Nope sorry libcrypt. But I've been through the wringer enough with the feds (and states in a few places) to continue to want to avoid any more trouble with them and hate to see others fall into their nefarious clutches.
― Jaq, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:44 (sixteen years ago) link
What kind of wringer if I might be so bold as to ask?
― libcrypt, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:44 (sixteen years ago) link
I love how being a white-collar defense attorney and former DOJ Tax Division Criminal Section prosecutor carries absolutely no persuasive weight with libcrypt. I must not know what the hell I am doing.
― felicity, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Are you dating Tom, perchance?
― libcrypt, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:45 (sixteen years ago) link
tax resisters are basically like look at me! look at me!
― gabbneb, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Fuck you. I worked for Janet Reno, you sexist troll.
― felicity, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't know what you mean taxes are 100% voluntary and the 14th amendment was never ratified because Ohio isn't a state. (xp)
― libcrypt, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:47 (sixteen years ago) link
libcrypt: you need to file, file an amended return, and if you own a house, I think you have to itemize, or you can deduct nothing about your house. or file for an extension. why wouldn't you file for an extension if you aren't ready? i'm confused
― akm, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:47 (sixteen years ago) link
was janet reno a good boss? he seemed like a dick
― akm, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:48 (sixteen years ago) link
I am too big a man to have to mail something to the government
― gabbneb, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:49 (sixteen years ago) link
e-file niggaz!
― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:51 (sixteen years ago) link
-- felicity, Monday, April 14, 2008 5:45 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
he's probably ignoring you?
― Mr. Que, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:51 (sixteen years ago) link
akm, I may file an extension. I'm just collecting info on my options before I take action.
― libcrypt, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
postmarked on/before the 15th = not late, correct?
― sleep, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:53 (sixteen years ago) link
try mailing an envelope with nothing in it and claim you forgot to stick the form in.
― akm, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, actually you can get a postmark up until midnight in many cities. (xp)
― libcrypt, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Probably go for the e-postmark, tho.
sweet thx
― sleep, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:54 (sixteen years ago) link
felicity - i am trying to help someone file a return for 2006. i'm no accountant but i at least understand a little bit about it. they have none of their tax forms from previous years and 2007 was the first year they filed. they did receive a letter saying that they needed to file for 2006. what is the next step?
― bell_labs, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Postmarked by midnight is fine. Yeah I should probably get back to work paying my mortgage with money from spoiled rich people who are crying about being indicted for tax fraud.
xp I would hire a tax lawyer.
― felicity, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:58 (sixteen years ago) link
I e-filed this year for the first time for the sole reason that I have my W2s sent to me online but I don't have a printer. Thought about going to the library, but the $8 fee was worth it to stay at home in my PJs and not have to whip out a calculator.
― jaymc, Monday, 14 April 2008 17:58 (sixteen years ago) link
e-Filing is indeed very pleasant. I have this vague notion that I shouldn't e-file any more, since somehow owning a house makes it financially inadvisable not to have an accountant, but maybe I'm wrong.
― libcrypt, Monday, 14 April 2008 18:01 (sixteen years ago) link
-- akm, Monday, April 14, 2008 10:48 AM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
She was really tall. Reno's big thing was using the Internet to catch catch child pr0nographers and sex offenders.
― felicity, Monday, 14 April 2008 18:18 (sixteen years ago) link
like, even in the workplace?
― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 14 April 2008 18:27 (sixteen years ago) link
She was really tall
otm!
― gabbneb, Monday, 14 April 2008 18:28 (sixteen years ago) link
I think it may have been a political p.r. maneuver to deflect attention from the criticism of the disproportionately harsh mandatory sentencing guidelines for drug crimes.
Civil forfeitures are fun.
― felicity, Monday, 14 April 2008 18:31 (sixteen years ago) link
I still love the idea that my inability to suffer fools gladly comes in "episodes"
― El Tomboto, Monday, 14 April 2008 18:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Can't wait for the May sweeps.
― Rock Hardy, Monday, 14 April 2008 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
From my delinquencies and fits of avoidance, I learned that if you have a refund coming to you, it is OK not to file (for a certain number of years?), but it is NOT OK if you owe money. I skipped filing for 2 years at one point and then on the 3rd year I filed, got refunds for each year from federal as well as state, received a very lovely chunk of change which I then used to purchase a car and some pretty baubles.
― Jesse, Monday, 14 April 2008 19:10 (sixteen years ago) link
-- felicity, Monday, April 14, 2008 5:58 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link
heh ok zing i guess but i thought you were giving out free advice today
i will do my own research, this person cannot afford a "lawyer"
― bell_labs, Monday, 14 April 2008 19:26 (sixteen years ago) link
No because people were rude and I actually do need to work for my paying clients.
― felicity, Monday, 14 April 2008 19:28 (sixteen years ago) link
KOOL-AID MAN knows what's up
― banriquit, Monday, 14 April 2008 19:44 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah ask that dude. He'll be cool.
― felicity, Monday, 14 April 2008 19:47 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah i know someone who had refunds due to him but for assorted laziness reasons didn't file for over five years. he finally did and got a big chunk of money back.
― akm, Monday, 14 April 2008 20:15 (sixteen years ago) link
listen i still haven't filed my '06 taxes and i'm wondering if i'm SOL with the DOJ and the IRS, or maybe if i can get an extension
― omar little, Monday, 14 April 2008 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link
vaguely hilarious in the context of your chosen logon
― El Tomboto, Monday, 14 April 2008 20:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I am very butthurt! From now on I will only dispense edgy, ironic, purportedly, humorous, awful, house, legal, advice, if any.
― felicity, Monday, 14 April 2008 20:48 (sixteen years ago) link
i owe the feds some scrill but fortunately not much, i was worried it might be more for some reason.
― omar little, Monday, 14 April 2008 20:50 (sixteen years ago) link
this thread is just making me butthurt at myself for not doing my undergrad in accounting or something
― bell_labs, Monday, 14 April 2008 20:52 (sixteen years ago) link
ehhh shit i kept meaning to make planz to have them done, but kept sleeping on it, and now i'll have to whip thru them online. my major expense will be not having anything to itemize against a pile of undeducted freelance income. you pay to be lazy.
― gff, Monday, 14 April 2008 20:53 (sixteen years ago) link
owning a house makes it financially inadvisable not to have an accountant
Dude the mortgage deduction requires 1) looking at the form your mortgage lender sent you and 2) transfering the amount in box 2 into the line something or other on your Schedule C. No accountant required. I did our federal and state in under an hour and had both mortgage and student loan interests to deduct. Piece o' cake. So just file dude.
― quincie, Monday, 14 April 2008 21:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I think what I'll do is just estimate what's on the forms I don't have, file with that, then file an amended return when they turn up, which ought not be too long.
― libcrypt, Monday, 14 April 2008 21:48 (sixteen years ago) link
you should just flee the country
― akm, Monday, 14 April 2008 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Don't pander to my wife OK???
― libcrypt, Monday, 14 April 2008 21:51 (sixteen years ago) link
he can't flee the country dude, he OWNS PROPERTY.
― El Tomboto, Monday, 14 April 2008 21:52 (sixteen years ago) link
You can always flee for 2 weeks or so.
― libcrypt, Monday, 14 April 2008 21:53 (sixteen years ago) link
don't talk about his wife that way xpost
― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 14 April 2008 21:53 (sixteen years ago) link
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― Mr. Que, Monday, 14 April 2008 21:53 (sixteen years ago) link
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― sunny successor, Monday, 14 April 2008 21:54 (sixteen years ago) link
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― gabbneb, Monday, 14 April 2008 21:55 (sixteen years ago) link