File your taxes yet?

Originally Posted by DRIVEN

I did the other night using Turbo Tax. Cost me $50 dollars just to filed federal and state online and have them direct deposited. What a rip.

Hopefully I get them back by 2/2/2006 as promised.

Anybody else get them out of the way yet?

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I did mine on turbo tax FREE! which in MI you can do unless you make over $28,000 year. you have to use the link http://www.statetaxfreedom.com this link works in MI for sure not for sure if other states as well.

Sorry about you having to pay

I did mine already. About a week or 2 ago. I should be getting my return back any day now! Although it's practically already spent.

I am using it to get new couches, a new entertainment center and some other things for the living room. Hooray!

I am getting around to making out the T4s for our employees - but they are not due to be sent out until the end of Feb.

Yosemite, did they not bug you for the returns? I filed a few weeks late last year and they called me

Nope! I have to file with my pet sitting business this year, and that's more than I care to think about at this moment...Soon though...

I just got my last two W-2s today and I'll do mine this weekend, if my 1099 for my 401(k) comes in.

This will be the 5th year, that I've used Turbo Tax on the Web. I don't have to buy software every year and my returns are stored, for future reference. E-filing gets me my refund with in two weeks.

Originally Posted by katl8e

I just got my last two W-2s today and I'll do mine this weekend, if my 1099 for my 401(k) comes in.

This will be the 5th year, that I've used Turbo Tax on the Web. I don't have to buy software every year and my returns are stored, for future reference. E-filing gets me my refund with in two weeks.

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I'm hoping mine will be deposited soon too. I'm pretty sure in the paperwork I printed that my refunds are supposed to be deposited by 2/2/2006. I hope that's true.

Filed mine and my deposit posted yesterday

Originally Posted by squirtle

Filed mine and my deposit posted yesterday

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When the heck did you file and how?

I want my money!

LOL I did mine online through H&R Block's Tax Cut software. It only cost me $19.99. I filed Monday and did direct deposit and it was on my account when I woke up this morning.

Originally Posted by squirtle

LOL

I did mine online through H&R Block's Tax Cut software. It only cost me $19.99. I filed Monday and did direct deposit and it was on my account when I woke up this morning.

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I think I really, really messed up on taxes this year.

For one, I used TurboTax and should have used H&R from what everybody is saying. And for two, I just bought a house at the end of last year and I didn't claim anything on that. I guess I could have received almost double the refund?? I don't know for sure, but that's what people have been telling me.

Originally Posted by gardenandcats

Not yet I dread it hubby is self employed ( lobsterman). And I have shoe boxes full of papers for deductions I have to go through. Then we have H and R block do it. Its to complicated for my poor brain to figure out with depreciation and all that fun stuff.

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My husband's part-time musician thing allows us to be categorized as self-employed as well. I do up a spreadsheet for our accountant with all music purchases (CD's, etc.), gas, parking, dry-cleaning, meals, telephone, house taxes - anything that we can claim deductions for - and have that included with the receipts. Our accountant says it really helps to cut down on the time required to do our taxes since he needs only to take the total of my columns and put in the appropriate "box" on the electronic form.

Originally Posted by DRIVEN

I think I really, really messed up on taxes this year.

For one, I used TurboTax and should have used H&R from what everybody is saying. And for two, I just bought a house at the end of last year and I didn't claim anything on that. I guess I could have received almost double the refund?? I don't know for sure, but that's what people have been telling me.

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I should think that you could talk to someone in the tax department and apply for a further refund by getting the correct forms. I don't know this for sure, but it seems pretty sensible to me. Worth a try at least.

I'm sure if they made a mistake in your favour they would rectify it!

Originally Posted by Yosemite

I should think that you could talk to someone in the tax department and apply for a further refund by getting the correct forms. I don't know this for sure, but it seems pretty sensible to me. Worth a try at least.

I'm sure if they made a mistake in your favour they would rectify it!

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I'll probably do that. My cousin owns a private place that does taxes. You'd have thought I would have waited and went to him but I wanted them done so fast. I might call him to see if he can help.

Originally Posted by DRIVEN

I did the other night using Turbo Tax. Cost me $50 dollars just to filed federal and state online and have them direct deposited. What a rip.

Hopefully I get them back by 2/2/2006 as promised.

Anybody else get them out of the way yet?

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If you go through the IRS website there are several tax websites that will do them for free, and a small fee for State e-filing. I paid 7.95 last year!
I plan on starting mine this weekend seeing as I now have everything but being as dial up is slow and gets interupted when you live in the pucks it could take me a while. I may have to give up TCS for a couple of days on lunch break and finish them at work!

Now you're all making me sad. I thought TurboTax was such a good thing too.

We just filed ours today and hopefully will get the refund in a couple of weeks

I did mine through TaxAct.com. Have used the site for 4 years now and it's dirt cheap and I got the source from the IRS website on an IRS approved list, so that made me feel better.
Last year they were charging $9.95 federal and states were free (which I can't do anyways cause I work out of state).
This year federal was free and state was $12.95.
So I did my taxes for free!.....
Pretty cool huh? I was soooooo excited. My X- husband spends $160 on an accountant and I asked why? Give it a shot. He's a teacher so it won't be a complicated return.

Anyways - Head of household, dependants, new house (ie - itemizing for the first time), and having as much taxes as I can taken out of my check = big fat return!! Show me the money....hehe

Grrrrr, now I do wonder if I can go back somehow and re-file. Has anybody had to or been able to do that?

Nevermind, Turbo Tax does have a place to amend. I will research this and see what I can come up with.

Finished mine tonight (I was waiting for a 1099R and it came today). E-filing cost me $34.90, with TurboTax on the Web and I'll have my Federal refund in about 10 days

I ended up owing the state a whole dollar! Gee, I hope I don't need to file an extension, for the payment