The IRS took my money. :(

by Elsewhere 78 Replies latest jw friends

  • Warlock
    Warlock

    I also had to pay.

    $50 big dollars.

    Good thing I lost 8% in the market.

    Warlock

  • lisavegas420
    lisavegas420

    Elsewhere, did you take advantage of the "$7500 first time home buyers credit"?

    lisa

  • BurnTheShips
    BurnTheShips

    I got back 7k of my money.

    BTS

  • sir82
    sir82
    Heh. I if I told you what I got back....

    So you're bragging because you gave a large interest-free loan to the government?

    Say, I could use an interest free loan...I'll happily pay you back next year.

  • purplesofa
    purplesofa

    Elsewhere, did you take advantage of the "$7500 first time home buyers credit"?

    lisa

    My son missed being eligible by 8 freaking days !!!!!!!!

  • BurnTheShips
    BurnTheShips
    So you're bragging because you gave a large interest-free loan to the government?

    Well, it certainly beats letting the government keep it. Besides, it was hard to know how much I was going to get back last year so I kept my withholdings the same as they were the previous year when I only got back 1k.

    BTS

  • blondie
    blondie

    Once again the feds owed us but we had to pay it to the state. I keep trying to adjust our W-4's too.

  • isaacaustin
    isaacaustin

    if you withdrew from a 401k/pension/IRA you only owe tax as ordinary income- not the penalty.

  • drwtsn32
    drwtsn32

    It's better to have to pay a little than get anything back. If you got money back, it means you paid them too much over the year and they were acting like a zero interest "savings" account. Better to keep the money and use it or put it in your own interest-bearing account.

    You don't want to pay them too much, though, because you can be penalized. (They missed out on collecting interest!) They let it slide the first time it happens, but if it happens two years in a row...watch out! They want you to do quarterly estimated tax payments.

    This year I only had to pay $500 or so. Last year was killer...we owed $15k.

  • Priest73
    Priest73
    It's better to have to pay a little than get anything back.

    Yup. I paid off my mortgage and didn't have enough itemized deduction. That's how I got popped. Could be worse I suppose.

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