Gas Pains

Last Sunday (June 19) I filled up my gas tank.  This has been becoming more expensive recently and this time the bill was particularly steep, $69.41.  I suspected this might be the most I had ever paid for a fill up and as best I can tell this is correct.  I did pay over $65 four times in a row during the summer of 2008 but the most was $67.38 on July 26.  This was my previous record.  Of course adjusted for inflation the 2008 amounts would still be higher.  Somehow I suspect it won't take 14 years to beat the new record. 

2021 Taxes

 A rather belated report on my 2021 taxes.  As usual I was a little lazy about getting them done but ended up submitting the federal forms electronically early Monday morning April 11.  As I recall I mailed the New Jersey state forms on Tuesday.  My federal refund was deposited in my bank account April 27 which seems like a fairly normal delay.  Unlike last year it was for the expected amount.  A little annoyingly I owed New Jersey money, for some reason I had increased my federal estimated tax payments but not New Jersey's.  However my underpayment wasn't enough to trigger a penalty.  I continue to use TurboTax and had no notable issues with the software this time.