Life and Taxes

[courtarro]

I got my taxes done this weekend with the help of TaxAct. For those of you still procrastinating, I recommend it; it's free for Federal, but with a few extra fees for State and for state e-file, I spent about $21 to get all my taxes done and submitted electronically

Comments

[this_isnt_maybe]

so given the 1099 and that you might not have planned for it any better than i did, did you end up owing a small fortune?

also, h&r block hooked me three years ago with a "first one's free" kind of underhanded scheme, but they keep all the information on file from previous years so it's pretty dang easy.

[courtarro]

My 1099 was small enough that it didn't make a huge difference. I had to pay an additional $150 in taxes on that income (since tax was not withheld), so that meant my refund was $150 less. Since I only started my salaried job in the middle of last year, my withholding was based on a higher tax bracket, so I have a pretty substantial refund as it is.

[this_isnt_maybe]

bah!