Time for tax assessment again!

Oh! I love filling in tax forms! The rush I experience as I compile all the receipts saved carefully for 12 months in pristine condition with no notable creases and the wondrous sense of accomplishment when I find out the Inland Revenue Board owes me money. *smirk*

But with all good things, pesky annoyances occur. Here, I compile my 10 irks with this exercise:

1. MPH receipts are printed with bad quality ink on bad quality paper. Furthermore, with the small font size, the print blurs after about 6 months and my heart goes into palpitations over whether the receipts will get rejected by the clerk handling my file.

2. English versions of the forms and guides are always late in being published on their website. Much as I want to submit the form within 1 month of receiving it, I am held back because the guides normally appear on the web site in Feb or March each year.

3. I get errors in my J form each year... (hopefully, with the new self-assessment system, this will be a thing of the past)

4. ... which means additional trips to the office to rectify the errors.

5. I have to pay tax on the measly 3% interest I gain from FD. So at the end of the year, I actually get about RM20 in interest, before accounting for rate of inflation!

6. Statement of account for tax is never complete...

7. ... and I cannot settle this at the IRB office in Kelana Jaya! I have to go to another location to sort out why my statement of account is missing some months in the year.

8. Language education does not come under tax relief for education :o(

9. *I can't think of anymore since tax assessment is quite an enjoyable activity for me*

10. And finally: forms are not in English!!!