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Tax Time!

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Enjoy...
 
Yeah. I can only write and read international signal processing and audio standards, etc. But I can't read tax law.

Oy!
 
One of the few benefits of making as little money as I did last year was that I didn't even have to file a return.
 
The tax codes are intentionally difficult for selective law enforcement. Many mobsters and criminals have gone to jail for tax problems when murder or other charges wouldn't stick because of disgusting defense lawyers, legal loopholes, and technicalities.

Pot serves the same function. If you can't bust street punks for weapons and gang activity, you can often find pot on them and put them away for that, or at the very least hold violent suspects until more serious charges can be pressed.
 
This year was pretty good for me. Got back a small return even after dividends were added in. Relatively painless this year. Thanks, GWB :D
 
peptoabysmal said:
This year was pretty good for me. Got back a small return even after dividends were added in. Relatively painless this year. Thanks, GWB :D
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I'd be happier about the tax cut if I hadn't loaned the government so much money interest-free for so long.

(Some of that is my fault, for not adjusting withholdings, but the year didn't quite work out as planned, and I doubt I could have predicted my tax situation.)
 
But seriously, folks, this cartoon is a gross oversimplification of the US tax laws, because there's only one entrance.

An accurate cartoon would have at least 37 entrances, labeled with things like, "If you are of species mus muculus and have a minimum of 284,327 hairs each exceeding 0.432 centimeters and have nostils that can flare to 1.537 millimeters each, enter here."
 
epepke said:
One of the few benefits of making as little money as I did last year was that I didn't even have to file a return.
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I'm not a tax code expert, but I believe that you're still required to file. And if you do make $$ this year, and file next, the lack of a return this year will be a huge red flag calling for an audit. But I'm sure someone w/ far better info than me will comment on that.

I'm getting $2300 back between fed and state taxes, I don't know why my boss withholds so much!
 
I did my taxes back in February. Why wait until April to get a return? I only waited until April back when I had to pay extra.
 
WildCat said:

I'm not a tax code expert, but I believe that you're still required to file. And if you do make $$ this year, and file next, the lack of a return this year will be a huge red flag calling for an audit. But I'm sure someone w/ far better info than me will comment on that.
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This happened to me. In '97 I didn't file because I didn't owe anything. When I filed in '98, I got a nasty-gram from the IRS stating they wouldn't process '98 until they received '97.

I did finally file for '97 and was much surprised to find that I not only got my refund, but it had interest added.
 
American said:
The tax codes are intentionally difficult for selective law enforcement. Many mobsters and criminals have gone to jail for tax problems when murder or other charges wouldn't stick because of disgusting defense lawyers, legal loopholes, and technicalities.

Pot serves the same function. If you can't bust street punks for weapons and gang activity, you can often find pot on them and put them away for that, or at the very least hold violent suspects until more serious charges can be pressed.
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:dl:

You're such a dumbass.
 
daenku32 said:
I did my taxes back in February. Why wait until April to get a return? I only waited until April back when I had to pay extra.
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I do the same: If I'm getting money back, I file them early. If I'm not, I file on April15th.
 
WildCat said:

I'm not a tax code expert, but I believe that you're still required to file.
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Nope. I did the whole bit, agonizing over all the appropriate schedules, and how the hell I was going to report income from a Canadian company, on a 1099 or a Schedule C. So I sat down and read the 1040 booklet, and the threshold for having to file in my category is $7 thousand and change, and I only made $6 thousand and change.
 
jj said:


You enjoy giving out interest-free loans, then?
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Actually, considering that the alternative is 1.8% in a CD, an interest free loan to the government doesn't bother me all that much, especially for the amount that I get back at the end.
 
Anyone with me on a Constitutional amendment stating that no law is enforceable which is beyond the comprehension of a person of normal intelligence putting in a reasonable amount of research? :)

Jeremy
 
Never been audited, but seriously, as long as you didn't actually commit fraud, what's the big deal?

I'd just hand them the same big box full of paper that I went through, and say "Knock yourself out."
 
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