Taxes....

[DrummerDeanna]

So I'm SO excited....I thought I was totally screwed this year - in regard to taxes. I had 3 different jobs in three different states in 2004, plus my student loans kicked in and they sent me some tax thing...SO I was going to wimp out and for the first time ever not do my own taxes..

Then I found out how much preparers charge...and my cheapness once again got the better of me.

I just finished (in under 1 hour mind you) doing my own taxes...supposedly mistake free...AND I'm getting $$ back - enough to buy the new computer I've been dreaming and dreaming about :blob1: :blob2: :]

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So - how are you all doing with your taxes...anyonen else done already?

Do you do them yourself or does someone else do them for you?

I hate this time of year...but am always so glad when tax time is done...:D

[amber]

Congrats! yay! :] No, I haven't done mine. I'm scared, cause I had 9 dependents for half the year.... :shocked: ;) But, I just got an evite for a post tax party my crush from last semester is having (he's an accountant)...that's probably the best tax news i can hope for. :)

[WildInTheWind]

I did my own taxes online. It was REALLY easy. I got a huge return for being a poor single mother :thumbsup: I also did my ex's taxes and got his return too. Child support I guess :rolleyes: Tax return time is my favorite time of year....I can actually pay my bills!!! :blob1:

[GODDESS6]

So I'm SO excited....I thought I was totally screwed this year - in regard to taxes. I had 3 different jobs in three different states in 2004, plus my student loans kicked in and they sent me some tax thing...SO I was going to wimp out and for the first time ever not do my own taxes..

Then I found out how much preparers charge...and my cheapness once again got the better of me.

I just finished (in under 1 hour mind you) doing my own taxes...supposedly mistake free...AND I'm getting $$ back - enough to buy the new computer I've been dreaming and dreaming about :blob1: :blob2: :]

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So - how are you all doing with your taxes...anyonen else done already?

Do you do them yourself or does someone else do them for you?

I hate this time of year...but am always so glad when tax time is done...:D
got them done the 1st week of feb, we have a son so we get a pretty good refund~ plus w/ my home business we got 4300.00 back :blob1: :] :blob1: !!!~

[sara1998]

I did my own taxes online. It was REALLY easy. I got a huge return for being a poor single mother :thumbsup: I also did my ex's taxes and got his return too. Child support I guess :rolleyes: Tax return time is my favorite time of year....I can actually pay my bills!!! :blob1:
Oh bless your heart.

So, you get really good returns for being a single mom? I still file widowed, and will have to next year, too. I'm worried about the first year I have to file single and claim head of household.

[GardenStateGirlie]

I had my return direct deposited into my bank account online with H&R block a few weeks back. It cost me just a few dollars to do it online and was worth it considering my parents accountant charges me $80-$100. I bought an iPod with part of it :nod:

[GODDESS6]

I had my return direct deposited into my bank account online with H&R block a few weeks back. It cost me just a few dollars to do it online and was worth it considering my parents accountant charges me $80-$100. I bought an iPod with part of it :nod:
we have a cpa do ours, w/ my home business stuff i am not sure about all those things, but we had ours directly deposited also, it took like 7 days from them e-filing it until i had it in the bank~ i went stevie crazy w/ some of it :nod: :lol: :nod: ~

[SuzeQuze]

I tried to e-file but Social Security has the wrong birthdate for me so they wouldn't accept the e-file. :shrug: I told them I've been filing for years and why is this suddenly brought to my attention? The rep said it was because of 9/11 they're making sure things match. So I sent SS a copy of my birth certificate and a form to fix it. That wasn't enough, they want the original, which I didn't want to send in the mail. What pisses me off about it is I was born in this city so it would be so easy for them to verify this, idiots. I swear sometimes that things are made difficult on purpose. I mean, the one I sent them was from city hall and certified and everything.

However, the state did accept it, the company I used charged $7 for the state e-file while the federal is free. I figured it was worth that. :nod: That refund was in my account within 3 days of filing. :shocked: That was really cool since I have been broke due to a shopping binge. :blob1: However, since the feds wouldn't accept my e-file I paper filed and still haven't received that refund. But it's only been a couple of weeks. I keep checking my account to see if it's there, no dice! It will fund my trip to Vegas nicely.

Deanna, does this mean you are going to Vegas?

[estranged4life]

let's say we got hosed this year on Federal tax (Received about a $150 refund) and we are getting hosed on Oklahoma State tax too (Having to pay around $50).

Ah 2005, Just 3 months old and already the worse year in my family's history since 1977 (Lost a Grandfather in April then lost my Father & his Father within a 2 week span in late '77.)

[skcin]

So I'm SO excited....I thought I was totally screwed this year - in regard to taxes. I had 3 different jobs in three different states in 2004, plus my student loans kicked in and they sent me some tax thing...SO I was going to wimp out and for the first time ever not do my own taxes..

Then I found out how much preparers charge...and my cheapness once again got the better of me.

I just finished (in under 1 hour mind you) doing my own taxes...supposedly mistake free...AND I'm getting $$ back - enough to buy the new computer I've been dreaming and dreaming about :blob1: :blob2: :]

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So - how are you all doing with your taxes...anyonen else done already?

Do you do them yourself or does someone else do them for you?

I hate this time of year...but am always so glad when tax time is done...:D

Computer? WTF? What about Vegas? :shrug: :laugh:

We did OK, this year, a couple grand. It's in the bank, we'll probably end up putting it toward home improvements. Used to do our own taxes, but for $40 I save myself a lot of aggravation. :nod:

Congrats, Deanna! :blob1:

[DrummerDeanna]

Computer? WTF? What about Vegas? :shrug: :laugh:

We did OK, this year, a couple grand. It's in the bank, we'll probably end up putting it toward home improvements. Used to do our own taxes, but for $40 I save myself a lot of aggravation. :nod:

Congrats, Deanna! :blob1:


I know :( I just can't do the Vegas thing - the timing is all off- and I actually owe my sister a chunk of the tax $ because she paid for a lot of thing for our NY trip up front - and I was supposed to pay her back - now I can pay her all at once rather than a little at a time :o

Vegas was my first thought - but there is too much I need to do around here :distress:

[WildInTheWind]

Oh bless your heart.

So, you get really good returns for being a single mom? I still file widowed, and will have to next year, too. I'm worried about the first year I have to file single and claim head of household.

I get back WAY more than I paid in taxes. Actually, I made so little that I wasn't required to have federal and state taxes taken out of my check. So they just took SS and Med. I qualify for the Earned Income Credit, which, in my case, mean an automatic $2500.00 Pretty sweet considering I paid hardly any taxes! :thumbsup:

[DrummerDeanna]

I get back WAY more than I paid in taxes. Actually, I made so little that I wasn't required to have federal and state taxes taken out of my check. So they just took SS and Med. I qualify for the Earned Income Credit, which, in my case, mean an automatic $2500.00 Pretty sweet considering I paid hardly any taxes! :thumbsup:


Wow! Right on :thumbsup: I know my mom misses the days when she was able to claim me...I think is actually the first year she isn't claiming me :( She's really getting it socked to her not being able to claim me.