Having encountered rude taxi drivers, crude
bus-drivers and haughty Government officers, it was a change, indeed, to
find very friendly, caring and helpful officers at my local Inland Revenue
office when I went there to do the e-filing of my income tax returns.
You should be there to see how friendly, caring and helpful the IRB officers were. Every one of them was very patient with the tax-payers who had come to do the e-filing of their income tax. Quite a few of the tax-payers were extremely slow and were only able to use a single finger in keying and completing the forms but the officers were very gentle and patient in helping them.
E-filing my tax returns always makes me sad after I calculate that my present annual income is less than my monthly income when I was gainfully employed, before my retrenchment, ages ago. I felt sickeningly upset that I was a "poor rich"!
However, the friendly atmosphere at the IRB office helped to lessen the pain of feeling poor! It uplifted me to feel fortunate to have an understanding, very financially-strong wife and three wonderful, very filial, generous children. I came away from the Inland Revenue office thanking the Lord for enabling me to lead a simple but fun-filled life albeit with no pension or any EPF. I felt rich, indeed!
ltbs
Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or on being.
You should be there to see how friendly, caring and helpful the IRB officers were. Every one of them was very patient with the tax-payers who had come to do the e-filing of their income tax. Quite a few of the tax-payers were extremely slow and were only able to use a single finger in keying and completing the forms but the officers were very gentle and patient in helping them.
E-filing my tax returns always makes me sad after I calculate that my present annual income is less than my monthly income when I was gainfully employed, before my retrenchment, ages ago. I felt sickeningly upset that I was a "poor rich"!
However, the friendly atmosphere at the IRB office helped to lessen the pain of feeling poor! It uplifted me to feel fortunate to have an understanding, very financially-strong wife and three wonderful, very filial, generous children. I came away from the Inland Revenue office thanking the Lord for enabling me to lead a simple but fun-filled life albeit with no pension or any EPF. I felt rich, indeed!
ltbs
Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or on being.
William James
