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| free tax preparation for the self employed | | Hey Everyone! I live in Rhode Island and we now have the ability to get our taxes done free if you're self employed and earn a certain level of income...is this program offered in any other states? I'm so excited about it because it normally costs us $400 to get them done at H&R every year...just wondering if anyone else is going to be able to take advantage of this free program and if so what do you think about it? | |
| | Tax Preparation Shock - Follow Up | | The is a follow up to my discussion regarding the free e-filing from the IRS website.http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1417661.aspx
I only submitted my online preparation a week ago and the refund in is my checking account already!!! To say the least I am really surprised at how quickly it was processed as I thought that perhaps with using the free filing system mine might have gone to the end of the line. So I will definitely never pay a professional (rip off) such as H&R Block to do them ever again. | |
| | Income Tax Preparation SHOCK! | | A few days ago I went to H&R Block to get my taxes done. I have been going there for many years and this time I got the shock of my life. I did not expect a very large refund but still every little bit helps when you are only on Social Security with a couple of small pensions. Last year I got approx $350.00 filing the short form. This year I decided to itemize result approx $280.00 I was shocked so we compared to find out why it was even lower to file itemized..result some new tax changes for 2007 filing! OK I have to accept that, then comes the shock..preparation fee, with a $20.00 rebate, $270.00!!!! so I really only get about $10.00 back and H&R Block gets the rest!! No way ...not from my money. I refused to pay took my few receipts and went home and checked out http://www.irs.gov/
To my joy I qualified for free E filing as I earned less than $54,000.00 per year. It was great... the site even helped me pick out which company to use. You can file paper or electronically, short form or itemized, (I tried both). It was so easy!! I filled out the forms, they were sent to IRS, within 3 hours I had a confirmation receipt that it had been received and accepted by IRS, printed it... | |
| | Free professional Tax preparation | | Get your federal taxes prepared for free if you are under age 50 and have an adjusted gross income of 54K or less.if you go to the irs.gov website they have a listing of numerous groups to prepare your taxes with.we have used both turbo tax and http://www.hrblock.com/taxes/partner/index.jsp?otpPartnerId=180in the past - with good results. | |
| | Are you late for everything? | | When it comes to taxes, I like to get things done early. But, for other important deadlines, like paying bills and Christmas shopping, I'm a constant procrastinator. And, that's usually costly. How about you? Are you the kind of person that gets everything done early? Or, do you wait until the last possible minute? Do you like to get to appointments on time, or are you always late? | |
| | Life and Taxes, Divorce and Earned Income Credit. | | The IRS publications are a bear to interpret, so I'm asking my MyLot friends and experts this vital tax question (aaarrrgggh[em]cry[/em]). I have signed the yearly paper to give my son as a dependent to my ex-husband. Therefore, I cannot claim the kid on my taxes even though I am the custodial parent. Yes, I know, I am sickly nice. In any case, he made way too much to qualify for the Earned Income Credit (EIC). So can I still claim the EIC? You would think not, BUT, apparently I can if my ex-hubby doesn't qualify. That's what it says on page 27 and 244 & 245, example 9 etc. of IRS Pub 17: here's the link, http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p17.pdfIf you can help or interpret the meaning for me, I would be so in your debt. Better yours than the IRS. | |
| | Who does your taxes? You, or an accountant? | | I used to take my tax stuff to a tax preparing company. It was too complicated for my feeble and spineless brain. I did this until I had a $190 return and my fees were $185. I said, no more.
No I have one of those online packages. I save $150 and I can do it from the comfort of my home. It's not too compliated either... even if you have lots of things that you think an accountant would need, like mortgage interest, business expenses from your job or small business, tuition, stuff like that. It really is easy.
So who does your taxes... you?... or "your people"? | |
| | Tax rebate info | | I did not know this. Did you? If your tax-preparation or electronic-filing fees were withheld from your refund, you'll receive a paper check, even if you arranged for direct deposit of your tax refund. That is just crazy since most places deduct the fees from your refund automatically.
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| | It's Tax Day - Are Your Done? | | It's tax day again. I had a firm do mine for me. I got the information to them in late February, but they didn't complete them until last Friday. Did you get yours done early or did you wait until the last minute? Did you do them yourself to save money or did you have someone else prepare them? | |
| | Rebates for stay at home moms? | | I know these rebates have been discussed to death, but a friend brought up a scenario that I cant find the answer to. She was told by her tax preparer that even though they file a joint tax return, since her husband is the only one employed, she would not receive a rebate. I don't think this is fair - when I file a joint return with my husband I assume responsibility for his tax burden, even though I don't earn an income. What are your thoughts on this? | |
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