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When was the latest you’ve ever filed a tax return?
Asked at Borders, 700 N.H. on April 17, 2007
“Actually, we live with our mom and dad, so we don’t know at the moment when they filed our tax returns.”
“Two weeks ago. I just put it off.”
“Probably about a week ago.”
“Actually, my mom works at H&R Block, so mine are always on time.”
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Comments
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 6 years, 1 month ago
I have heard the band play before, but have never heard the fat lady sing.
Pywacket 6 years, 1 month ago
ku_law~
Actually, you dropped the comma that you should have placed in the sentence: "Get it right, people."
Also, you're actually very inconsistent with your punctuation. For an actual brief review, the period should be placed within the quotations in your post. (There are particular rules for other actual circumstances; my comments pertain only to the actual sentences in your above post.)
Actually, I bet you actually hate it when someone actually corrects your correction.
Get it right, ku_law (if you're actually ku_law and not ku_prig).
acg 6 years, 1 month ago
I usually file the first week of Feb, right after I get my w-2. I generally get a refund, though. This year we have to pay on my hubby because of self employment tax and so we're waiting until the last minute. Ya know, out of spite. ; )
Agnostick 6 years, 1 month ago
Finished mine last night...
jonas 6 years, 1 month ago
Well. . . if I ever get around to filing taxes for fiscal years 1995 and 1996, then there you have it. Something tells me, though, that I won't. And since it was a high-school p/t job, and the govt. would have to give me a $25-30 dollar refund, I doubt that they care.
consumer1 6 years, 1 month ago
I electronically filed the day I rec'd my w2. recieved within a week and spent in a couple of hours.
ms_canada 6 years, 1 month ago
I have never filed a tax return. Only worked for three years before marriage and kids and really don't remember filing a return. No body ever got after me about it, sooooooo. Now my husband's company supposedly pays me and he takes care of the taxes. I never see the money. That is one of the peculiarities of Canadian tax law. It is a salary on the books only. The money gets ploughed back into the company. I don't think that is right but who the heck pays any attention to me?
Agnostick 6 years, 1 month ago
Two or three years ago... I used an online service (TaxAct)... and completed my return @ 11:15pm on April 15th!!
:o
--Ag
P.S. jonas, you'd have to check the IRS rules, but I know that you only really have to file a return if your earnings are above a certain amount. This exempts many teenagers with part-time jobs from having to file a return. It's a good idea to do so, anyways, because you probably have some money coming back.
Agnostick 6 years, 1 month ago
I'd like to "hijack" or "supplement" this OTS with an OTS of my own:'
How many of you are willing to pay extra just for the "privilege" of electronic filing, rather than the one or two postage stamps for mailing it in?
Me? I'm a cheapskate. I will file electronically only if I can do so FOR FREE. I don't believe that I should "pay" for my responsibility for paying my taxes. I think a small transportation fee (postage stamps) is acceptable, but I tire of all this extra stuff.
This was my 3rd year using TaxAct. Fine service, but I was really ticked off about one aspect: They tried to stiffarm me for $9.95 for the "privilege" of importing all my tax data from last year (names, address, employer info)!!! Last year, it was free to import all this info from my 2004 returns.
The IRS has been pushing this "e-file" thing for several years now, but they themselves haven't done a thing about it. They've just sub-contracted out to all these other companies, who make you pay through the nose and sit through screen after screen after screen of "special offers." The IRS needs to set up their own servers, their own GUI, their own forms, so that people that want to do this themselves (without a paid preparer like H&R Block) can do so FOR FREE.
And that's my tax manifesto for this year; now, I have to go back to building pipe bombs in my basement! :p~~~~
--Ag
sgtwolverine 6 years, 1 month ago
I'm not sure. I think I've always managed to get it mailed at least a couple weeks before the deadline. And that's an accomplishment for a disorganized person like me.
oldvet 6 years, 1 month ago
I usually prepare them around the first week of March and then let the returns sit with the checks made out until the last minute. Mine went into the mail last night. As long as I owe money, I'll file by mailing it in. I have used TurboTax for almost ten years and it is a great package. I buy the software rather than use the online service since I file returns for multiple people.
concernedparent 6 years, 1 month ago
usually Feb 2nd....
sunflower_sue 6 years, 1 month ago
April 16, 2007, 3:30p.m.
warthog 6 years, 1 month ago
Wait... is that what all that paperwork is that I got from IRS? I just thought it was Christmas greetings. Oops.
Pywacket 6 years, 1 month ago
I filed on the last day a few times in the past. Now, we're always comfortably early. If we owed, we would probably wait until the last minute to send it in.
On a side note, I always distrusted the IRS and figured their raison d'etre was to stick us for all they could, until a few years ago, when something happened that made me wonder.
We had filed in March and weren't really worried about when the refund would arrive, when, instead of a check, we got something by registered mail. Even though we had paid someone to prepare our taxes, and thought we had done everything correctly, it still gave me that queasy feeling that they were going to come after us. I went to the PO and got the envelope, which was thick enough to cause further worry. But, upon opening it, I learned that the IRS had calculated that they owed us MORE than what we had thought.
In their letter, they explained that we were entitled to some deduction that hadn't occurred to our tax preparer (I can't remember what that was, exactly). They enclosed an amended return that we needed to sign and mail back to them--after which, our hefty refund check promptly arrived. We went to a different tax preparer the next year. If we're going to pay someone to do it, we figured we should pay someone who knows the ins & outs better.
I was floored by this experience. At that point, my suspicions about the evil IRS cleared up a bit.. I think they are like any other gov't bureaucracy--huge, labyrinthine, and impersonal. They will get you if you cheat them (purposely or innocently), but--we were amazed and pleased to discover--they will also let you know if you cheat yourself. Who woulda thunkit?
samsnewplace 6 years, 1 month ago
I file early but probably the latest was mid-February.
BorderRat 6 years, 1 month ago
If I get money back, I file as soon as I can. If I have to pay, I'm in line at the Post Office about 11:00 PM on the last day.
concernedparent 6 years, 1 month ago
BTW, I don't e-file. I'm not going to pay more to get my money back faster to just spend it faster. I like the 3-4 weeks of actually thinking I'm getting money better than the feeling of wow I just spent all that....
snap_pop_no_crackle 6 years, 1 month ago
Since I started using a tax prep firm recommended by Wesley Snipes, I don't worry about tax deadlines.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 6 years, 1 month ago
snap_pop_no_crackle_but_an _indictment?
KsTwister 6 years, 1 month ago
"How many of you are willing to pay extra just for the "privilege" of electronic filing, rather than the one or two postage stamps for mailing it in?"
FYI it is free to file at irs .gov site
Unfortunately my CPA likes to buy new cars every year.
Byrne 6 years, 1 month ago
It's free to file the Federal, most electronic places charge for state.
That said, I just got mine done: 9 p.m. on the last day, about the same as last year.
ku_law 6 years, 1 month ago
I hate it when people start their sentences with "Actually." Unless they are correcting a statement that has been made, 'actually' should not be used. For example, I ask you "Where are you from?" Assuming you are from Kansas, your answer would be "Kansas" or "I am from Kansas". It should not be "Actually, I am from Kansas." However, if I asked you "You are from Texas, right?", you could then say "Actually, I am from Kansas." "Actually" is used to correct an incorrect assumption/statement. Get it right people.
Agnostick 6 years, 1 month ago
TEN MINUTES!!!!
TEN MINUTES!!!!
Crossfire 6 years, 1 month ago
In 13 minutes my 1999 Federal Income Tax Payment will be 8 years late. Heading for the PO now.
crazyks 6 years, 1 month ago
The latest I've ever filed is Apr. 1. So far I've been fortunate enough (or poor enough; take your pick) to not owe money. But even if I did, I would probably get it done early. I just like to get it over and done with so I don't have to worry about it.
Pywacket, I've had both the federal and state gov. send me letters informing me that my refund would be more than what I had calculated. Pleasant surprise, especially from the state. Do they really sit there and read ever tax form, or just a randomly selected few?
Actually, KU_law, if you're into law, I'm astonished that you're so concerned with the grammar of others. Actually, I'm astonished that you have time to even notice.
Actually, if you spend so much time noticing and attempting to correct the grammar of others, you miss out on the point of the comment. Actually, I noticed you did that, and made no comments at all about the content.
One of my English professors once chastised me for beginning sentences with the word "and". I disagreed with him, and said it was merely a difference in writing style.
I guess he agreed with me. I got an A in the course.
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