US INCOME TAX!

CA income categories include:

Ottoman Turkish Empire Settlement Payments

-- libcrypt, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 02:08 (1 hour ago)

iirc, the settlement payments are for a lawsuit won by the descendants of Armenians who fled from Turkey to the US to escape the genocide of 1915

(BTW I was laughing at douchecrypt's tax penalty, not the Armenians.)

Yeah, the Armenian thing is politically very strong in CA, but it's not as amusing if you explain that income category.

I owe tax this year, too.

Where's my six hundo?! Government did its dude wrong.

i don't pay that bullshit

Oh wait, it's separate. Ok, cool.

xpost lol you don't pay your federal income tax? You must be one smooth mofo.

If you don't make any money, you don't have to pay any tax, kenan.

Also, if you are paid in cash (e.g., my housekeeper), it's really up to you how much you wanna pay.

mkcaine is probably total gangsta fat wads of US dolla, so gov't doesn't even know he exists.

it's really up to you how much you wanna pay.

"Oh, hi, Government. Listen I was thinking about how much I want to pay in taxes this year. Don't take this the wrong way, but... how about zero? Is zero ok with you?"

The world doesn't work like a computer, kenan.

Sadly, in many ways it does.

"Hey, computer, I was thinking about all those files I accidentally wiped out. I know you have them there in the basement somewhere... would it be ok if I could just have them back? What do you mean 'grep'? Aw, don't do that to your boy!"

How does it work for a housekeeper or similarly situated worker? If it's your full time job then does the IRS calculate imputed income for you? At my first waitering job I was negligent (purposely so) about reporting tips, but the company reported a small amount of imputed tip income to the IRS when a tipped worker reported absurdly low tips (e.g., $25 for 8 hours).

At my last waitering job the accountants reported curiously accurate imputed tips (this is what really made it fucking painful when a guest would stiff me since I wound up netting LESS than $0.00 income on the check.)

It is kind of up to a cash-paid worker what they will pay each year, but they surely have to stay within credible parameters.

My housekeeper is self-employed and owns a house in San Francisco, so I kinda sorta suspect that she doesn't report very much at all.

.....

it's weird because you seem like a pretty smart person otherwise

Why else would she demand to be paid in cash?

I LOVE TURBOTAX.

I got my refund two weeks ago.

Thanks to TurboTax, I was able to do our taxes last night in just about 90 minutes.

Yes, you too can find it's easier than ever to use TurboTax.

I love TurboTax so much I had its logo tattooed on my ballsack.

I love TurboTax so much I donated my refund to John McCain.

NO REFUND FOR ME THIS YEAR

I love TurboTax so much I got it thru Kazaa

I hate turbotax tbh but I've been spoiled my whole life by having a moms who was a professional tax preparer for years and years

I love TurboTax so much I got it thru Kazaa

For a second I was reading this as "it got me through Kwanzaa."

crap, I forgot about my $16 1099 from Paypal. Should I just ride it out and see if they take my payment or go ahead and file an amended return?

lolz

Um is there another $800 tax refund this year similar to the Bush-era 2008 $800 tax refund? Because we just got our 2009 refund and it's exactly $800 more than the amount we calculated on our tax form.

I think I found the answer myself:
http://www.moneyunder30.com/400-800-making-work-pay-tax-credit

well that is awesome and unexpected

Nice refund, applied to my first 2.5 quarterly estimates for 2011. And my quarterlies only went up $60, even losing the child deduction/EIC.

the change to the self-employed health insurance deduction is pretty awesome.

My refund was $9! I owed from being on unemployment for almost 2 yrs

I owe the state $13, because Haley Barbour needs to Biggie-Size his lunch combo tomorrow.

Should I just pay Turbotax the $20 to file my state return?

Sure.

go for it

depending on the complexity of your taxes and income level, your state might have free filing options.

I can't remember what life was like before Turbotax.

Did ours yesterday, rah turbotax - made even a complex messy year (self employment, employment, unemployment) not too daunting.

those of you in creative or otherwise non-regular-paycheck types of careers might look into an accountant who specializes in that kind of thing. i dunno know common it is, but there's a youngish dude here who runs an accountancy shop pitched to artists, performers, freelancers and the like. he doubles his office as an art gallery in off hours. countdown to quiddities article on the 'hipster accountant' in 10, 9...

uh, i resemble that dude.

Did turbotax on the web, but I'm just going to file both my 2010 and 2011 at the same time. I can't e-file this year, so everything's getting printed out and chucked inna manila envelope.

do not put multiple years' returns in the same envelope when mailing them in. things tend to get lost/misplaced.

I need to remember to send in my state tax payment, all twelve bucks of it.

Ah, good suggestion

Debating regular TurboTax or the $150 version that says it helps with business/self-employment deductions.