Filing Taxes - Page 4

Morrigoon · 01-06-2010, 06:54 PM

Mine runs around $360*, but that was to have a partner in the firm do it. Might be less for a lower-level accountant. Sounds high, but she's always been worth it.

Also, that means they send me paperwork early in the year that allows me to get myself together, and when it's all done they file it electronically for me so I get my refund a bit quicker, and they send me a nicely-bound copy of everything for my records.

Since the last time I attempted to do my own taxes left me in tears, I have determined it's a worthwhile expenditure. Filing my own taxes was find back in the 1040EZ days, but no more.

(*-I can't remember exactly, but somewhere between $360 and $400)

Kevy Baby · 01-06-2010, 07:11 PM

BTW: if you want to use TurboTax and know someone who has already purchased it, just borrow their copy. If I recall correctly, you can use it up to five time without problem. A certain car-lovin, state-of-bliss-male has borrowed my 2007 and 2008 copies of TurboTax. In 2009

€uroMeinke · 01-06-2010, 10:22 PM

To be honest we didn't try TurboTax out on the new levels of our financial complexity - so who knows maybe it could have given us the same results. But then we were looking for someone who could also give us other financial advice going forward as far as what we could and couldn't deduct, what receipts or other documentation would be required, how much I should increase my holdings to avoid having to do quarterly tax payments on NA's non-tax withheld income, etc. I think ours also cost in the $360 range.

Personally, I liked being able to do the taxes myself, but when I started trying to interpret IRS rules for our situation, I started to loose confidence that I was doing so correctly and figured it was time to consult a professional (who would also share some liability)

Kevy Baby · 01-22-2010, 11:24 PM

Filed

I win

Andrew · 01-23-2010, 12:18 AM

I am still waiting for my 1099s but I think I have everything else. I'd really like to get it done before we leave for Vancouver.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-04-2010, 12:31 AM

Done and done. Getting a refund, but lower than last year (a good thing, means I'm getting a handle on the W4 situation which was way out of whack). Most of said refund will likely go to the beginnings of T's college fund.

Kevy Baby · 02-04-2010, 10:10 AM

I actually got my refund in January (on 1/29/10)!

SzczerbiakManiac · 02-04-2010, 10:54 AM

Damn, you beat me. Mine was direct deposited on Tuesday 2/2.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-04-2010, 11:05 AM

So I looked at the 1099 for our savings account at Chase. "Damn," I thought, "this must be only for the part of the year after the WaMu account officially became a Chase account, I'm going to have to wait until I get the 1099 for the WaMu part of the year."

Then I pulled up the account online to check the statements and do the math myself.

Turns out that the 1099 WAS for the full year, the interest rate has just dropped to absolutely nothing. Time to move that money into something that will actually earn something.

Andrew · 02-04-2010, 11:53 AM

Got everything I needed last week and did the whole thing on Saturday. E-filed so hope to have the refund next week. Yes, there's a fairly substantial refund because I haven't updated W4s in quite a long time. I'd rather give a no-interest loan to the government than the other way around.

01-06-2010, 06:54 PM	#31
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Mine runs around $360, but that was to have a partner in the firm do it. Might be less for a lower-level accountant. Sounds high, but she's always been worth it. Also, that means they send me paperwork early in the year that allows me to get myself together, and when it's all done they file it electronically for me so I get my refund a bit quicker, and they send me a nicely-bound copy of everything for my records. Since the last time I attempted to do my own taxes left me in tears, I have determined it's a worthwhile expenditure. Filing my own taxes was find back in the 1040EZ days, but no more. (-I can't remember exactly, but somewhere between $360 and $400) __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge Last edited by Morrigoon : 01-06-2010 at 07:02 PM.
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01-06-2010, 07:11 PM	#32
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	BTW: if you want to use TurboTax and know someone who has already purchased it, just borrow their copy. If I recall correctly, you can use it up to five time without problem. A certain car-lovin, state-of-bliss-male has borrowed my 2007 and 2008 copies of TurboTax. In 2009 __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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01-06-2010, 10:22 PM	#33
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	To be honest we didn't try TurboTax out on the new levels of our financial complexity - so who knows maybe it could have given us the same results. But then we were looking for someone who could also give us other financial advice going forward as far as what we could and couldn't deduct, what receipts or other documentation would be required, how much I should increase my holdings to avoid having to do quarterly tax payments on NA's non-tax withheld income, etc. I think ours also cost in the $360 range. Personally, I liked being able to do the taxes myself, but when I started trying to interpret IRS rules for our situation, I started to loose confidence that I was doing so correctly and figured it was time to consult a professional (who would also share some liability) __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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01-22-2010, 11:24 PM	#34
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	Filed I win __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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01-23-2010, 12:18 AM	#35
Andrew Making Good Girls Go Bad Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 734	I am still waiting for my 1099s but I think I have everything else. I'd really like to get it done before we leave for Vancouver. __________________ -- Andrew Just Andrew. Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) -- Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"
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02-04-2010, 12:31 AM	#36
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Done and done. Getting a refund, but lower than last year (a good thing, means I'm getting a handle on the W4 situation which was way out of whack). Most of said refund will likely go to the beginnings of T's college fund. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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02-04-2010, 10:10 AM	#37
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	I actually got my refund in January (on 1/29/10)! __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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02-04-2010, 10:54 AM	#38
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	Damn, you beat me. Mine was direct deposited on Tuesday 2/2. __________________
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02-04-2010, 11:05 AM	#39
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	So I looked at the 1099 for our savings account at Chase. "Damn," I thought, "this must be only for the part of the year after the WaMu account officially became a Chase account, I'm going to have to wait until I get the 1099 for the WaMu part of the year." Then I pulled up the account online to check the statements and do the math myself. Turns out that the 1099 WAS for the full year, the interest rate has just dropped to absolutely nothing. Time to move that money into something that will actually earn something. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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02-04-2010, 11:53 AM	#40
Andrew Making Good Girls Go Bad Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 734	Got everything I needed last week and did the whole thing on Saturday. E-filed so hope to have the refund next week. Yes, there's a fairly substantial refund because I haven't updated W4s in quite a long time. I'd rather give a no-interest loan to the government than the other way around. __________________ -- Andrew Just Andrew. Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) -- Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"
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