--- title: These 25 Weird Stock Photos Sum Up What Doing Your Taxes Really Feels Like description: We took 25 (really) bad stock photos and created the experience most feel when having to do their yearly duty of filing taxes. authors: - name: Veronica Quezada url: https://money.com/author/veronica-quezada/ at_money_since: 2016 articles: 19 covers: - Lifestyle - Business - Career Advice - Identity Theft - Technology social: - https://x.com/Veronicaqm former_staff: true published: '2017-02-10T13:00:23.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T05:09:18.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - Taxes word_count: 322 canonical: https://money.com/stock-photos-that-should-have-never-happened/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![These 25 Weird Stock Photos Sum Up What Doing Your Taxes Really Feels Like](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_10.jpg?quality=85&w=1012&h=569&crop=1) We’re not sure what’s actually going on in these photos but we do know that they’re awful and we’re glad someone posted them to [Getty Images](http://www.gettyimages.com/). 1. **When you have a ton of things already on your mind and your W2 shows up in the mail but you know taxes are due in a month...** ![Kind of Immature Businessman Sticking Tongue Out](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_15.jpg) ![A middle aged man is very happy he's getting an Income Tax Refund](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock.jpg) ![Man With 1040 tax form covering face](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_09.jpg) ![Smart Business Dog Doing Taxes](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_11.jpg) *A small white Shiba Inu dog wearing a black tie and thick glasses sits in a leather chair behind an office desk preparing taxes in front of a maroon backdrop. His coffee mug reads, "The Boss" .* ![Taxes that make your head spin](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_18.jpg) ![Smart business boy protected from the dangers of the worldwide web with neck cone](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_17.jpg) ![Businessman Office Worker Looking Stressed with Big Pile of Paperwork](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_14.jpg) ![Income Tax Fun 1950s Style](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_22.jpg) ![Crazy Person Accountant](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_12.jpg) ![man feeling the pressure of tax season](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_08.jpg) ![Series with Uncle Sam character in various poses with props.](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_06.jpg) ![Woman with tax blocks on parking garage roof](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_19.jpg) ![Bored and Frustrated Business Gorilla in the Office](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_10.jpg) ![MAN IN SEA OF TAX FORMS](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_07.jpg) ![Tax Due!](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_16.jpg) ![Frightened Woman With a Large Sharpie](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_13.jpg) ![Tax Due Date existential dread](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_04.jpg) ![Frustrated, middle-aged executive business woman holding tax return which caused her eyes to cross.](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_03.jpg) ![Accountant in striped sweater vest feeling very excited or very angry about some paperwork](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_21.jpg) ![Noble Tax Superhero](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_20.jpg) ![Middle aged man feeling a Little Anxious about his taxes](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_01.jpg) ![Man holding out his irs returns form](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_02.jpg) ![A senior couple having some fun doing taxes](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_05.jpg) ![Man subtly celebrating on a white carpet with receipts And calculator](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_23.jpg) ![Man holding up tax return forms in the style of the Lion King](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170206_badstock_24.jpg) **Now you stare down the mailman every day until he brings your tax return check.** ![czq1m5_xaaqzzq3-jpg-large](https://img.money.com/2017/02/czq1m5_xaaqzzq3-large.jpg?quality=85) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/stock-photos-that-should-have-never-happened/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Photography", "item": "https://money.com/photography/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "These 25 Weird Stock Photos Sum Up What 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