Happy Tax Day Everyone! - (bleh)

[jw7]

Just curious, how does everyone prepare their tax return?

Poll is anonymous, but feel free to comment.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Turbo Tax.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

Love doing my taxes. It is like getting a big crossword puzzle in the mail!

 

[Bada0Bing]

Turbo Tax makes it pretty simple.

 

[BigRedRage]

ive done it online the last 11 years but may switch to a person now that im married and a homeowner.

 

[thirty-two]

Accountant.

 

[Linderbee]

TurboTax, the MINUTE we get our W-2s, lol.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

ive done it online the last 11 years but may switch to a person now that im married and a homeowner.

TurboTax Deluxe handles home ownership. It is what we always use.

 

[LVG]

We have a family friend who has been doing our taxes forever - tax attorney and CPA. $150 for the return, he does it all. Wouldn't dream of going anyplace else.

 

[Bada0Bing]

TurboTax Deluxe handles home ownership. It is what we always use.

Me too. I do my father-in-law's taxes too and he has all sorts of crazy retirement accounts and a few partnerships. Deluxe handles them all.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

ive done it online the last 11 years but may switch to a person now that im married and a homeowner.

You can still do it.

That isn't anything more complicated then what you have already done.

 

[BigRedRage]

TurboTax Deluxe handles home ownership. It is what we always use.

You can still do it.

That isn't anything more complicated then what you have already done.

I felt like with all this new stuff it would be far more complex? Or that I may be missing out on things I dont know about? People talk about writing off the taxes towrd my house but if I pay 10k in taxes im still not deducting more than the standard deduction which I think is $10,500.

Either way - ive always filed mine as it was simple, put w2 in, list kids, list daycare costs and etc and hit submit.

If its not that much different, maybe ill go for it. Never used turbotax though, always had used freetaxusa.com

 

[jw7]

I felt like with all this new stuff it would be far more complex? Or that I may be missing out on things I dont know about? People talk about writing off the taxes towrd my house but if I pay 10k in taxes im still not deducting more than the standard deduction which I think is $10,500.

Either way - ive always filed mine as it was simple, put w2 in, list kids, list daycare costs and etc and hit submit.

If its not that much different, maybe ill go for it. Never used turbotax though, always had used freetaxusa.com

Yes, get TurboTax. It finds stuff for you that you might not have thought about. And with your mortgage interest and property tax and last years state tax payment, I'm pretty sure you'll clear the standard deduction threshold. Hell, I have no mortgage but I even cleared because of state taxes alone.

The fist time using it is a little work - you have to enter all personal info and bank accounts and whatnot. But every year after all that stuff is remembered and it is super-easy to fill out fast.

Plus, the cost of buying TT is tax-deductible - they even tell you that when you fill it out.

 

[BigRedRage]

looks like deluxe is only 50 bucks anyway

Do you buy it yearly or once?

 

[jw7]

looks like deluxe is only 50 bucks anyway

Do you buy it yearly or once?

You have to renew every year. But each renewal is a deduction.

 

[jf-08]

Professional accountant.

I hate tax season.