1. Welcome to Baptist Board, a friendly forum to discuss the Baptist Faith in a friendly surrounding.

    Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to all the features that our community has to offer.

    We hope to see you as a part of our community soon and God Bless!

Do your own taxes?

Discussion in 'Money Talk$' started by SaggyWoman, Feb 7, 2015.

?

Are you doing your own tax returns this year? If so, how so?

  1. I do not do my own tax returns.

    4 vote(s)
    25.0%

  2. I do not need to file this year.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  3. I will not file this year whether I need to or not.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  4. I do my tax returns by hand and fill them out that way.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  5. Turbo tax

    4 vote(s)
    25.0%

  6. Taxslayer

    1 vote(s)
    6.3%

  7. TaxAct

    3 vote(s)
    18.8%

  8. Esmart

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  9. HR Block

    1 vote(s)
    6.3%

  10. Other

    4 vote(s)
    25.0%
Multiple votes are allowed.
Top Posters
  1. SaggyWoman

    SaggyWoman Active Member

    Joined:
    Dec 15, 2000
    Messages:
    17,933
    Likes Received:
    10
    Do you do by hand or use a soft ware? Which one?
     
    #1 SaggyWoman, Feb 7, 2015
  2. Revmitchell

    Revmitchell Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Feb 18, 2006
    Messages:
    52,030
    Likes Received:
    3,657
    Faith:
    Baptist
    I wouldn't touch my own taxes for a million dollars.
     
    #2 Revmitchell, Feb 7, 2015
  3. InTheLight

    InTheLight Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Dec 17, 2010
    Messages:
    24,988
    Likes Received:
    2,268
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Software. H&R Block.
     
    #3 InTheLight, Feb 7, 2015
  4. annsni

    annsni Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    May 30, 2006
    Messages:
    20,914
    Likes Received:
    706
    We use TurboTax
     
    #4 annsni, Feb 7, 2015
  5. The American Dream

    The American Dream Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    May 4, 2012
    Messages:
    646
    Likes Received:
    20
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Ive done my own since I was 18, long time ago.
     
    #5 The American Dream, Feb 14, 2015
  6. Thousand Hills

    Thousand Hills Active Member

    Joined:
    Oct 3, 2010
    Messages:
    1,488
    Likes Received:
    6
    Have always done my own. Have used turbo tax for about 10 years. Had a CPA tell me last year that TT was the best program.
     
    #6 Thousand Hills, Feb 14, 2015
  7. JohnDeereFan

    JohnDeereFan Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Mar 26, 2009
    Messages:
    5,360
    Likes Received:
    135
    Faith:
    Baptist
    My wife is an accountant. Good thing, too. I'm terrible at that sort of thing. If I did our taxes, we'd end up broke.
     
    #7 JohnDeereFan, Feb 14, 2015
  8. SaggyWoman

    SaggyWoman Active Member

    Joined:
    Dec 15, 2000
    Messages:
    17,933
    Likes Received:
    10
    Over the years, I have used several different softwares.
     
    #8 SaggyWoman, Feb 15, 2015
  9. The American Dream

    The American Dream Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    May 4, 2012
    Messages:
    646
    Likes Received:
    20
    Faith:
    Baptist
    I use taxact. Any year I owe taxes I put some in an IRA until I owe no taxes.
     
    #9 The American Dream, Feb 16, 2015
  10. SaggyWoman

    SaggyWoman Active Member

    Joined:
    Dec 15, 2000
    Messages:
    17,933
    Likes Received:
    10
    A review told me that Taxact has the best prices.
     
    #10 SaggyWoman, Feb 19, 2015
  11. Deacon

    Deacon Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Aug 23, 2002
    Messages:
    9,760
    Likes Received:
    1,337
    Faith:
    Baptist
    I've used TaxAct for the last 5 years or so.

    I finished state and federal taxes yesterday and sent them off.

    I'll do local taxes next weekend.

    I really hated the intrusion of adding healthcare information into my tax forms!

    Rob
     
    #11 Deacon, Mar 23, 2015
  12. Bible Believing Bill

    Bible Believing Bill <img src =/bbb.jpg>

    Joined:
    Jun 27, 2001
    Messages:
    3,761
    Likes Received:
    0
    I have used taxact for at least the last 7 or 8 years.

    I have only paid someone to do my taxes once in my life because I had 3 different states to file and I was young & stupid and took my 401K money when I changed jobs. That year I owed taxes to the feds I sent them the check and they cashed it. A few months later I got a letter thanking me for filing my taxes and saying that I had not sent in a payment for taxes owed. I furnished the irs a copy of the canceled check and a few months later got a letter saying my payment had been received but without an apology for their mistake. I know paying someone to do my taxes didn't have anything to do with the irs saying I hadn't sent the payment, but it is interesting that I have never had s similar problem when I do them myself.
     
    #12 Bible Believing Bill, Apr 7, 2015
  13. just-want-peace

    just-want-peace Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Feb 3, 2002
    Messages:
    7,727
    Likes Received:
    873
    Faith:
    Baptist
    I used to do my own, but any money saved from paying another just went to the cardiologist!
    The best thing I ever did was to let a CPA do mine as it kept my BP normal, my digestion normal, and my family not tippy-toeing around me for those several days.
    Part of the problem was figuring out how to decipher the code, but the worst was thinking about the friggin' waste by the gov't that I was having to pay for. It is WELL WORTH the fees to let the CPA do it; I think I have added at least 10 years to my life. :thumbs:
     
    #13 just-want-peace, Apr 7, 2015
  14. Salty

    Salty 20,000 Posts Club
    Administrator

    Joined:
    Apr 8, 2003
    Messages:
    38,981
    Likes Received:
    2,616
    Faith:
    Baptist
    AARP did mine - no charge
     
    #14 Salty, Apr 7, 2015
  15. annsni

    annsni Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    May 30, 2006
    Messages:
    20,914
    Likes Received:
    706
    I've already answered that we do ours but years ago when my husband had a business, he had an accountant do ours, both the business and our personal. But when he sold the business, the taxes became much easier and totally within our skill set. :)
     
    #15 annsni, Apr 7, 2015
  16. JohnDeereFan

    JohnDeereFan Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Mar 26, 2009
    Messages:
    5,360
    Likes Received:
    135
    Faith:
    Baptist
    My wife was a forensic accountant for twenty years.

    Our taxes were done months ago.
     
    #16 JohnDeereFan, Apr 7, 2015
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Loading...