Whooo boy… one of my coworkers is in this boat. He had someone come into his house and help him get his home organized, and this included filing his paperwork.  On April 15th he discovered he didn't know where the person filed his tax information!  The person was in Oregon and didn't remember filing any tax paperwork, so my coworker ended up doing nothing that day, not even filing an extension!!   I guess he didn't know that he could have… Read the rest

In one of June Walker's recent tidbits she implores you to not stress out about getting your taxes done, just file an extension.  Then you'll have until October 15th, 2009 to get them done. If you do choose to file an extension, you'll be using Form 4868.  You might want to make a payment for the taxes you estimate to be due; according to the instructions on Form 4868, “Although you are not required to make a payment of the… Read the rest

It's almost April 15th, time for your taxes to be submitted and paid to the federal and state governments. I decided to use TurboTax this year, instead of the tax preparer we used last year. I wasn't impressed because I found several mistakes he'd made. I wonder if he used tax software to prepare our return? Yesterday I was trying to get our taxes completely done and ready to be submitted. I was researching the home office exemption a bit… Read the rest