| Beaver_Fever@live.com: Jan 07 06:32PM -0800 On Monday, January 7, 2019 at 1:38:14 PM UTC-8, Dennis wrote: > -- > I'm behind the eight ball, ahead of the curve, riding the wave, > dodging the bullet and pushing the envelope. -George Carlin I still can't believe I was able to turn it around in a such a dramatic fashion , mainly because I still have no idea what I am doing and fear it could fall apart at any minute, but now it just seems like life is mocking me. I definitely don't mind paying taxes, I am so thankful I live in a land where I can amass a small fortune just pointing and clicking a few hours a day but am confounded by all the complications and contradictions involved in just calculating and paying the proper amount. I am so sick of dealing with this shit. I just wish I could find another employer to pay me minimum wage to hang out all day. That was when I really had it good. |
| "catalpa" <catalpa@entertab.org>: Jan 07 09:26PM -0500 <ggggg9271@gmail.com> wrote in message news:b1ce29eb-1bfe-4b0b-9f58-745ecf605032@googlegroups.com... > Affected by gov't shutdown? Why would they be? If you don't pay your taxes on time you will owe more in interest and penalties. |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Jan 07 11:27PM -0800 > amount. I am so sick of dealing with this shit. I just wish I could > find another employer to pay me minimum wage to hang out all day. > That was when I really had it good. That's what the tax programs do -- they ask you questions about stuff. Sometimes you have to figure out what form to use and fill in stuff, but that probably is pretty straightforward. I used to order the thick book and READ it, but now I rely on the software to do the thinking for me. I don't like thinking about taxes and try to forget about them as soon as I've mailed off the forms and checks on April15. I simply don't trust e-filing so I mail everything. Most people e-file, though. Saves paper. Risk the $35! You'll be glad you did. -- Cheers, Bev In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is. |
| ItsJoan NotJoann <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Jan 08 09:02AM -0800 On Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 1:27:10 AM UTC-6, The Real Bev wrote: > checks on April15. I simply don't trust e-filing so I mail everything. > Most people e-file, though. Saves paper. > Risk the $35! You'll be glad you did. I've doing the e-filing pretty much since it was first offered umpteen years ago. But I've always done the 1040EZ form as I have no deductions but do use the TurboTax site. It's pretty thorough and does ask a ton of questions and sometimes I think I could have done the return with plain old pencil and paper faster. However, it's good that the site does ask so many questions to get the best refund and also to keep my butt out of jail. [ :-)] A few minutes after submitting my tax return I will get a notice stating that the IRS has accepted my form. It also will send me an e-mail the next and state I can expect my refund in about 2 weeks or so. I have it automatically deposited into my bank account and it has always been in my account within 10 days or so. |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Jan 08 10:42AM -0800 On 01/08/2019 09:02 AM, ItsJoan NotJoann wrote: > state I can expect my refund in about 2 weeks or so. I have it automatically > deposited into my bank account and it has always been in my account within > 10 days or so. I used e-file ONCE with TurboTax a few days before the deadline. I got an acknowledgment back, but it was weird. When I tried to check again I got nothing. I checked a month later and it was NEVER received. I sent paper and never tried toe-file again. Once burned... Paper, ink and postage are relatively cheap. -- Cheers, Bev 666øF -- the oven temperature for roast beast. |
| ItsJoan NotJoann <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Jan 08 12:51PM -0800 On Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 12:42:15 PM UTC-6, The Real Bev wrote: > got nothing. I checked a month later and it was NEVER received. I sent > paper and never tried toe-file again. Once burned... Paper, ink and > postage are relatively cheap. I don't know how long I've been doing my taxes online; whenever it was Uncle Sam stopped sending me the booklet. I was a bit perturbed I didn't get the booklet and I think someone said they stopped sending out the simple tax sheet. That's when I first started doing mine online; surprised I was. |
| Dennis <dgw80@hotmail.com>: Jan 08 01:58PM -0800 On Mon, 7 Jan 2019 23:27:05 -0800, The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote: >and try to forget about them as soon as I've mailed off the forms and >checks on April15. I simply don't trust e-filing so I mail everything. > Most people e-file, though. Saves paper. We e-file Fed via the H&R Block software, but stupid Oregon charges to e-file state taxes, so screw them - paper, envelope and stamps it is. Probably costs the morons (and thus, the taxpayers) more money to receive and process paper filing, too. >Risk the $35! You'll be glad you did. I got H&R Block Deluxe + State 2018 for $25 at Amazon (w/special promotion). Dennis (evil) -- My output is down, my income is up, I take a short position on the long bond and my revenue stream has its own cash flow. -George Carlin |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Jan 08 02:11PM -0800 On 01/08/2019 01:58 PM, Dennis wrote: > e-file state taxes, so screw them - paper, envelope and stamps it is. > Probably costs the morons (and thus, the taxpayers) more money to > receive and process paper filing, too. California likewise. Seems really stupid. HRB generates the forms in what seem to be machine-readable form... Probably has to do with pandering to some union. >>Risk the $35! You'll be glad you did. > I got H&R Block Deluxe + State 2018 for $25 at Amazon (w/special > promotion). It was more at Amazon when I looked. BB was $35+tax-$5 GC. And I used $30 worth of my BB 'rewards'. -- Cheers, Bev A recent psychic fair was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. |
| Dennis <dgw80@hotmail.com>: Jan 08 02:40PM -0800 >I still can't believe I was able to turn it around in a such a dramatic fashion , mainly because I still have no idea what I am doing and fear it could fall apart at any minute, but now it just seems like life is mocking me. Ah, my automated system is finally up and running! >I definitely don't mind paying taxes, I am so thankful I live in a land where I can amass a small fortune just pointing and clicking a few hours a day but am confounded by all the complications and contradictions involved in just calculating and paying the proper amount. I am so sick of dealing with this shit. IIRC, didn't you say the same thing when you were doing the phone answering service gig? Dennis (evil) -- "There is a fine line between participation and mockery" - Wally |
| ItsJoan NotJoann <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Jan 08 02:53PM -0800 On Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 3:58:53 PM UTC-6, Dennis wrote: > Probably costs the morons (and thus, the taxpayers) more money to > receive and process paper filing, too. > Dennis (evil) No state income tax here but TurboTax would just looooove to import all my information for $29.95. That's ok, I'm quite capable of entering my own name, address, SS number, etc. |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Jan 08 08:35AM -0800 What has prompted the recent spate of dating messages in totally unrelated newsgroups recently? Are these people message-in-a-bottle desperate or is there some shadowy entity out there playing mean jokes on people? Same for requests for solution manuals... -- Cheers, Bev In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is. |
| ItsJoan NotJoann <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Jan 08 08:52AM -0800 On Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 10:35:58 AM UTC-6, The Real Bev wrote: > unrelated newsgroups recently? Are these people message-in-a-bottle > desperate or is there some shadowy entity out there playing mean jokes > on people? I think that's a 'nice' way of saying they're looking for a prostitute no matter how 'sweetly' they word it. Probably a bunch of wannabe serial killers. > Same for requests for solution manuals... Ah yes, the solutions manuals. Those are the answers to tests that some people are too stupid to answer on their own by actually studying the course they are wanting to pass. |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Jan 08 10:37AM -0800 On 01/08/2019 08:52 AM, ItsJoan NotJoann wrote: > Ah yes, the solutions manuals. Those are the answers to tests that some > people are too stupid to answer on their own by actually studying the > course they are wanting to pass. Clearly. But why in random newsgroups? Surely a frugalista newsgroup is NOT relevant to a search for "strolling hostesses" as Johnny Carson called them. Unless the poster is seeking out the best bang for his buck, of course. But would those hostesses, possibly of the 'will screw for food' type, be checking newsgroups regularly for potential clients? Or are people really just a lot dumber than I had heretofore imagined? -- Cheers, Bev 666øF -- the oven temperature for roast beast. |
| ItsJoan NotJoann <itsjoannotjoann@webtv.net>: Jan 08 12:53PM -0800 On Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 12:37:31 PM UTC-6, The Real Bev wrote: > Or are people really just a lot dumber than I had heretofore imagined? I think you nailed it. |
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