Comments on: A System for Taxes

By: The Best Financial Advice I Ever Got - Pulling Curls

The Best Financial Advice I Ever Got - Pulling Curls — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:30:05 +0000

[…] I was working full time and Drew was just finishing up school. I did my taxes (I have always done my own taxes because I like to pretend I’m a CPA) and realized that we owed over 1k in […]

By: Hilary

Hilary — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 02:12:29 +0000

In reply to Jayleen @ How Do The Jones Do It. It's hard to hit 10% for health care.... I doubt we'll do it this year. Sounds like you're on top of it!

By: Hilary

Hilary — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 02:07:37 +0000

In reply to Havok. That's great! I hate taxes, I'm always so worried we're going to owe a million dollars. Tax software has made it WAY easier!

By: Jayleen @ How Do The Jones Do It

Jayleen @ How Do The Jones Do It — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 19:35:24 +0000

I’m with ya! I started doing our taxes a few years ago and it wasn’t as bad as I thought. I have a folder for medical receipts and another folder for tax stuff that comes in throughout the year. I’m learning that if your medical exceeds 10% of your adjusted gross income, you can use it as a deduction. I also write the mileage for each appointment right on the insurance benefits page.

I volunteer a lot too and keep track of the mileage for tax time.

I’m actually excited to dig in this year!

By: Havok

Havok — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:20:11 +0000

I’ve never gotten to file state for free before! Federal always has been, but state costs 40$ or 60$ or something!!
I love Turbo Tax, though – last year was super simple, because it kept everything from the previous year, so all I had to do was update a few numbers. This year won’t be so easy, but I’m still going to use Turbo Tax – they walk you through everything, and for someone who doesn’t know anything about taxes other than 30% (thereabouts), that is helpful!
I am proud to say, though, that I have all the forms I need ready to go, all in one spot, and am just waiting on two more pieces to arrive 🙂