Have You Done Your Tax Return For 2016?

Lara said:
Welcome Terry. If you are in the U.S., there is a government program where you can get your tax returns done at certain locations like H&R Block, Employee Credit Unions, and Senior Centers. I got mine done at the North Carolina State Employees Credit Union. Quick, easy, and free.
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You are quite right, Lara. Here, any senior citizen can get theirs done free at the local Senior Center. Seniors or low-income can get them done free at the library. Volunteers work both locations and it is a fantastic benefit. We had the Senior Center do ours last year. This year retirement saw my ownership in the firm bought out and the wife's tiny bit of ownership in some oil wells changed so we decided to have a "professional" do it. Next year things should be stabilized and we can go back to the "freebies" for tax prep.
 

We are still working with our CPA and megacorp to get ours done. It is a convoluted process for us each year, as we live and work oversea's for a major oil company but have kept our home in Texas.

We are looking forward to retirement and not having a such complex income tax preparations. We gladly pay our CPA ~$700 to prepare our taxes. I could not get past the first page if I tried to do them ourselves.

But having complained abit, it is a great problem to have and we know that and are appreciative for a good paying job.
 

For the past couple of years I've filed for extensions and not filed the return until August/September. But I got bored yesterday and did mine with the help of TurboTax, which I have been using for years. My balance due is only $2,800 this year. Send money.
 
We did ours last week. We actually are getting a small refund from both Federal and State. Less than $100, but the first time in years we have not either broke even or had to pay a small amount to Feds.
I am always reminded of when my husband proposed to me. He said he figured we should get married before the end of that calendar year so we could file jointly for the year. How romantic.
 
Aunt Bea said:
The income tax is finally done and dusted!
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Aunt Bea, you beat me on being the last one here to file, I think. :) Do you do your own?

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NancyNGA said:
Aunt Bea, you beat me on being the last one here to file, I think. :) Do you do your own?

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No, I do a back of the envelope calculation and then bundle the paperwork up and send it to a CPA.

I could do it but I feel better having another set of eyes and I always get some advice and strategy from the accountant that is well worth his fee.
 
This year really bothered me. Getting tired of this s&#t at this point in my life. The IRS and libraries had the poorest selection of forms and books ever. They prefer online returns but until they provide reliable internet and computer screw them. They need to provide the tools for their bureaucracy.
 
Aunt Bea said:
Have you tried printing the forms from IRS.gov?

https://apps.irs.gov/app/picklist/l...riteria=&resultsPerPage=25&isDescending=false
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I wound up printing a few including forms & worksheets but the issue is if a filer has problems with a computer, printer or internet regardless of cause those missing or needed resources cost the filer money & time they might not have just for instructions & forms the IRS should be providing. The local/regional IRS didn't even have 1040A instruction book let alone other forms and books. It gets worse by the year. The taxman wants the returns & money then provide the means to get it to them.
 

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