# Tax Day Cometh - are yours done? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 15, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-day-cometh-are-yours-done/618836 "2012-04-15T14:06:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-day-cometh-are-yours-done/618836/21 "2012-04-16T03:30:49Z")
> [@thelabdude](#): > > All those free file companies see to be too good to be true. Last year when I went back to the ripoffs I used the year before, they wanted to charge to pick up last years infor, W-2 addresses, etc. I forget who I used last year, but didn’t get a copy of the actual return, only a list of the 1040 lines and amounts. 1040 now waited until I did my state tax, and then demanded $17 to file it. The gotya always comes late in the process. Most of the free-file places charge for the state return. Even if you use the same people you used last year, you have to go through the IRS website for it to be free. My daughter uses Tax Slayer; she got both state and federal free. My father-in-law just wrote the IRS a check for $20,000. :eek: The man is retired! but made enough in freelance jobs that he owed that much after $13,000 in deductions. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-day-cometh-are-yours-done/618836/22 "2012-04-16T03:58:34Z")
OK, done. Will photocopy and post tomorrow. They’ll be a little late (I’m not sure if a foreign postmark counts for the IRS), but since I owe nothing it’s no big deal. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-day-cometh-are-yours-done/618836/23 "2012-04-16T12:43:47Z")
A qualified “Yes.” Owing to our complicated circumstances like USD payroll living overseas, company housing/travel allowances, income properties in CA, and various investment accounts (none of them Swiss 😃 ) all the information got shipped off to the KPMG office last month and they usually file an automatic extension. ---
**Author:** ![Vicullum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6de8d8/32.png) [@Vicullum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vicullum)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-day-cometh-are-yours-done/618836/24 "2012-04-16T17:14:01Z")
Filed last month. Once again I owed Uncle Sam nothing. Ah, the joys of being jobless… ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-day-cometh-are-yours-done/618836/25 "2012-04-16T17:16:19Z")
Thanks for the reminder. I need to deposit my federal refund check. BRB. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-day-cometh-are-yours-done/618836/26 "2012-04-16T17:26:10Z")
Mine have been done for weeks. I just found out, though, that my “adult” step-children did not do their local taxes. They were, in fact, unaware that they had to do so. Because they moved mid-year, I can’t file on-line for either of them. Step-daughter started and quit a bunch of jobs in a bunch of different municipalities, some of which have non-resident taxation. This is going to be a real treat. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-day-cometh-are-yours-done/618836/27 "2012-04-16T17:38:44Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Step-daughter started and quit a bunch of jobs in a bunch of different municipalities, some of which have non-resident taxation. This is going to be a real treat. Many years ago, when I was a banker, a coworker offered me $100 to do her taxes. I refused, saying that I didn’t feel right taking her money for doing something so easy. (I did the EZ form and figured that she did too.) She asked again and again, so I finally said that I’d take $20 to do them. “OK, we escaped from my third world country on January first, but then crossed the international date line as I was having my second child, then we inherited a house, but then built on to it more as we were paying rent on another home. Then we became landlords, and opened a store where we ship items overseas…” Sorry, lady. I ain’t touching your taxes for any amount of money. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-day-cometh-are-yours-done/618836.md?page=1)