Most liked posts in thread: Taxes....so who had to pay extra this year?

I'm getting about $64 back from the feds and the state.

 

I actually got a return this year. First time in awhile. It is now adorning Kelli's MINI.

 

I could unleash my CPA wife on all of you, but I am no going to. Paying, or not paying taxes on April 15th is a function of proper planning. What you should ***** about is the percentage you pay in the course of the year. Don't forget to include FICA, Social Security, Medicare, State IT, SDI, Sales, Property, Vehicle Registration, Gas tax, Use tax, various excise and utility taxes and assessments.

 

It is. It's the new People's Socialist Democratic Marxist Leninist Party. We get what we vote for comrade citizen. :frown2: Jason

 

Being in Texas we don't have a sate tax but we have user fees out the wazoo. Every time you turn around there is a new or increased fee. Add that to the taxes and fees paid to the state, county and local jurisdiction on items such as cable tv, internet, phone, cell phone, gas, electric, water, sewer, trash, etc and this crap adds up fast.

2 bucks here and 3 bucks doesn't sound like much till you sit down with all the bills and total it up.

 

Not sure. I don't have kids, so it doesn't impact me. I know there were some "make work pay" credits that were not processed properly by most payroll services for a while. Without seeing details of your last year return and this year it would be hard to tell where the discrepancy is. Who prepared your taxes?

 

I know you lose the child tax credit when they turn 17.

 

EVERYONE is paying "extra" this year! The Federal government is out of control!

 

No, what happened was, in order to "stimulate" the economy, they reduced your withholding last year, the reason you're paying now is that you didn't pay as much last year along the way - now you're just catching up (or is it Ca'ching? :eek6: )

And yes, I had to pony up additional this april to cover the difference.

But I have my withholding rate set up so that I always owe them a little - on purpose. I'd rather have the use of my money all year rather than give it to uncle sugar interest free then get it back the next year.

 

I don't mind taxes.. even them going up......

BUT STOP SPENDING MORE MONEY!!!!!!!!! :mad5:

 

I'm getting back about twice what I got back last year. Well over $3k combined state and federal. A lot of it is due to programs from this administration, like energy saving incentives. /shrug..

 

EXACTLY. All the talk about how The One had "cut taxes to give families some relief" - really what they did was adjust the WITHHOLDING TABLES - so they were taking less out every week - but they did NOT adjust the TAX TABLES - so you still owed the same amount over the course of the year.

For people who typically get refunds after filing (like me) this meant smaller refunds. For people who come out "even"... it meant owing taxes on April 15.

Reason 6,347,985 why I'm po'd.

 

Oh yeah... I coulda gotten a lot more back if I had bought a golf cart.
So i guess my anger isn't entirely justified.

 

This is definitely the most republican car messageboard that i'm on. :lol:

It's been a great year for me.

- Andrew

 

We're just living the stereotype. Everyone knows that all MINI drivers are macho arm wrestling PBR drinking NASCAR watching hairy chested testosterone pumping bible thumping redneck Republicans.

Just ask any random guy in a pickup truck in Alabama when you drive through. He'll confirm that's exactly what he thinks we all are.

 

I'll get right on that?

It wasn't an insult, just an observation.

- drew

 

And that's just the Womenfolk...

 

My comment was not political in any way, it's just the facts ma'am.....

I'm pretty much a-political, I think they're all crooks! :devil:

 

No...

it's just people like me have learned it's a waste of time to try to talk politics, policy, science or anything like that here.

And as a small business owner, I'm getting a massive refund. 2008 taxable income was zero. This year it's really close to zero. The crap you can do to your "obligation" when you have a business is just freakin' amazing!

But it's the law of the land....

Matt