Taxes, taxes! I'm out of the loop!

[redrhodie]

I did "free fillable forms" from the irs website, and it's like really just doing them yourself (it does basic math calculations, and inserts numbers from one page to the next, which is nice). The only problem I had was printing, but I eventually worked that out. I could have e-filed through this service, but I like having a receipt from the PO.

I did my state taxes the old fashioned way. It took 5 minutes.

[Tuckervill]

Oh gosh while we're on the subject, I have a conundrum. I was done with my taxes, was. Then mom said T-Mobile sent me a W-2. Erm? I haven't worked there since Nov '07 when I moved to Colorado. Anyway, I guess it's related to the incentives program there and I "earned" $75 in 2008. They do this gross up thing so we don't pay tax on our incentives, and apparently the program year runs through October or November so this is to offset anything I cashed out in incentives after that.

So do I have to file in Oregon now too? Or do I just add this to my Colorado return? I am most confused.

Did they take any taxes out of that check? I wouldn't file anything or amend my return for only $78. If you paid taxes on that money (they should have withheld a little) surely you'll be getting it back anyway (I don't know about Oregon). Is your time worth the $1 or so you would get back? The risk that anyone is going to contact you about that $78 at this late date is rather low.

What I don't understand is that if you got the W-2 for 2008, but you earned the money in 2007...do you remember getting a check in 2008 for $78? The company might still owe you the money, if it got lost in the mail or stolen or something.

Karen
Karen

[SadieKate]

Our situation has evolved WAY beyond TurboTax...but I still try to fit a square peg into a round hole. The accountant questionaires required to outsource tax prep are just about as time consuming...

How did some of us learn this before Tim Geitner?

What the heck does your accountant want? Bubba spends far less time gathering the info for our accountant than he did using Turbo Tax. even now with all the house buying/selling, the retirement, the move to Oregon, etc. Then add in the fact that the State of California has no clue how to do withholding for its own employees and retirees.

This year is the first time we've had a return in beaucoup years. Yeah! Maybe we can now get the garage shelves and bike storage built.

[Mr. Bloom]

my friend is a CPA but the LAST thing I want to do is bother her this time of year.

I can top that...SILVER IS A RETIRED CPA...and she's never done our taxes!

How did some of us learn this before Tim Geitner?

And hailing back to another political embarrassment 16 years ago: we paid our Nanny's Social Security taxes - 18 years ago - before that was "cool" among political appointees, as well! No educated person back then had an excuse to not know that...!

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

Boy... reading all these lamentings makes me glad I can do my own really easily for free - using forms off the IRS/Oklahoma website. (guess i'm in the right profession <wink>) I still don't file online... I like the old fashioned paper filing method. I guess it gives me some kind of satisfaction of touching it and placing it in the USPS's hands personally. LOL

I end up owing the Feds and get a refund from my state. Every year it seems to work out that way. Comes out to a small net refund...nothing to write home about, but then I keep more of my own money every month instead of the gov-mint (hee hee).

That Geithner... I don't buy it either that it was an "honest" mistake.. I know lots of folks who actually did make an honest mistake and STILL had to pay penalties/interest on it. Grrrr...tax cheats make me angry!!!