do not vote or pay taxes, you have no right to complain about lousy government services.

I have been to four provinces this month with only 1 photo as proof of one of my trips.

I also went to my friend’s graduation. I promised to be there so I did. She took a course on organic farming. Pretty cool, huh? I love how she continues to enjoy learning when she already have an MBA under her belt.

I learned a lot this month and I welcome what comes my way this February.

By January 31, I felt I need to take a break so I devoured lanzones sent over by my cousins from their farm.

I never expected to be that busy last month. Thank you, God!

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One of my favorite websites, Googly Gooeys, just released this illustration. I am of the third kind. 😀

41 Responses

  4. Mom Michelle

    Congratulations on the new business! You’re now officially a tax paying Filipino citizen. 🙂 That brings me to the thought of working on my business papers also or else tax people will hunt me down and I don’t want that to happen. lol! Good luck for February. 🙂

  5. January

    Yep people who don’t pay their right taxes have no right to complain. Although I hate the taxes the government is taking from my salary because it’s way up 30% monthly pero walang choice, Empleyado eh. I hope BIR will be able to collect the duly right taxes from business establishments.

      • January

        hehehe.. Mayaman bossing ko, as in “mana pa dw nya yun”. Last Monday may dala sya one box of lanzones kaso hindi ako nakatikim naubos lahat. Paano kasi hindi ko na sya boss eh kaya hindi ako tinirhan. toinkz! hehe

  8. Jellybelly

    Time goes by so fast talaga. I’m not an accountant so figuring out taxes is hard for me. I feel like I’m missing some deductibles. It’s easier if you work for a company that just withholds taxes diba.

  10. Jhari

    I really need to buy a new planner. I have my phone planner but it’s really nice to chat down things the old way noh? Time flies so fast talaga. Imagine it’s February. 1 month down, 11 months to go.

  11. Vera

    Naku, goodluck with your accounting, that should be fun 🙂 You should be an example for other freelancers out there, maybe you should blog about how you registered and all that para sila din.

  15. Maan

    This reminds me to work on my taxes, too. I had no problem with taxes when I was still working in an office, but it’s a different world for online workers.
    PS: Your quote is great!

  17. Olga

    Busy and fruitful(pun intended)! I admire you for doing your responsibility as a citizen and paying your taxes. 🙂 Not all do that and they are often the ones who have the gall to complain about where the taxes are being used.

  18. KRIZZA

    Yeah, being busy is a good thing. It just shows how productive we can be. Right now, I’m also very busy with so many things. Sometimes I lose some relaxing time for myself but since, I’m an OFW, I think it helps me a lot to escape from boredom and be productive at the same time.

    Congrats for a productive January!

  20. Mylene

    My taxes are automatically deducted from my commission. Next election I can already vote since I was able to register last year. That qualifies me to complaint about the lousy government services, right? But nah, one of my silent goal is to minimize if not eradicate complaining 😀

  26. Aileen

    One month down na nga. Time flies talaga. Good I can still complain about lousy things in the govt, at least half of the time because I pay taxes…but it’s been long since I voted hehehe. Never had a strong urge for it.

  29. Marie

    It is good that you are registered with the BIR. they usually have tax compliance verification drives, and unregistered business can be penalized for up to 20,000 for small businesses. Grabe ano?

  33. aby

    i was using that kind of planner for everyday use when I was in college, then for more detailed i have a larger planner. hehe my mom is doing the same with the taxes, she was late on filing it to bir. hoho but as of now everything is okey now…

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