I spent 217 last year at H&R block to get my taxes done. I had to pay extra since I was considered self employed from the money I earned on ad revenue from a website.
I decided to save some money and do it myself this year with the software. I bought the deluxe version as it had the se form I needed and came with state tax too. It was 53 dollars at walmart.
Anyway, sat down with it and answer lots of questions for 3 hours. I started off with a 900 something return estimate and ended up owing 133 bucks.
At the end the printer driver gave me an error, so I rebooted and it printed off from the saved copy. I got it ready to mail, signed, check included for state copy, the print outs from the info from my employers too.
One thing I find funny is the fact the due dates are in May and October for the state and fed returns. I know I can file electronically, but they wanted 15 bucks for both and 15 for 2 day fedex. I rather just buy a few stamps and wait for them to cash my check. No need in rushing that.
I had no deductions and it looks like one job deducted a lot where the other little to nothing, then the tax owed on the self employment thing. Surprised I managed to clear 17 grand. It said the average for this area was 23 grand.
Looks like it has a lot of good tools for advice on iras, 401ks, deductions, etc. If I get a job with benefits at all I am going to crunch the numbers.
I decided to save some money and do it myself this year with the software. I bought the deluxe version as it had the se form I needed and came with state tax too. It was 53 dollars at walmart.
Anyway, sat down with it and answer lots of questions for 3 hours. I started off with a 900 something return estimate and ended up owing 133 bucks.
At the end the printer driver gave me an error, so I rebooted and it printed off from the saved copy. I got it ready to mail, signed, check included for state copy, the print outs from the info from my employers too.
One thing I find funny is the fact the due dates are in May and October for the state and fed returns. I know I can file electronically, but they wanted 15 bucks for both and 15 for 2 day fedex. I rather just buy a few stamps and wait for them to cash my check. No need in rushing that.
I had no deductions and it looks like one job deducted a lot where the other little to nothing, then the tax owed on the self employment thing. Surprised I managed to clear 17 grand. It said the average for this area was 23 grand.
Looks like it has a lot of good tools for advice on iras, 401ks, deductions, etc. If I get a job with benefits at all I am going to crunch the numbers.