An attack can cause serious injury in exceptional cases, but most authorities doubt that a goanna will direct an intentional attack at a human unless the human has attempted to attack it (or grasp at it) first.
Often, victims in goanna attacks are bystanders, watching the person antagonising the goanna.
Emphasis mine!
Probably pretty close. About 8 million people in NYC and 19 in the state.
You’re right so its probably ballpark 60% in the city plus Long Island.
Nah, all True Canadians live in cabins in northern BC.
Yep
Why are some of the men rocking fresh suits and the others wearing robes?
Some preferred western fashion and some traditional Japanese garb?
Fun fact: People say that Canada is 2nd in land area, but if you actually just count the land (i.e. exclude all rivers and lakes), Canada drops to 4th.
Wow I knew we had a lot of lakes but this surprises me. Very interesting.
Looking at that line makes me wonder how on earth Edmonton got so big.
Oil
Exactly, the oils sands and stuff are up Edmonton way.
Very dumb tax question:
How do I go about finding a “tax guy”? I’ve done mine by hand since college but am starting to reach the point where I feel like some expertise might be beneficial. Is the best option just to get a “tax pro” from HR Block or something?
I am happy with HR block. I use their online filing and it walks you through everything pretty well. However, my taxes are not very complicated.
Online filing like the basic software, right? Not a walkthrough with an actual human? My current taxes are about as simple as they could be, so I could probably just use the online filing too. I guess it’s more decision-making than just filing–I’ve always done my own research to make decisions about things like Roth contributions, etc, but feel like having an expert to ask specifics could be beneficial.
Yea they basically ask you a bunch of questions to make sure you didn’t miss anything. It’s an automated walk through. It’s fairly idiot proof, which is why I use it. They have a free option, or, if you want to save your return to use again the next year, it’s like $40.
I think for your purposes - something like that would save you some headache. For me, I want it to be like a 20 minute chore, not a weekend consuming stressful task.
But yea for you a human might be better if you have questions.
Not trying to gotcha but…
Is Canada still 4th if you do the same adjustment (exclude rivers and lakes) to 1 through 3?
Yes. I guess that wasn’t entirely clear.
Total area:
Canada - 9.98 million sq km
China - 9.60 million sq km
USA - 9.53 million sq km
Water area:
Canada - 0.89 million sq km
China - 0.27 million sq km
USA - 0.38 million sq km
Land area:
Canada - 9.09 million sq km
China - 9.33 million sq km
USA - 9.15 million sq km
Unfortunately, sometimes even multiple accountants can make the same mistake. In meeting with my accountant this morning to review my 2020 taxes, he confirmed that I’m going to get back at least an extra 4K by filing an amended return for 2019, and potentially similar extra amounts for 2018 and maybe even 2017.
The reason? I’ve been getting my health insurance from the Marketplace Exchange for years now, and I never completed the section at the beginning of the application each autumn in regards to a possible gov’t subsidy, since my prior accountant at the firm (since retired) once told me I earned too much. Each spring I would bring him the form showing the premiums I paid and the lack of any subsidies, and I’d ask if I could somehow deduct my premiums. Both the former accountant and my new accountant last year both said no.
This year, when I applied for Marketplace insurance, I did the calculations, and I’m now receiving a 50% subsidy paid directly by the government each month. I’ve also been earning approx. the same income yearly for the past 3-4 years. I asked my accountant to look into whether I am owed money for past years.
When I met with my accountant by Zoom this morning, he noted that I would be receiving an extra 4K for 2020 due to his retroactively applying for the credit, and that I would likely be getting money back from prior years if I could find the insurance reporting forms (I found them for 2017 and 2018 and already sent them to him).
When I asked him what his firm would be charging me to file these amended returns, he said “nothing,” and then sheepishly stated that he should have caught this last year. NO SHIT!
