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#902559 - 02/11/08 12:25 PM Taxes - do you owe or not?
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Do you owe taxes or do you get $$ back?
single choice (61 Total Votes:)
Yes, I owe - 10 (16%)
No, I will get a refund - 50 (82%)
I pay taxes???? - 1 (2%)
Voting on this poll ends: 02/29/08 12:25 PM
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#902560 - 02/11/08 12:29 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? Retired DQ
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I did my taxes last night...I'm getting a decent refund, but that's because I use it like a savings account; I don't list any dependents.
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#902562 - 02/11/08 12:47 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? FBH
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We owe, but not nearly as much as we did last year. Thank goodness.
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#902576 - 02/11/08 01:38 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? Skittles
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Getting a large return on Federal and I owe the State $4.

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#902577 - 02/11/08 01:44 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? Comp Guy No More
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I e-filed and already got mine. It was pretty decent...

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#902581 - 02/11/08 01:51 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? Sheldon Hendrix
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Same here...took only a week to get both Fed and State back.
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#902589 - 02/11/08 02:02 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? TINKerBell
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Owe a small amount to each, less than $130 total, by design.
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#902593 - 02/11/08 02:05 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? #Just Jay
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I forgot all about my taxes! I need to take care of that! I always e-file and have the refunds (small as they usually are) direct deposited to my account.
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#902599 - 02/11/08 02:11 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? waldensouth
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e-filing is pretty awesome! I did mine last night. I bought a house Saturday and wanted to make sure I have cash on hand for settlement.
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#902600 - 02/11/08 02:12 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? waldensouth
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Already got my federal refund. One week after I filed it was deposited into my account.

I can never find a free state e-file and I refuse to pay anything when all I need to do is copy all of the information over the state forms. I mailed the state forms in the old fashioned way...we'll see how long that takes
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#902601 - 02/11/08 02:15 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? A_G
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Try this site taxact.com. I was using H & R blocks online filing and paying $40 for both federal and state. A friend put me on to this site where I pay half that for federal and state.
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#902604 - 02/11/08 02:28 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? waldensouth
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I e-filed and received both state and federal returns within a week.
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#902605 - 02/11/08 02:29 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? waldensouth
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I used H&R Block free file for Fed. They wanted $30 for the state. That's a joke, considering the state forms tell me which lines to take the numbers from on the federal forms so that they can be properly transferred...

Mine are fairly simple, so I don't have anything else affected by the state.
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#902619 - 02/11/08 02:50 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? A_G
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I'll get a small refund from State and owe the Fed less than what that is. And :grumble: :grumble: AG. I know exactly what you mean. I should have gone paper for State.
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#902678 - 02/11/08 04:17 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? Bacon Boy
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Refund all the way around.
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#902682 - 02/11/08 04:20 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? A_G
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Originally Posted By: AuditGuy
I used H&R Block free file for Fed. They wanted $30 for the state. That's a joke, considering the state forms tell me which lines to take the numbers from on the federal forms so that they can be properly transferred...

Mine are fairly simple, so I don't have anything else affected by the state.


If you live in the State of Ohio, you can ifile using the state's website, and don't need to pay for that service at all!

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#902686 - 02/11/08 04:23 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? B_F
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Originally Posted By: Bengalsfan
Originally Posted By: AuditGuy
I used H&R Block free file for Fed. They wanted $30 for the state. That's a joke, considering the state forms tell me which lines to take the numbers from on the federal forms so that they can be properly transferred...

Mine are fairly simple, so I don't have anything else affected by the state.


If you live in the State of Ohio, you can ifile using the state's website, and don't need to pay for that service at all!

presumably one of the few consolations for living in the state of Ohio
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#902689 - 02/11/08 04:24 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? B_F
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I know many states are like that. You think they would encourage people to e-file by not charging a fee, (especially those with relatively simple taxes) to speed up the process...

There are a few free files thru the state, but the income and age restrictions are ridiculous...
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#902691 - 02/11/08 04:32 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? A_G
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Someone is making money on transmitting those forms to the government as an intermediary - I doubt the gov't is seeing any of that money. I don't like paying the filing fee, but I like the speedy refund.

Plus, you can write off the preparation and filing fees.
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#902701 - 02/11/08 04:40 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? FBH
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Owe the state of CA $9... But the good ol' US government is sending me back over $600! Woo!
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#902703 - 02/11/08 04:45 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? Dip
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And someone explain this one to me. If you don't take the standard deduction and itemize your deductions any refunds are taxable the next year in NY?

So they are taxing you on money that if really yours and you've overpaid to them...
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#902710 - 02/11/08 04:56 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? A_G
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I ususally use Taxslayer to do my taxes. You can e-file fed & state for just $9.95. I haven't used it this year yet, but the fee has been the same for the last several years.

We claim 0 year round and have a lot to itemize, so we usually get back a very good refund each year.
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#902711 - 02/11/08 04:56 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? A_G
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Still do my taxes by hand and mail-in paper forms. I had to complete a four-page worksheet to find out that I only got a $1,950 child tax credit instead of $2,000 for my two kids...what a bunch of @*%$^!

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#902717 - 02/11/08 05:03 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? FBH
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Originally Posted By: Fightin BlueHen
I did my taxes last night...I'm getting a decent refund, but that's because I use it like a savings account; I don't list any dependents.


That's very odd, for a banker. Why not claim dependents and put the extra funds in a savings account during the fiscal year?

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#902719 - 02/11/08 05:04 PM Re: Taxes - do you owe or not? Retired DQ
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I owe $20K, help!

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