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King Colby
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Post by 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
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Post by shoeshine boy »

King Colby wrote: Thu Feb 23, 2023 12:53 pm 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
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Post by faftorial »

King Colby wrote: Thu Feb 23, 2023 12:53 pm 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
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Post by 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.
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Post by dodint »

Do they handle Schedule C?
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Post by 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
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Post by 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
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Post by King Colby »

Mine weren't super complex but more forms than just a 1040
mac5155
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Post by 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.
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Post by Sam's Drunk Dog »

mac5155 wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 3:33 pm 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
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Post by 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"
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Post by 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
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Post by robbiestoupe »

Just checked on the refund status of my state taxes. 12-16 weeks for a "routine review". Enjoy the free interest, idiots.
mac5155
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Post by mac5155 »

I received a significant return from PA this year. A few hundred bucks.
Beveridge
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Post by Beveridge »

Yeah, my state was nice. Still waiting 5 weeks later on refund.
robbiestoupe
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Post by robbiestoupe »

Mine is $270, so a good chunk. Filed February 15th and expect to get it back in May
meow
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Post by 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
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Post by 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
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Post by mac5155 »

I always forget to file a local return.
blackjack68
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Post by blackjack68 »

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

A lot better than last year’s debacle owing a combined $10,000.
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scb147
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Post by 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
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Post by 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
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Post by scb147 »

:thumb: thanks for confirming my suspicions
robbiestoupe
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Post by 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
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