US INCOME TAX!

when I owed money and was 'required' to pay estimated tax, I never did it. because I never had the money. I just adjusted my withholdings to make sure I wasn't going to fall way behind again the next year (and of course still did, but paid up when it was due). nothing bad happened to me as a result.

note that I'm talking about the 'estimated tax' and not the money i already owed, which i did pay. the esimtated tax thing is bullshit. it's like "well you fucked up, so we're going to make you pay everything in advance this year to make sure you don't fuck up again".

I think that I'm in line to get a refund, so the IRS probably doesn't much care. Also, I think that audits are more worrisome to folks who itemize, which I don't. There's just not that much left to audit.

tax trolls

Don't speak of CPAs like that, gabbs.

One reason I was hoping to delay before my spirit was crushed by the ILX realist squad is that I don't have all the necessary paperwork. I mean it's somewhere in the house, but god knows where. I know, stupid stupid. Please don't hurt me.

File with what you've got, then do an amended return once you find all your paperwork.

That's a good idea.

Are you a tax professional, Jaq, and if so, can I hire you?

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i owed a big fat (for me) amount on both fed and state tax, so i paid the former right away and scheduled the deposit for the latter a few days after the 15th, anyone know offhand how bad they hit you w/ interest or penalties for something like that?

It has nothing to do with how much you owe or pay. Failure to file.

What kind of a home owner doesn't itemize? How do you get your mortgage deduction?

xp Yes which is why everyone has been telling you to do that all along. Alternatively it would be very entertaining for you to ignore all the advice and then live blog your freakouts until the statute of limitations runs out.

Nope sorry libcrypt. But I've been through the wringer enough with the feds (and states in a few places) to continue to want to avoid any more trouble with them and hate to see others fall into their nefarious clutches.

What kind of wringer if I might be so bold as to ask?

I love how being a white-collar defense attorney and former DOJ Tax Division Criminal Section prosecutor carries absolutely no persuasive weight with libcrypt. I must not know what the hell I am doing.

Are you dating Tom, perchance?

tax resisters are basically like look at me! look at me!

Fuck you. I worked for Janet Reno, you sexist troll.

I don't know what you mean taxes are 100% voluntary and the 14th amendment was never ratified because Ohio isn't a state. (xp)

libcrypt: you need to file, file an amended return, and if you own a house, I think you have to itemize, or you can deduct nothing about your house. or file for an extension. why wouldn't you file for an extension if you aren't ready? i'm confused

was janet reno a good boss? he seemed like a dick

I am too big a man to have to mail something to the government

e-file niggaz!

I love how being a white-collar defense attorney and former DOJ Tax Division Criminal Section prosecutor carries absolutely no persuasive weight with libcrypt. I must not know what the hell I am doing.

-- felicity, Monday, April 14, 2008 5:45 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

he's probably ignoring you?

akm, I may file an extension. I'm just collecting info on my options before I take action.

postmarked on/before the 15th = not late, correct?

try mailing an envelope with nothing in it and claim you forgot to stick the form in.

Yeah, actually you can get a postmark up until midnight in many cities. (xp)

Probably go for the e-postmark, tho.

sweet thx

felicity - i am trying to help someone file a return for 2006. i'm no accountant but i at least understand a little bit about it. they have none of their tax forms from previous years and 2007 was the first year they filed. they did receive a letter saying that they needed to file for 2006. what is the next step?

Postmarked by midnight is fine. Yeah I should probably get back to work paying my mortgage with money from spoiled rich people who are crying about being indicted for tax fraud.

xp I would hire a tax lawyer.

I e-filed this year for the first time for the sole reason that I have my W2s sent to me online but I don't have a printer. Thought about going to the library, but the $8 fee was worth it to stay at home in my PJs and not have to whip out a calculator.

e-Filing is indeed very pleasant. I have this vague notion that I shouldn't e-file any more, since somehow owning a house makes it financially inadvisable not to have an accountant, but maybe I'm wrong.

was janet reno a good boss? he seemed like a dick

-- akm, Monday, April 14, 2008 10:48 AM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

She was really tall. Reno's big thing was using the Internet to catch catch child pr0nographers and sex offenders.

like, even in the workplace?

She was really tall

otm!

I think it may have been a political p.r. maneuver to deflect attention from the criticism of the disproportionately harsh mandatory sentencing guidelines for drug crimes.

Civil forfeitures are fun.

I still love the idea that my inability to suffer fools gladly comes in "episodes"

Can't wait for the May sweeps.

From my delinquencies and fits of avoidance, I learned that if you have a refund coming to you, it is OK not to file (for a certain number of years?), but it is NOT OK if you owe money. I skipped filing for 2 years at one point and then on the 3rd year I filed, got refunds for each year from federal as well as state, received a very lovely chunk of change which I then used to purchase a car and some pretty baubles.

xp I would hire a tax lawyer.

-- felicity, Monday, April 14, 2008 5:58 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

heh ok zing i guess but i thought you were giving out free advice today

i will do my own research, this person cannot afford a "lawyer"

No because people were rude and I actually do need to work for my paying clients.

KOOL-AID MAN knows what's up

yeah ask that dude. He'll be cool.

yeah i know someone who had refunds due to him but for assorted laziness reasons didn't file for over five years. he finally did and got a big chunk of money back.

listen i still haven't filed my '06 taxes and i'm wondering if i'm SOL with the DOJ and the IRS, or maybe if i can get an extension

vaguely hilarious in the context of your chosen logon

I am very butthurt! From now on I will only dispense edgy, ironic, purportedly, humorous, awful, house, legal, advice, if any.

i owe the feds some scrill but fortunately not much, i was worried it might be more for some reason.