Time to pay The Man - Page 2

elSicomoro · 02-09-2003, 02:43 AM

Or to get money back from the Man, which should be the case with me.

For non-Americans: I'm not sure how it is in other countries, but here in the US, we have to file our income taxes with the Internal Revenue Service (and in most states, with a state dept. of revenue) each year. Every January, our employers send us W-2 forms, showing our income and taxes paid for the year. (And if you have investments, you usually receive other forms that show how much money or interest you've made in a year, and the taxes paid, if any, on said money.) Once we get those forms, we have to fill out these ridiculous tax forms, which help determine that we've given enough money to the government. If we owe money, that money must be in the mail, postmarked by April 15th.

So, I got all my forms finally last week. Ironically, the one I was waiting for was a 1099-G from the Commonwealth, showing how much money I got from unemployment. Slow-ass bastards.

As most folks know, there are lots of options for doing your taxes. Best Buy has been hawking TurboTax with all these rebates and what not. But I can't justify getting that, especially with the changes in the tax codes every year. So, I decided to try using an e-file service this year. I used H & R Block last year (b/c, for some reason, I thought doing my taxes would be a pain in the ass), and wound up getting hosed big time. Fuck that...

I've looked at a few of the e-file services, but many of them want you to download software. For some reason, I'm not cool with that. I prefer something that I can do online. So, I found one site that lets you do your taxes, shows the results, and only charges you if you print and send them electronically. It was fairly painless. They ask you 9 kabillion questions, and you have to fill in all the information you have in front of you, but then they easily compute the information.

My only issue with the service was the price--$24.95. I'm seeing other ones out there that are cheaper--less than $10. But I'm not sure how reliable they are.

What are some of you guys out there doing for your taxes? Using e-file? Going with paper? If you've used (or are using) e-file, do you have any recommendations...or warnings about some places?

02-09-2003, 02:43 AM	#1
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Time to pay The Man Or to get money back from the Man, which should be the case with me. For non-Americans: I'm not sure how it is in other countries, but here in the US, we have to file our income taxes with the Internal Revenue Service (and in most states, with a state dept. of revenue) each year. Every January, our employers send us W-2 forms, showing our income and taxes paid for the year. (And if you have investments, you usually receive other forms that show how much money or interest you've made in a year, and the taxes paid, if any, on said money.) Once we get those forms, we have to fill out these ridiculous tax forms, which help determine that we've given enough money to the government. If we owe money, that money must be in the mail, postmarked by April 15th. So, I got all my forms finally last week. Ironically, the one I was waiting for was a 1099-G from the Commonwealth, showing how much money I got from unemployment. Slow-ass bastards. As most folks know, there are lots of options for doing your taxes. Best Buy has been hawking TurboTax with all these rebates and what not. But I can't justify getting that, especially with the changes in the tax codes every year. So, I decided to try using an e-file service this year. I used H & R Block last year (b/c, for some reason, I thought doing my taxes would be a pain in the ass), and wound up getting hosed big time. Fuck that... I've looked at a few of the e-file services, but many of them want you to download software. For some reason, I'm not cool with that. I prefer something that I can do online. So, I found one site that lets you do your taxes, shows the results, and only charges you if you print and send them electronically. It was fairly painless. They ask you 9 kabillion questions, and you have to fill in all the information you have in front of you, but then they easily compute the information. My only issue with the service was the price--$24.95. I'm seeing other ones out there that are cheaper--less than $10. But I'm not sure how reliable they are. What are some of you guys out there doing for your taxes? Using e-file? Going with paper? If you've used (or are using) e-file, do you have any recommendations...or warnings about some places?

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