Hopefully not off somewhere getting xeroxed. That’s because the newest culprit in Identity Theft is the digital photocopier — which comes equipped with a hard drive that stores your duplicated information in the same way your computer retains data.
Which isn’t really a big deal since Bossy is sure that all copy center employees are perfectly nice. But Bossy does want you to know that a recent survey found that 55% of you are minutes from copying your tax returns, and 25% of you will do so in public copy centers, and 54% of you have no clue that copy machines store your most personal banking information — so that’s like: 116,000% of you could be screwed!
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zmulls says
March 18, 2008 at 8:04 amWe totally foiled them by doing them in on-line forms this year, and printing our copies. And we know the web technicians at the website would never, ever retrieve our data improperly.
(Though, in past years we’ve done them on our PC with the appropriate software and just printed out copies in the privacy of our home….)
David says
March 18, 2008 at 8:26 amI do all my personal copying at the office, like any good white collar criminal.
Avitable says
March 18, 2008 at 8:27 amI mass produce my tax returns and hand them out to strangers, actually.
Kimberly C says
March 18, 2008 at 9:23 amI didn’t know that at all. Creepy!
Noelle says
March 18, 2008 at 9:30 amI’m just going to skip paying my taxes this year, then. I think that’s the only answer.
Momo Fali says
March 18, 2008 at 9:30 amBossy does math just like I do. Wrong.
soNOTcool says
March 18, 2008 at 10:06 amBelieve it or not, taxes are the one thing that I don’t procrastinate about because … Show me the money!
Tanya says
March 18, 2008 at 10:23 amMine are all here and accounted for
heart shaped hedges says
March 18, 2008 at 10:33 amVery cute graphic.
I am happy to say that my taxes are done, and my tax refund is sitting in my bank account. I need to use it to pay my property taxes (they are freakily the same amount as my refund)…but I am sooo tempted to just go splurge on some fun stuff, like a vacation or something, and just not pay my taxes. But I wont, Im too much of a rule follower.
kristina says
March 18, 2008 at 10:42 amGreat! For the first time in our 14 year married life, hubs and I got our taxes done in time without having to file an extention and I was feeling all smug! Now our identity will probably be stolen from the freaks at Kinkos! Isn’t life great?
Tootsie Farklepants says
March 18, 2008 at 11:06 amThis is just another reason why BOSSY’S reader Tootsie has a very expensive tax guy in a very swanky office.
Ok, Where Was I? says
March 18, 2008 at 11:07 amI wish someone would steal my identity and take care of a few things before I get it back. Off to make some copies….
whall says
March 18, 2008 at 11:27 amI remember getting our first big digital copire that was so good, it had a scanner that would detect if you were copying money, because evidently you could print some pretty convincing money if you used the right paper. When it saw something like money, it would log it, and periodically dial in and report it.
joeinvegas says
March 18, 2008 at 11:35 amI was wondering why that copy clerk had a new Cadilac outside.
Melanie at Beanpaste says
March 18, 2008 at 11:45 amAaaah…tax time, that magical spring season when, suddenly, having a reliable, Fred-Mertz-esque, CPA father is both GLAMOROUS and DESIRABLE.
The Domestic Goddess says
March 18, 2008 at 11:57 amTaxes? The husband does that kinda stuff. I seriously haven’t had to think about it in fifteen years, and I LOVE IT. If I ever end up having to do it myself, I’ll pay a tax person. Cannot. Be. Bothered. My job is to shop.
Swistle says
March 18, 2008 at 11:59 amThose pie charts! I am convinced!
magpie says
March 18, 2008 at 12:46 pmI’m with David.
But, where’s my refund? Do you have it?
Foolery says
March 18, 2008 at 12:50 pmJust got them signed and sent yesterday, as a matter of fact, by a nice jolly lady in a McTax office that advertises by paying a teenager to stand on the street dressed as the statue of liberty.
Should I be worried?
davido says
March 18, 2008 at 1:01 pmSo like, I installed the tax program and all, but haven’t started. In other words, we’ll get our refund sometime before we die, maybe.
MamaMo says
March 18, 2008 at 1:09 pmOH MY!! I am, like, supposed to be thinking about taxes already?! Seems a little early, it’s not even April yet. (can you tell I’m a horrible procrastinator?)
p.s. Bossy has been funny for like eva’
Phoenix says
March 18, 2008 at 1:11 pmYes, I know where peoples taxes are….in my dam office.
merlotmom says
March 18, 2008 at 1:15 pmSooooo scary! Thanks for the info. Love your pix!
Jen M says
March 18, 2008 at 1:23 pmWe do them online and cross our fingers that we won’t get audited. Tax time is a great test of my love of the Democratic Party.
Michael says
March 18, 2008 at 1:27 pmI love Bossy math. It’s the best kind of math.
junebug says
March 18, 2008 at 2:05 pmIt never crossed my mind that copiers had hard drive memories. I have my own copier at home but I let my CPA do my taxes. We never get a refund so I always wait.
Greta says
March 18, 2008 at 2:36 pmBossy math is AWESOME math.
Manic Mommy says
March 18, 2008 at 2:56 pmIt must be true; Bossy has color pie charts.
greg t says
March 18, 2008 at 3:36 pmLove the pie chatrs. Love the math. Love the Bossy. First time here….
Adorable Girlfriend says
March 18, 2008 at 3:41 pmI totally knew that copier was diabolical. From the moment he called me over…
Mr Farty says
March 18, 2008 at 4:58 pmMmmmm pies.
Jamie says
March 18, 2008 at 5:48 pmGood thing I’m unemployed.
HRH says
March 18, 2008 at 5:55 pmThey can have my tax info. I am just worried about those pictures of my butt…
Chesapeake Bay Woman says
March 18, 2008 at 6:28 pmI pay someone to do my taxes because numbers scare me. Even Bossy Math is a bit intimidating, although the pie charts do have pretty colors.
I’ve tried paying someone to take my identity, but I’ve had no takers.
Angela says
March 18, 2008 at 6:53 pmOh holy shit. That is terrifying. Why does no one think of this??
Criquette says
March 18, 2008 at 7:30 pmI tried to pay attention to the maths blah blah stuff, but the twirly circles kept distracting me.
Criquette says
March 18, 2008 at 7:32 pmAlso, Angela. Someone does think of this stuff. That’s why we all love Bossy!
Average Jane says
March 18, 2008 at 8:07 pmOh yeah, tax time. And to think I was planning on filing early this year…
Cheri says
March 19, 2008 at 2:16 amYo, who knew? Doesn’t matter to me. I’m so engrossed in thinking up dang NaBloPoMo lists that I won’t have time to do my taxes this year.
Fairly Odd Mother says
March 19, 2008 at 4:47 pmWhat a good consumer advocate you are! I had no idea and have all my tax forms ready to be copied at (mass office supply store that has “staples” in its name). I think I’ll do it at the library which has the oldest, most broken down-looking copier—there is no way that baby has a computer in it. Either that, or I’ll mail my originals without making copies and just pray.
Kelley says
March 20, 2008 at 1:54 amI thought like EVERYONE IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE had a 4 in one printer/copier thingy in their home?
Or is that just in Australia?
erin says
March 25, 2008 at 12:07 amMy husband did our taxes until a couple of years ago when he made a $7,000 mistake:o
Now we leave our taxes to the professionals.