TAX TIME!

[SWTXBelle]

So - are you finished? Stressing and finishing? Filing an extension?

Mine are filed. Whew.

[texas*princess]

i'm finished... but, i did wait until the last minute (filed on thursday last week) =AND= my tax lady didn't use my direct debit info... so now i need to figure out how to f'ing send a check or something b/c i've never had to actually mail anything before.. grrrrrr on her.

[AlethiaSi]

i'm going to file tomorrow...
sigh...

[Drolefille]

Yay for free online taxes for those of us who are poor!

Boo for finding out I actually qualify for Food Stamps...

[honeychile]

I did mine this weekend, but since I didn't have a calculator at hand, I want to go over all the figures tomorrow first. So, mine will be done tomorrow.

[bluefish81]

I did mine a couple weeks ago. I'm still bitter that I owe the state of Michigan money even though I only lived there for 30 days last year. Oh well, at least it's only $14. I hope this year I live in one state for the whole year. Can't efile when you do partial year residency.

[Thetagirl218]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Yay for free online taxes for those of us who are poor!

Yea for FreedomFile!!!

I had mine down in February, but I had to wait until my parents filed last week! Of course they claimed me so I lost $400 and my stimulus check!
And then I got roped into doing my little sister's (biological) taxes too!

[PeppyGPhiB]

Yay for states with no state income tax!

[TrojanWoman]

I had to write the federal government a check for $1 and the state a check for $5 . . . give me a break!!!!!

[kstar]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Yay for states with no state income tax!

You pay more other places though...

I filed back in March, after reporting one of my former employers for refusing to mail me my W2.

Also, I'm pissed about the stimulus payment, the government is operating at a deficit, and yet they're spending more money they don't have by mailing out checks?

[nikki1920]

I did mine in March. I should have claimed the kid and would have gotten more back, but I let her dad claim her. I'm containing my excitement of receiving my $300 stimulus check; I will try so hard not to blow it all in one place. It's going into savings for a condo.

[ComradesTrue]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Yay for states with no state income tax!

co-sign!

My husband and I typically hit things pretty even-Steven come tax time... either very small refund or very small amt owed. In 2005 he started getting income from various employers, and somehow we wound up owing $4300 last year! Ouch!

To make sure that didn't happen this year, he did the quarterly pre-pay taxes AND claimed the highest deductions on his main paycheck. We were hoping that this would help keep us from owing so much this year and get us back to even-Steven status. Well... I finished the taxes this weekend, and drumroll please.....



$7100 refund!!!!

Holy Moly!! I am thinking some new bedroom furniture is in my future!

[Scully]

I filed in February and alredy got our cash back from the Feds - which all went straight to paying off bills! And I owed the state a small amount. I hate living in the city and working in the 'burbs.

[GeekyPenguin]

I finished my taxes months ago - they're so easy right now. Luckily, the Conservinator was worried I didn't spend enough time thinking about the IRS and so I got the special treat of doing his taxes too! (I better get a good graduation present.)

[skylark]

Originally Posted by TrojanWoman

I had to write the federal government a check for $1 and the state a check for $5 . . . give me a break!!!!!

We got a direct deposit of $4 from our state taxes... not the refund we were hoping for! I take solice in knowing that I didn't participate in giving the government interest-free loans of my hard earned cash this year. Sigh, though, we had to pay the federal government a little over $200. We'll get it back with our stimulus package, so we'll just have to wait