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lucas's avatar
14 years ago
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see the thread for 2008

REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN USUALLY GET FREE TAX SOFTWARE.

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this year was awesome. i got all of my withheld money back (both federal and state).

then the feds gave me $1000 for the "american opportunity" credit and $400 for the "making work pay" credit.

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my 2009 refund is $2202. my 2009 gross income was $7213. so wicked
Étrangère's avatar
14 years ago
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Étrangère
I am not a robot...
I forced my parents to (finally) let me do my own taxes this year. \o/
asemisldkfj's avatar
14 years ago
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the law is no protection
I can't wait to do mine this year. one source of income! the irs and the mass dor both mailed me paper forms. I might use those because it's fun.
andyp's avatar
14 years ago
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nothing is wrong - what are you scared of?
haven't even thought about this since i've been on the road :-o
lucas's avatar
14 years ago
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> I forced my parents to (finally) let me do my own taxes this year.

how long until your eighteenth birthday? (gatz, she might be jailbait)
asemisldkfj's avatar
14 years ago
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asemisldkfj
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I want my w2222222222222222222222222. I'm gonna ask people at work if they've gotten theirs yet.
lucas's avatar
14 years ago
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you can file it before you get it. just add up all your paystubs.
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14 years ago
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note: i don't know the legality of that in every case. all i know is that i've done it and gotten a refund.
asemisldkfj's avatar
14 years ago
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asemisldkfj
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meh. I get paid weekly. that would be a pain.
Étrangère's avatar
14 years ago
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Étrangère
I am not a robot...
I got my W2 a few days ago...
asemisldkfj's avatar
14 years ago
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asemisldkfj
the law is no protection
I am getting a sick refund this year.
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14 years ago
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Lol I already got my sick refund too. :)
nny's avatar
14 years ago
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M̮͈̣̙̰̝̃̿̎̍ͬa͉̭̥͓ț̘ͯ̈́t̬̻͖̰̞͎ͤ̇ ̈̚J̹͎̿̾ȏ̞̫͈y̭̺ͭc̦̹̟̦̭̫͊̿ͩeͥ̌̾̓ͨ
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/20 … tack1.html <--- Not getting a refund... but he makes some compelling points about tax law. I keep getting fucked by those crazy tech provisions myself. I dunno why they added them. It's like congress just one day decided to say FUCK YOU to tech workers.
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M̮͈̣̙̰̝̃̿̎̍ͬa͉̭̥͓ț̘ͯ̈́t̬̻͖̰̞͎ͤ̇ ̈̚J̹͎̿̾ȏ̞̫͈y̭̺ͭc̦̹̟̦̭̫͊̿ͩeͥ̌̾̓ͨ
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/27/business/ho … gewanted=1 <--- What the crazy guy in the plane was on about just before he slammed it into the IRS building.

Ironically... it seems his horrific suicidal plan worked since now the times is addressing the issue.
lucas's avatar
14 years ago
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"How a Tax Law Helps Insure a Scarcity of Programmers" should be "How a Tax Law Helps Ensure a Scarcity of Programmers"

headline fail
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14 years ago
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asemisldkfj
the law is no protection

USAGE There is considerable overlap between the meaning and use of insure and ensure. In both U.S. and British English, the primary meaning of insure is the commercial sense of providing financial compensation in the event of damage to property; ensure is not used at all in this sense. For the more general senses, ensure is more likely to be used, but insure and ensure are often interchangeable, particularly in U.S. English: : bail is posted to insure that the defendant appears for trial | the system is run to ensure that a good quality of service is maintained.



says the new oxford american dictionary
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weird