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

[smurfalicious]

If you have to add another state, don't use TurboTax. I had to do that and the additional state form download cost me $42!!!!! and it resulted in a $45 refund!!!!

Naw, I use TaxAct online, but I just have no clue what I'm supposed to do here. I really don't want to bother with another state when I was living in CO the entire time. Ugh, my friend is a CPA but the LAST thing I want to do is bother her this time of year.

[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.

[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!!!