Just filed my 2013 Taxes

[HoneyBadger]

What a PITA. Glad to have that out of the way.


Did you think you were truly free? Go ahead and skip your taxes from here on out. See what happens...

[Great-Kazoo]

What are these taxes you speak of?

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Yup 21+ days for a refund. Hurry up when you get a chance IRS.

[KestrelBike]

The sooner you file, the better to avoid the chance that some bastard steals your identity and claims a false refund (which ties up your potential refund another 6+mo). It's quite common and a nasty headache if you get hit, the IRS was/is (not sure if they're still doing it) stupid to offer refunds on visa cash cards.

[mcjhr]

Refund? Don't know anything about that.

[streetglideok]

With the Obama tax increase, and we moved up a tax bracket this year, we get to pay $200 back to the feds. First time I think Ive ever had to actually pay.

[ray1970]

I wait until the deadline. I like to hang on to my money as long as I can before I fork it over to the government.

[Ridge]

Getting $330 back combined this year. Last year it was $1300

[BuffCyclist]

The sooner you file, the better to avoid the chance that some bastard steals your identity and claims a false refund (which ties up your potential refund another 6+mo). It's quite common and a nasty headache if you get hit, the IRS was/is (not sure if they're still doing it) stupid to offer refunds on visa cash cards.

I take it this only happens with paper filing and check/visa cards mailed back?

We efile and direct deposit so we usually get our money back in about 2 weeks. Nice return coming this year!

[BuffCyclist]

Getting $330 back combined this year. Last year it was $1300

And you're upset with getting less money back (cause april payday and all)? That's actually how it SHOULD be, but a lot of people have more money withheld to get the fat return check. Mine was usually around owing $50-$100, but we decided to drop me down one deduction, and this year it looks like we'll be getting back a lot more. But, we did that to ensure that with married filing jointly we wouldn't end up owing a ton.

eta: Change I to we... I'm married now so no longer a single entity