http://www.attentionmoney.com/2009/04/11/how-old-do-own-taxes/ A community weblog for people with problems related to managing their bills, debts, and planning — and the family members who try to help them. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:26:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.attentionmoney.com/2009/04/11/how-old-do-own-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Ken Kaye Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:29:23 +0000 http://www.attentionmoney.com/?p=95#comment-17 I would say, several years ago. But not by herself -- this is a perfect situation for insisting on mentoring. You say you did it "for her" - if this means she was out somewhere having a nice day while you were doing this good deed, I question whether it was all that helpful. This is practically a one-sentence summary of our whole book: your willingness to help gives you the right to insist she sit there with you and learn how to do it herself in the future! I would say, several years ago. But not by herself — this is a perfect situation for insisting on mentoring. You say you did it “for her” – if this means she was out somewhere having a nice day while you were doing this good deed, I question whether it was all that helpful. This is practically a one-sentence summary of our whole book: your willingness to help gives you the right to insist she sit there with you and learn how to do it herself in the future!

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