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  1. CW: Malignant Bureaucracy

    I put off doing these for so long this year... We hates them, precious.🧌 #USTaxes #DeathAndTaxes #Gross

  2. One advantage of doing my own taxes for years: even without help from TaxAct, I was able to figure out, eventually, that the software was not being unreasonable. Just a bit opaque.

    RBC Wealth Management, who handle my IRA, screwed up the state portion of the 1099-R. Two fields.

    And when I contacted them to complain about the field being blank, they blew me off because "the IRS does not care about that field". Well, the IRS doesn't. but the state of Colorado does...

    #USTaxes #TaxAct #RBC

  3. Grr. I have used TaxAct software (backed by H&R Block) for years, in the downloaded form, not online. But their support for the downloaded version seems to be evaporating: they used to support both MAC and Windows... MAC support is gone, and while they will still sell you the downloadable Windows version, there is no longer a way to access their support system from the desktop version with questions or problems.

    #USTaxes #TaxAct #H&RBlock

  4. From The Washington Post:

    "IRS Direct File is here to stay. All 50 states are invited.

    The Biden administration hopes to eventually make the free tax filing site an option for most Americans."

    #GiftLink = wapo.st/3KmYkNR

    "Republicans have criticized it as a costly and unnecessary government alternative to private-sector offerings… "

    But of course they did 🙄

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    #USPol #USTaxes #IRS #Taxes #DirectFile #GiftArticle

  5. Your tax return is secret by law. TurboTax wants you to give up your privacy.
    
Tax preparers can only use your return information to file your taxes, unless you agree otherwise
    #USTaxes #Turbotax #H&RBlockTax #TaxPrepSoftware

    washingtonpost.com/technology/

  6. I should do my (US) taxes at some point. If you have used a CPA instead of H&R Block / TurboTax, what has your experience / cost been like?

    H&R Block was $300 last year if memory serves me right and that was entirely online and asynchronous. There's nothing super complicated about my taxes so I'd rather not spend as much if I can avoid it.

    #taxes #ustaxes #cpa #hrblock #turbotax

  7. #USTaxes

    My #w2 is available, so it's that annual time of the year that we get to tell the National Government how much money I made, as well as how much I paid in taxes.

    I get that it's a racket, but that doesn't mean that it has to make sense to me. It's such a farce....