F... Filing Taxes

Not for everyone. Even though Obama has said over and over again he will not raise taxes on anyone making under $250,000 he has.

Limitations - The credit is limited if your modified adjusted gross income is above a certain amount. The amount at which this phase-out begins varies depending on your filing status. For married taxpayers filing a joint return, the phase-out begins at $110,000. For married taxpayers filing a separate return, it begins at $55,000. For all other taxpayers, the phase-out begins at $75,000. In addition, the Child Tax Credit is generally limited by the amount of the income tax you owe as well as any alternative minimum tax you owe.

I believe he said he wouldn't raise income taxes on anyone making under $250,000.

First thing I will say is please don't turn this into a political thread


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First thing I will say is please don't turn this into a political thread


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If it didn't go politically it probably had ended several post ago.


Death and taxes the only two guarantees in life.

Yeah, no more Obama talk here.

I am another fan of TaxACT. Even if you MUST pay for something, they are cheaper than other places like TurboTax, and their free software works just fine.

First thing I will say is please don't turn this into a political thread


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bringing up taxes and asking for it not to go political is like getting and interview with Ray Lewis and asking him to not use the words, god or my.

My Dad and I usually split a copy of TurboTax (I file MD electronically on their website, and since I usually owe less than $100, I file Federal by mail as late as I can) and haven't had any issues. My taxes are pretty straight forward (homeowner, 2 kids, charitable donations, dependent care flex spending), so doing them myself, while a pain in the ass, isn't too bad.

I worked for a local Tax Prep place for a few weeks (2nd job, ended up getting another sidejob working for my wife's company), and that really gave me piece of mind that what I've done using TurboTax is spot on.

First thing I will say is please don't turn this into a political thread, I just wanted to vent my frustrations at the first year where filing my taxes has been a major pain in the ass. In all my previous years filing, I have been lucky enough to file the basic 1040EZ form with basic deductions, no credits, etc. anything that might require a tax expert or extra guidance. This year was the second year where I had to file for my regular 9-5 job, which I worked 40 hours a week for 52 out of 53 weeks last year (with my one week vacay thrown in), as well as file a 1099-misc for a side job I worked approximately 52 hours out of the year last year. Now I figured I'd have a cut taken out because no income taxes were paid for the side gig I did, which I earned 1 grand for those 50 hours worked last year.

Anyways, I used Turbotax first, but after encountering problems filing with the 1099 form I decided to try out HR Block's filing system to see if that would be easier. Neither of them were helpful, and there were a couple roadblocks with both (the big one was HR Block telling me to delete my 1099 because no state income taxes were paid on it) which I had to spend time on the phone with someone from Virginia's department of taxation on before it got worked out, and then after all that it wouldn't let me e-file with Virginia because I owed them money (isn't it awesome making 23 grand last year and owing money to your home state?) and I still have to figure out how to get a copy of the form to mail to the state of VA, because it kicked me out after I e-filed my federal return.

Instead of continuing to bore you guys with details of my shitty experience filing my taxes this year, I'm just going to say f taxes. I can't imagine how much it must suck for those of you with way more things you need to fill out on your tax form than I had to do, or those of you who pay to have tax experts fill out your taxes only to find that you owe state/fed taxes on top of of what you owe the tax guy for prepping your taxes.

Here is the forms for Va. Forms -- Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Taxation (http://www.tax.virginia.gov/forms.cfm)

im gonna try to claim my pup this year. poor puppy cost me an arm and leg this past year

im gonna try to claim my pup this year. poor puppy cost me an arm and leg this past year

If you can't claim the pup you can probably claim the arm and a leg.

im gonna try to claim my pup this year. poor puppy cost me an arm and leg this past year

Yeah that would be tax fraud. I don't take kindly. You might as well be speeding in the left lane. I would find out your real name and fight my guts out to sic the IRS on you.