Tax Season

[King Colby]

So I just submitted using FreeTaxUSA

I mean, it's a way better user experience than Turbo Tax and doesn't cost anything so what gives?

[shoeshine boy]

So I just submitted using FreeTaxUSA

I mean, it's a way better user experience than Turbo Tax and doesn't cost anything so what gives?

I use FreeTaxUSA every year. I submitted my Federal return on Feb 2 and had my refund by Feb 17.

[faftorial]

So I just submitted using FreeTaxUSA

I mean, it's a way better user experience than Turbo Tax and doesn't cost anything so what gives?

efile for free? 1040 with additional forms?

[Dickie Dunn]

We've got a big $67 refund coming our way this year, so I made the switch to FreeTaxUSA instead of paying twice my return to file with Turbo Tax.

[dodint]

Do they handle Schedule C?

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

I just assume anything free on the I-net (including 5af) is just using your information to feed a human eating algorithm. Or giving my information to red China. Or both.

[shoeshine boy]

my taxes are semi-simple. I have 1 W-2 and I get a 1099 as a "contractor" for scorekeeping hockey games.

[King Colby]

Mine weren't super complex but more forms than just a 1040

[mac5155]

In pure Pennsylvania state fashion, I have no idea how to access the link to e-file on their MyPATH website. I can access hundreds of other possible tax scenarios that are extremely unlikely to ever impact anyone, but just a simple "FILE A RETURN" is nowhere to be found. I had to request them send me a letter with a code to even get logged on, and now that I'm logged on, their instructions which say where to go to click File a Return, do not show that option.

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

In pure Pennsylvania state fashion, I have no idea how to access the link to e-file on their MyPATH website. I can access hundreds of other possible tax scenarios that are extremely unlikely to ever impact anyone, but just a simple "FILE A RETURN" is nowhere to be found. I had to request them send me a letter with a code to even get logged on, and now that I'm logged on, their instructions which say where to go to click File a Return, do not show that option.

I believe this should work. https://mypath.pa.gov/_/#4

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

If it doesn't, navigate to https://mypath.pa.gov and scroll down to "Returns" and select "File a PA Personal Income Tax Return"

[NTP66]

We owe $280 to the feds, which is a good outcome. Not gonna make any changes to my withholding until next year so that I get a full year with the new company and salary.

[robbiestoupe]

Just checked on the refund status of my state taxes. 12-16 weeks for a "routine review". Enjoy the free interest, idiots.

[mac5155]

I received a significant return from PA this year. A few hundred bucks.

[Beveridge]

Yeah, my state was nice. Still waiting 5 weeks later on refund.

[robbiestoupe]

Mine is $270, so a good chunk. Filed February 15th and expect to get it back in May

[meow]

Between the raise I got and the reduced amount of day care costs, we went from a $79 refund to owing $719. **** you, Uncle Sam

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

Filed my gf's return and my extension with 3 hours and 12 minutes to spare

It was a good day

And f turbo tax. F it right in the ass. Stop asking for access to my personal info you prics.

[mac5155]

I always forget to file a local return.

[blackjack68]

Almost break even. Fed owed $560. State refund of $180.

A lot better than last year’s debacle owing a combined $10,000.

[Shyster]

[scb147]

This seems like the most appropriate thread for this, but has anyone waived their home mortgage escrow and now make the tax/insurance payments themselves? I am going through this process now and wondered if I needed to reach out to my local tax authority to have them send me the tax invoices directly, rather than the mortgage company.

[Shyster]

I paid off my mortgage in 2020, and I can say that the mortgage company did not tell the tax authorities to send me the bills. I had to make some phone calls to get the invoices sent directly to me.

[scb147]

thanks for confirming my suspicions

[robbiestoupe]

confirming what Shyster said. It's better to do it this way if you're disciplined enough to put some money away in a reserve account so you're not hit with a huge bill when the taxpayer comes. Or you're rich and don't care