Taxes, what are they why must I pay? These are simple questions that were easily answered when I was working for employers that would automatically deduct that cold hard piece of cash I refer to as dough from my paycheck each month. Now, living life as a sole proprietor, things have changed and I have entered into a cruel unknown world of learning the benefits and non-benefits of working for myself. I have been reading and reading and reading the IRS juxtaposed theory of who is who, and what is what for the past three hours... what I am hearing in that precious space between my ears is blahblIxihenˆ¨ndˆïhnblah. Somehow this subject and my stack of un-filed receipts brings my utter existence to a standstill.