Tax return cartoon

It is the time of year when people who are last minute about things do their tax returns. I noticed from the procrastination comments thread that there are others who are in the same boat as I, so perhaps this post will act as a motivational resource to help us all.

I am grateful to the Government for the advertisements telling me about the dire consequences of not getting my form filled in on time, but there are one or two things that I am not sure that they understand:

• In order to do my tax return I need to have my paperwork all sorted out.
• In order to sort out my paperwork I need to empty the green box containing paperwork.
• In order to empty the green box containing paperwork I need to have some room to lay out the paperwork in piles.
• In order to lay out the paperwork in piles I need to remove the large box of coat hangers that is occupying the central area of my office.
• In order to remove the large box of coat hangers that is occupying the central area of my office I need to sort the coat hangers into those ones which I plan to use in the forseeable future and those which can go to the garage to be stored until some time in the future when coat hangers become a scarce commmodity.
• In order to sort the coat hangers into those ones which I plan to use in the forseeable future and those which can go to the garage to be stored until some time in the future when coat hangers become a scarce commmodity I need to untangle the coat hangers (which have become intermingled and caught up with each other).
• I feel that it is wrong to spend much time untangling the coat hangers (which have become intermingled and caught up with each other) because I should really be getting on with doing my tax return.

As you can see these things are often not as simple as they first appear and I do not feel the Government always understands this.

OK, some motivational talking:

Come on everyone! Let’s do our tax returns! Yes yes yes!

[If you want to reuse the tax return cartoon on your blog (though it is a bit cartoonist-centric) you are welcome to do so using the following code]

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<p>Cartoon by <a href="http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/">Dave Walker</a>. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at <a href="http://www.weblogcartoons.com/">We Blog Cartoons</a>.</p>