Tax preparation
 

Anyone else out there like me and procrastinating? I actually did finish them yesterday, this being the latest I've ever done them. This was because I knew I was going to owe lots. And I was right. Ick.

No, I did mine as soon as I got all my stuff. Already got my state refund and have to send that to the Feds.

I received my refund in January. I knew I was getting $ back and I had this weird goal to see if I could get it in January.

We worked on them all weekend. Hopefully we'll get them done next weekend. I really need to buy a couch!

Someone else is doing mine. Haven't gotten the forms back yet.

This is the first year in forever I can't use the simple return, so I did mine thru Turbo Tax over a month ago. But - ugh - they say I owe $5,000. I've been so busy trying to come up with that money, I haven't sat down and gone over the returns with a fine-tooth. I want to do that this week, and hope for some error that means I owe less $. I doubt that will be the case, but I can't fork over that kind of money without making sure I owe it. Of course, if I understood how to do this type of return, I could have done it myself in the first place.

I'm sure my returns will be postmarked April 14.

I had an accountant do it. With all Mom's stuff I inherited, buying a house and then I had to do Estate taxes as well. I owed a scary amount - but I knew I would so it was in reserve. Looking forward to next year and a simpler return.

Ugh. Long story. Ugh will have to suffice.

I did them a couple months ago and owed so waited to pay.

Bought a new computer and didn't want to have to install Turbo Tax on the new machine just to file so I went ahead and did so over the weekend before shutting down the old computer.

For those who owe, you can file now but wait to pay until the 15th

I'm targeting mid April for completing this one

I'll be April 14th filing, too. I owe this year and have been saving pennies to pay it off.

For once, I actually didn't owe money to the feds or the state. My taxes were simple enough that I felt comfortable enough to use the free software from H&R Block, then paid $10 for the state. It was super simple, and probably should have used the free stuff sooner. Got my return about a week or so later.

Finished in February, earliest ever. Refunds are long deposited. I Turbo Taxed it. Ours aren't complicated enough that I couldn't have done it manually, but they are complicated enough that it would have involved a fair amount of effort to do so, so I was happy to let the software do the work for me.

We had to mail ours in this year. With unemployment and a change of address, H and R block software wouldn't let us efile. Bah! It's going to take forever and a day to get our refunds.

I find even with somewhat complex returns - or at least what I consider to be somewhat complex (1035 exchanges this year, self employment income) - the price of the software is WELL worth it.

Our accountant just finished our return. Between the fed and the state, we're getting back just enough to pay our property tax. Yay?

I'll give you an advance on your return for just a small one time fee that works out to a 873% APR.

If you take me on this it will be my first small step to being a payday lender and finally I'll achieve my goal of being a pimple on the asshole of society.

If it makes you feel any better, I believe you have already accomplished that goal: congratulations!

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Sadly, I am merely on the taint. I merely work in the banking industry for one of the major players in the world economic meltdown (one of the lightly less horrible ones, but still). Payday lending would finally get me that last little bit of the way.

Well, we wish you the best in your quest! You'll always be out little pimple