Does doing your own taxes cause cancer?

[Calamity Jane]

Or is it all the damn cigarettes you smoke trying to keep your brain from exploding???

I'm about to give up... trying to decide between a 1099-DIV... a 1099-B... whether to deduct the mortgage as a business expense... how much my truck weighs... do I deduct 'tools' in a lump sum, or do i have to enter the table saw... the band saw... the uni saw... the compressor... as separate items??? And I know I can deduct my horse expenses... but are they 'farm related'???

Someone pour me a drink!

 

[Guest]

 

[Calamity Jane]

*hands you a bloody mary*

Get an accountant. That's what I did, no more stress

Oh, we have an accountant... I just wanted to see if I could do them. Stupid fuckin idea!

Thanks for the drink... i plan to consume many more.

 

[BlondGirl]

Your thread title would make a kick-ass bumper sticker or t-shirt.

I want one now. Or, heck, just a pin-button to wear on my jacket at work. I know it would be appreciated by the American public at large.

 

[Calamity Jane]

I just took the death test... I'm going to die of cancer...

I smell a class action lawsuit against the IRS for not putting surgeon general's warnings on tax forms!

 

[Guest]

 

[Weird Harold]

Oh, we have an accountant... I just wanted to see if I could do them. Stupid fuckin idea!

Are you trying to do them manually, or are you using TurboTax (or other tax software)?

 

[MidnightAngel]

I smell a class action lawsuit against the IRS for not putting surgeon general's warnings on tax forms!

There should be one, shouldn't there???


I damn near have a coronary every year when I see how much we owe.

 

[SweetBrat73]

Oh taxes are a bitch aren't they??? I do mine every year myself...made a mistake one year and how to pay it back the next...won't make that one no more!!!

I also help my parents do their's. They own their own business. Now those are a bitch!!! If you have an accountant...don't do them yourself...you're only asking for an early death


Brat

 

[Cheyenne]

Taxes keep accountants employed.

I do my own. But I wouldn't do them for a living, that would drive me crazy.

 

[Schumi48]

Good to see that others have the same problems.
Just an example:

1 child from 1. wife going to school under 18 yrs
1 child from 1. wife going to school over 18 yrs
1 child from 1. wife working with less income
1 child from 2. wife 1. marriage going to school
1 child from me and my 2. wife

Questions??

Schumi

 

[Calamity Jane]

Are you trying to do them manually, or are you using TurboTax (or other tax software)?

I'm using Turbo Tax... did a friend's taxes, and it went really smoothly, so I thought "How hard can it be?" lol

Only, she's single and has one child. No big deal.

I'm married, have two kids, we own 2 businesses, my husband has a trust fund, my oldest daughter has investments in her name, our mortgage was taken out largely so that we could fund one of the businesses, and I know I can deduct part of that interest for the business... but I don't know how much... I know I can deduct feed, stud fees and vet bills for the horses, but I don't know if I need to fill out a farm (schedule J?) form... ARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!

I think I'll be ok if I just don't look at them today, and go at 'em tomorrow when it's quiet in the house. If not, Jackson Hewitt can have my $250 with no complaints.