Doing my taxes, but the tax forms are a jigsaw puzzle
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Published 2023-04-16
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It’s finally time for my deep dive video into Gameophiles, including solving their super random 1040 Income Tax Form Puzzle. Please get in touch if you have any of the rare puzzles that I talked about in this video!
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I know that sharing misinformation about the exact end date of random jigsaw puzzle companies isn't the worst kind of misinformation to be sharing. But I did just want to give an update that I have gotten confirmation that Gameophiles folded in 1975, and after finishing the video, I got a few more documents from the library showing that Nordevco had a liquidation sale in 2002. So I'm pretty sure THOSE are the correct end dates 😅
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My Dad ( now 90) and I are both CPAs and did this puzzle back in the day. Dad framed it and had it in his office
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They really missed an opportunity to make it a 1,040 piece puzzle. 😅
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I feel like someone at this company was like « ok we’ve got Halloween puzzles, christmas season puzzles, valentine’s day puzzle, Easter puzzles, but what next? What’s the season after Easter? » And a random dude mumbled « tax season » And the boss was like « wait that’s an idea »
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how this was made: frustration -> tax return form gets put into shredder -> "I need it though" -> reassembles shredded tax form -> "hey this is kinda fun" -> this puzzle
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Gameophiles feels like such a dad company to me-- maps, calendars, golf, and tax returns for the adults, and then sweet and homely illustrated puzzles for kids
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Actual human sentence: "I don't think this will be as fun as the income tax puzzle"
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Filling out this puzzle and sending the pieces to the IRS to pay your taxes is the very definition of chaotic lawful. I can't wait to learn more in the follow-up!
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Karen trying to give us a collective panic attack by doing a taxes puzzle and reminding us about tax season
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The research that went into this video is no joke. And...I have in fact been in touch with the president of Gameophiles, so a follow-up video with more information will be coming very soon. In the meantime, if you want to watch me solve the Florida Road Map puzzle, that video is up now on Patreon! patreon.com/karenpuzzles
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Karen! You made my day! I retired from the IRS after a 32 year career! Only YOU would find an IRS Form 1040 jigsaw puzzle! I love it!
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This is truly the weirdest puzzle I've ever seen. It's hard to believe the idea for this puzzle was ever thought up let alone designed AND mass produced. I have so many questions.
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I think this would be a great (and also not so great) puzzle for my grandma. We've been helping her with her taxes, and she keeps saying she would rather do something fun. Usually that means doing puzzles or something like that. It would be a bit of a twisted joke to get her one of these.
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The tax return puzzle came out when I was in 8th grade. Back then, it wasn’t a puzzle I would have done but now I’d love to do it. I work in accounting and I love doing taxes so this is right up my alley. 🤣
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My Dad is the exact audience for the navigational chart puzzles! He was a captain for a government agency for a long time, and is now a maritime pilot. He uses old charts as wrapping paper, and he and his wife do a lot of puzzles in the off season.
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i took a forensic science type class in middle school, and the teacher filled a week by shredding real tax forms and having us tape them back together like a puzzle
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I feel like this a good meditative study practice for graphic designers. You can ponder the font choices and how the information is laid out and why certain decisions were made.
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I hope you have good luck finding the hanging jigsaw puzzle! The maze was made by Vladimir Koziakin, an author of many maze books I enjoyed as a kid. I remember enjoying so many of his books, and seeing that big banner puzzle made me remember him, so I thought I would pass along the name in case it helps you in your search. :)
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I love that they tried so hard to block out the years on both puzzles, but they forgot line 56 on the double sided puzzle showing that it’s a 1977 tax form. 😁 Crazy how different the tax returns are today, but also how similar they are.
