TAX TIPS (and other stuff)

By Kelly J. Bullis, CPA

2026-March 7th

Title: Thoughts on Cats and Taxes

For those of you who have the pleasure of having a cat in your life, you will get this better than the rest of you. For those of you who do not currently have a cat in your life, I encourage you to find one to adopt. (You don’t know what you are missing. 😊 )

As I was driving back from men’s Bible Study one morning, my brother suggested I do an article about cats (and throw in some thoughts on taxes as well).

When I say “taxes” it could be taken to mean “IRS” too.

Cats think they are the most important creature in your life. (“Taxes” aka the “IRS” think the same way.)

Cats do not know how to do what you want them to do. Coincidentally, neither do taxes.

Cats like to bask in the glow of their “superiority” over us lowly humans. Most often, so does the IRS.

Cats expect you to give them food (that actually come out of our pocketbooks), but only very specific types of food. Funny how the IRS acts the same way. They want us to give them money out of our pocketbooks, and only after we have given them specific forms, not just any forms.

Cats know how to climb a tree but have a lot of difficulty getting back down when they realize that was not such a good idea. I shake my head as I think of the last IRS agent I had to deal with who didn’t know how back down off his wrong assumptions. I finally had to bring his supervisor in (acting like a fireman?) to help him out of his tree.

Cats like to perch on high positions (countertops, shelves, refrigerators, etc.) so they can look down upon everybody with a smug look of power and control. The IRS likes to work from a position of intimidation and projects a mysterious aura. Kinda like looking down from on high. Some would say they like power and control.

Cats get into crazy playful antics. I’ve never seen any fun or funny taxes. Stupid taxes yes. How about giving a bunch of folks some back Social Security benefits, then making them pay some of it back in the form of … yup! Tax.

Cats like to hunt for creatures. Sometimes just for fun. I’ll leave the comparison to your imagination.

Have you heard? Job 38:39 says, “Can you hunt the prey for the lioness or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,” (You know, lions are just big cats.)

Kelly Bullis is a Certified Public Accountant in Carson City. Contact him at 775-882-4459. On the web at BullisAndCo.com Also on Facebook.

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