― Ned Raggett, Monday, 4 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Wednesday, 14 April 2004 15:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 15 April 2004 01:38 (nineteen years ago) link
Taxes suck, but I like to think that my check is earmarked for non-killing government stuff like NASA telescopes or NEA grants or the OSHA for Kids web site.
― m.e.a. (m.e.a.), Thursday, 15 April 2004 02:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 15 April 2004 02:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 15 April 2004 02:29 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm told that the loan for the house I'm buying is structured in such a way that I can deduct the entirety of my mortgage payments. Something smells very Fat Tony about it, but if true I'm really looking forward to that.
― m.e.a. (m.e.a.), Thursday, 15 April 2004 02:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Girolamo Savonarola, Thursday, 15 April 2004 02:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 15 April 2004 02:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 15 April 2004 02:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 15 April 2004 02:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― m.e.a. (m.e.a.), Thursday, 15 April 2004 02:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 15 April 2004 03:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― the krza (krza), Thursday, 15 April 2004 04:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 15 April 2004 04:10 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm trying to get it done by Tuesday so I can just go to my accountant's and be like, "here's the stuff, it's done, go to it." Then I get to watch my hard-earned checking account drain away. Sigh. It'll be worth it to have it behind me, though.
― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Sunday, 16 January 2005 10:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Sunday, 16 January 2005 10:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andrew (enneff), Sunday, 16 January 2005 11:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Sunday, 16 January 2005 12:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Sunday, 16 January 2005 14:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kingfish MuffMiner 2049er (Kingfish), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 06:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 20 March 2005 20:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Sunday, 20 March 2005 23:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Curious George Finds the Ether Bottle (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 20 March 2005 23:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― jones (actual), Sunday, 20 March 2005 23:37 (nineteen years ago) link
Nothing was taken from that relatively small amount of profit, but I assume it will absolutely drain any chance I have at a refund. (The last few years have been just under $1K.)
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 20:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 20:13 (eighteen years ago) link
I can't see how I can possibly owe you two grand. I'm sure there are people who make twice as much as me who don't owe fuck.
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 21:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― kephm, Thursday, 14 April 2005 14:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 14 April 2005 14:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 14 April 2005 15:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Samuel Glickstein (nordicskilla), Thursday, 14 April 2005 15:04 (eighteen years ago) link
I r queen of last minute taxes.
― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 14 April 2005 15:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 14 April 2005 15:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 14 April 2005 15:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Samuel Glickstein (nordicskilla), Thursday, 14 April 2005 15:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― kephm, Thursday, 14 April 2005 15:46 (eighteen years ago) link
suckahs :-P
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 14 April 2005 16:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 14 April 2005 16:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― jody the country girl doll (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 14 April 2005 16:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 14 April 2005 17:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eric von H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 April 2005 17:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 14 April 2005 17:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 14 April 2005 17:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 14 April 2005 18:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― kephm, Thursday, 14 April 2005 18:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 14 April 2005 18:14 (eighteen years ago) link
xpost
― kephm, Thursday, 14 April 2005 18:14 (eighteen years ago) link
thanks sarahell - that KTVU article didn't include Alameda (their home base!) and I freaked for a minute but it seems that Alameda IS included
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 16:19 (eleven months ago) link
Salute to anyone getting it in under the wire, wherever you are.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 03:44 (eleven months ago) link
on my way to the midnight post office
― fleeting art that floats! (geoffreyess), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 04:15 (eleven months ago) link
Direct File is a new tax tool to file your federal taxes directly with the IRS.
currently available in 12 states
https://directfile.irs.gov
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 30 January 2024 23:45 (one month ago) link
I was just collecting and organizing all the information we'll need to do our taxes. It's all ready to go (!) except one or two forms that haven't arrived yet in the mail.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 00:00 (one month ago) link
Literally in the same boat here -- one 1099 and the health insurance form. Otherwise just dying to send this all off and be done with it.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 00:21 (one month ago) link
Actually correct that, the health form just landed per a check just now. So basically a remaining 1099 theoretically although I'm slightly suspicious about it showing up by tomorrow. (I have the total separately -- not a large amount -- and will roll it in as needed.)
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 00:26 (one month ago) link
Roffle. And said 1099 JUST landed in my inbox. Timing!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 00:30 (one month ago) link
And how are we all doing. (About to send my final paperwork/payment off to my accountants tomorrow and then I just wait...)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 March 2024 03:30 (two weeks ago) link
Done & filed. State tax refund showed up hours ago. Federal refund due.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 14 March 2024 03:33 (two weeks ago) link
Uuuuggghhhhh
Time change, smoke detector battery checks, and tax time
― Jaq, Thursday, 14 March 2024 03:34 (two weeks ago) link
Saw my state and federal refunds pending in my account yesterday.
― Kim Kimberly, Thursday, 14 March 2024 03:49 (two weeks ago) link
I always have to pay more, so I procrastinate.
― nickn, Thursday, 14 March 2024 04:59 (two weeks ago) link
i’m lucky to be able to afford someone to do this for me, as every year i get about $3k back. if it was me doing it i’d either 1) not do it 2) mess it up or 3) spend so long on it that i may as well have paid someone to do it in the first place
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 14 March 2024 08:14 (two weeks ago) link
133 pages this year. Great system.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 14 March 2024 12:56 (two weeks ago) link
Filed in mid-February, got my NJ refund yesterday, which is me cutting my last tie to that state. I are an Montanan now.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Thursday, 14 March 2024 13:12 (two weeks ago) link
Been in the US since last spring, went to see a tax advisor yesterday as we have a slightly confusing set-up with one partner working full-time and income also coming in from a couple of different UK sources. Left the meeting vastly more confused than when I went in, which seems par for the course with accountants going by past experience. Bloody hell I thought dealing with the Inland Revenue was bad!
― help me I am in hull (Matt #2), Thursday, 14 March 2024 13:27 (two weeks ago) link
compared to the inland revenue it is ... unbelievably bad.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 14 March 2024 13:31 (two weeks ago) link
Oh jeez Matt#2. This is your first go around then? It is profoundly unpleasant (and expensive).
― horizontal, Thursday, 14 March 2024 16:40 (two weeks ago) link
― sarahell, Thursday, 14 March 2024 18:27 (two weeks ago) link
― sarahell, Thursday, 14 March 2024 18:32 (two weeks ago) link
American taxes are so dumb. Last year I made a mental error and ended up owing a couple thousand, so I predictably overcorrected for that this year PLUS I didn't account for a couple of changes in our favor — standard deduction went up, IRA contribution limits went up, plus most significantly also our health insurance went from us paying for it ourselves through the marketplace to my wife getting it through work, which means it now comes out pre-tax.
All of which means that even though we on paper made more money this year than last year, our taxable income went down while I boosted my estimated tax payments — so now after owing money last year it looks like we're going to get the biggest refund of our lives this year. Which MAYBE I could've anticipated if I spent more time thinking about all of this or thought about it more than once a year, but anyway it's a dumb system.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 16 March 2024 17:17 (one week ago) link
And now I'm afraid the big jump in refund will somehow get us audited, but whatever, I think I could survive that.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 16 March 2024 17:24 (one week ago) link
Every single state and national politician in the USA loves to tinker with the tax code. The result is a mind-boggling complexity that never repeats itself from year to year. The forms keep shape-shifting, the instructions are baroque, credits come and go with bewildering rapidity.
I've kept our financial life as boring and vanilla as it possibly could be and I keep comprehensive records. But I finally gave up doing our taxes because I never knew for sure that the some new wrinkle had been inserted deep into the instructions, so I had to relearn the procedures every year. The tax software helps, but now I just hand it over to a preparer and wash my hands of the whole mess.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 16 March 2024 17:28 (one week ago) link
I plugged along on my own for some years but I remember Elvis Telecom telling me in the start of the 2000s I should really go for a tax guy. After I realized a couple of long-standing errors in approach that I'd been doing for some time a few years later, I took said advice and frankly I'm all the better for it. My situation is certainly less complex than some but it's not easy plug and play either, and frankly I'll always be reassured knowing someone else's name is on the return as well as mine.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 16 March 2024 17:33 (one week ago) link
For awhile there weren’t very many changes tbh (between 2000 and 2016) … the last 7 years have been chaotic in comparison. The “evil software companies” love to advertise how many changes there are and how it is just so much that you really need to pay for their software…. the reality is that the vast majority of the changes to the tax code don’t affect the average person’s tax return. Also, as a professional tax person, I have now come around to the concept of the free file, pre-filled click and submit thing for people whose taxes are simple. Like if everything you are taxed on and can deduct is reported to the IRS already, and there isn’t anything else… you shouldn’t have to pay for help or software or spend much time dealing with it. I can nerd out about it but … yeah, it is dumb
― sarahell, Saturday, 16 March 2024 17:45 (one week ago) link
The stupid Trump Cock Jizz Act of 2017 was the biggest set of changes since 1986 … and it has a lot of really stupid provisions that need to go away ASAP
― sarahell, Saturday, 16 March 2024 17:54 (one week ago) link
I do my own and it’s medium complex (a bunch of 1099s, plus Burning Ambulance is an LLC) but nothing I can’t handle. People act like taxes are like slide-ruling a mission to Mars but they’re really not IME.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Saturday, 16 March 2024 18:16 (one week ago) link
stockholm syndrome
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 16 March 2024 18:22 (one week ago) link
they really did become much more complicated a few years ago for me, but luckily i only have one 1099 this year, so absent some colossal fuckup on our healthcare advocate’s end, we won’t owe money this year— last spring, we got a new coat put on the roof and also owed the IRS $1300 because we made more money than we had predicted on our healthcare forms. doesn’t sound like much but it basically ruined the next four months of our lives.
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Saturday, 16 March 2024 18:29 (one week ago) link
gonna have to do the installment plan this year :(
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 16 March 2024 18:31 (one week ago) link
It's not impossible to figure out what needs to be done to fill out one's taxes, just detailed, time-consuming and very tiresome. For example, Oregon's lawmakers keep adding credits, then removing them, or changing the qualifications. A few years ago the OR Dept. of Revenue revised their basic tax form from 2 pages to 4 pages. When the big federal tax changes were passed at the tail end of December 2017 it caused states to make cascading revisions to counteract the many punitive features the Republicans inserted just to pwn the libs in the NE and west coast. So, have fun!
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 16 March 2024 18:34 (one week ago) link
People act like taxes are like slide-ruling a mission to Mars but they’re really not IME.
Very much depends on circumstances I think. Mine are more complicated since becoming self-employed, though still not excessively so. We do standard deduction, but if you're in an itemizing-deductions situation, that gets more complicated too. For all the years my wife and were just getting employer W-2s and a little bit of freelance income, yeah, that was easy-peasy.
I have the extra simplicity of living in a state with no income tax. Big change from my NYC years where there was federal, state AND local.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 16 March 2024 18:36 (one week ago) link
Oregon is a challenge as far as states go, you are otm Aimless. And then there is the Multnomah County form on top of that…
― sarahell, Saturday, 16 March 2024 18:41 (one week ago) link