death and taxes
April 17th, 2007 @ 12:00 pm
everyone knows today is tax day. this is the first year in eleven that i have waited until the last minute to file. why? because i know i owe and i was afraid to see how much, as well as i knew it would be a complicated return. both chris and i worked in kansas (which has a state tax), we moved, we both were self-employed, we both worked in texas (which has no state tax), we bought office equipment for our self-employment, we traveled for it and i knew it was just going to be a mess.
this year, i got turbo tax deduction maximizer for our tax woes. i have always done them manually (and kind of enjoyed it) but not this time. i purchased a copy on eBay for $15 (which is a tax-preparation write off, however, you might actually owe tax for things you purchased online…) i found this little piece of software to be a magical charm. with all of the self-employment items, the deduction maximizer walked me through every possible thing we could deduct. it was amazing. it filled in every blank on the 67 page return we are filing. yes. 67 pages. although we still owe on our federal return, it is a very small amount. on the kansas state return, we are getting a pretty hefty refund. they almost balance each other out perfectly.
i did log on to e-file.com to get some information from my taxes last year and saw the ticking clock. now that stressed me out! we decided to mail our return in this year. i’d rather pay $4 for priority mail than the fees they charge you online (which is also a tax-preparation write off).
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Andrew Shepherd said,
April 17, 2007 at 12:09 pm
i have not finished my taxes yet. eeks.
thank goodness for form 4868.
Anne Jackson said,
April 17, 2007 at 12:10 pm
If you owe, they are still due…Send in form 9465 with that form and you should be okay.
Hale-Yeah! said,
April 17, 2007 at 12:59 pm
I did them over a month ago and already got paid!
Jordan Like the River said,
April 17, 2007 at 1:52 pm
My mom did them. Like always. Let’s hear it for moms. :)
grant... said,
April 17, 2007 at 2:09 pm
got them done three weeks early!
being self employed with the church was not fun…so i had to actually pay someone to do mine…first time ever
kim said,
April 17, 2007 at 4:53 pm
can you say e-x-t-e-n-s-i-o-n?
katherine said,
April 17, 2007 at 9:57 pm
this is my first year in a long time i didn’t owe… and seriously, if you even think you will owe something PAY IT NOW. the irs kill you on penalties and interest. made that mistake last year! this year i learned my lesson. i actually got my refund check almost a month ago. good luck to all.
shari brown said,
April 18, 2007 at 4:54 am
Got a refund, filed in February, I used Taxact software, but was really looking for something better. I never thought about buying off of Ebay. My goal is to see how little of a refund I can get so I adjust my W-4 usually in July based on the previous year. With the massive recent job changes, I am just grateful to get a refund.
West said,
April 18, 2007 at 10:19 am
did them in like February…..got everything back…nice. Since I am divorced and had some “back child support” (long story, ask if you want to know) the previous 2 years, they have held our return to take out what I owe to my daughter. The sucky part about that is it takes like 6 months and we didn’t get our return until like July or something. This year…all of my back support is paid up and we got it back by mid-March…..awesome. Of course, it’s alreay gone…but that’s not my ponit. My dad used to own 2 HR Block franchises…now he works for the guy he sold to; so, he does my taxes.
Shaula said,
April 18, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Minister’s tax returns are weird, so my sister-in-law (a CPA) did them on the 16th, and we mailed them on the 17th. Nothing like getting it in just under the wire
Oh, and I love your new header.
Joni Ruhs said,
April 19, 2007 at 12:10 am
Spent my refund on 2/16.
Mom said,
April 19, 2007 at 11:15 pm
I am so thankful for Form 4868. Sent it off last week. Just sent off 2005 tax papers. But you beat our return sweetie–67 pages! Talk about verbose!