These Words Were Music to My Ears

Congratulations! The IRS has accepted your federal tax return. There's nothing else you need to do.

I submitted our 69-page tax return at 3:50 this afternoon. At 9:32 tonight we received the good news.

Thank goodness for e-filing and for being able to import financial information into the tax preparation software. But even with these electronic helpers, there were times that I thought that, perhaps for the first time in 45 years, I might not be able to file our taxes without a CPA.

It certainly does feel good that I triumphed.