Mourn For Your Money Day

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🗓️ June 10

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Income Tax: The only thing certain besides death and reruns of ‘Friends.’ 👛👋😢🥀💸

The Day Your Wallet Weeps

Taxes, the price we pay for this version of civilization and the ultimate subscription service you never signed up for.
Every year on June 10th we honor the brave credits that were lost in the battle of taxation. It’s like a funeral for your finances, but with fewer flowers and more paperwork!

The Origin of Mourn For your Money Day

This unofficial holiday, born from a cheeky American tradition, commemorates the day President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Current Tax Payment Act of 1943, cementing the practice of tax withholding in the U.S. Not for the first, but for the second time – the 1913 Act was repealed in 1916.
This day began as an unofficial, tongue-in-cheek observance in the USA. But thanks to the power of the World Wide Web, people worldwide can now join in the collective sigh of paying income tax.
Turns out, people all over the world can relate to the bittersweet joy of paying income tax!

How to Grieve Your Greenbacks

Now, how does one properly mourn their hard-earned cash?
The best way to observe this day is by balancing a touch of melancholy with a hefty dose of humor.

Start the day by looking at your paycheck and shedding a single, dramatic tear.
Dress in your finest black attire, black armband and black gloves.
Hold a funeral for your paycheck. Write a eulogy for the cash that could have been. Utter dramatic sighs and maybe you could even perform a tiny violin rendition of the “Taxman” by the Beatles.
Share the Misery and host a ‘Pity Party’ where everyone brings a creative interpretation of their tax returns and the person with the highest tax bill gets a consolation prize.

Don’t forget to play some somber background music. Something like Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata or a particularly sad violin piece. And if anyone questions your sanity and asks what in the world you’re doing, just tell them Wild Calendar sanctioned this act of financial defiance (it’s true, we totally did). Then, invite them to join the fun, because after all, misery loves company!

Because Adulting Is Fun! (Said No One Ever)

Remember, even though taxes might feel like a necessary evil, this day is a reminder to keep things light even when your wallet does the “downward dog”. After all, they may take our money, but they’ll never take our freedom to laugh about it.
May your deductions be plentiful and your audits be non-existent!

Happy Mourn For Your Money Day!

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