Category Archives: taxes

Whew! Finally Done With Income Taxes

taxes
Mr. A and I spent a couple of hours this morning going through his mileage records and got those accounted for on my 2008 mileage spreadsheet.  That enabled me to finish up our income taxes. We'll owe $137 to the Federal government, but we'll be getting just over $250 back from the state. I also went through the planning feature that TaxCut offers to see what we need to pay for estimated taxes.  It's really difficult to know how much… Read the rest

If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Another

gardening, taxes
It's finally starting to ease up a bit for me.  I realized yesterday, after working in my garden for three hours, digging an 8 foot long by 2 foot wide and 10 inch deep bed, lining it with chicken wire and filling with composted manure and the dirt I'd dug out of the bed, that finally I've completed my goal to get my garden back in order.  It took six months, but I'm proud to say that I did it. … Read the rest

IRS Stimulus Payment Email Scam

income taxes
I know I'm talking to the choir here, but I thought I'd give a heads up on the Stimulus Payment Email Scam that I received in my inbox just a few minutes ago. Apparently this has been going around the Internet since last year, although this is the first time I've seen or heard about it. It was pretty authentic looking, but upon closer inspection I did find a few telltale misspellings, punctuation and grammatical errors. If you get one,… Read the rest

Deadline for Filing Taxes to Receive Stimulus Check?

income taxes
I read over at Paid Twice's blog today that you can check at the IRS website to see when to expect your stimulus check. I was a little bit concerned when I noticed the statement accompanying my results. Look there at the bottom, which I circled in red and highlighted in yellow. You can click on the image to get a bigger version. It says: “Remember, in order to qualify for the Stimulus Payment, you must have filed your 2007… Read the rest