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I do it as early as I can and it makes me feel like a responsible adult, especially because I'm using one of the swaggier filing solutions instead of turbotax or whatever so it's nice and free

This time around it's a little more annoying because I have to deal with self-employment stuff from my gig economy job last year. But I actually might get a slight refund which I wasn't expecting so lets-fucking-go

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

It's weird that the post office was open on new years day in that episode. I hope someone got fired for that blunder.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Every year this is my task because my partner hates doing math and we both refuse to pay those hr block vampires for it, but I always have an emotional breakdown at some point because I can't find some dumb pin number from 2 years ago or something.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Would strongly suggest one of the IRS Free File options! FreeTaxUsa is free federal and a max of $15 for state (could be free depending on how much you make), and it's been good for me. Only annoyance this time for me is an iterative calculation around the advance premium tax credit and deductions for healthcare premiums while self-employed that they make me do instead of doing for me, but that's a pretty edgy edge case

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've used these a few times. I think part of my frustration is actually from using different filing software so then they want old info from previous returns and I have to acquire it from the other company and they want my 12 month old password to let me in?

Idk, I know it raises my stress level and then I basically block it out till next year kol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh I guess I've never run into that since I've always been in the same software

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Smarter than me, but it's okay, only one or two days of stress. Worth it to spite the tax prep industry.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was looking for that but "bttv aware reverse" did not lead me where I needed to go

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I popped this into a gif reverser :)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Real tax heads do it using the IRS worksheets, no software allowed

I did it one year just to see if I could, it was hell, took two full days

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Also a good idea to file your taxes as early as you can as it helps prevent fraudulent claims against your SSN.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

If you like filling out tax forms you would love D&D character creation

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I both hate it and get weird satisfaction from doing it. Taxes are a land of contrasts

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Like pooping

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I used to like it and also do it as early as possible but the last few years I haven’t been able to e-file due to some error on the IRS’s end and that’s massively annoying, I have to print out the forms and mail them in, also TurboTax this year doesn’t even have my forms ready to print yet? Fuck this garbage, the government should be doing it for us.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

That sounds very unswag

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I used the IRS's digital version of the 1040 form last year. It fills some of the fields automatically so you don't have to risk incorrect additions or small typos.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I used to feel that way, but all the turbotax fuckery has got me dreading it. But I'll give the link you provided a try. I had also tried TaxAct a few years ago, but its just TurboTax under another name.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

I've been using Freetaxusa since I started having to do taxes and it's worked great