When are taxes due?

[NISMOskyline]

This might sound stupid, but when are taxes due in California? I don't want to get in trouble with the IRS, so I hope I am not too late!

 

[Klostrophobic]

April 16. Don't send them out before that or the IRS will get mad.

 

[NISMOskyline]

Originally posted by Klostrophobic
April 16. Don't send them out before that or the IRS will get mad.

Whew Thanks.

And BTW, I sent my taxes early last time, and nothing happened, so ha

 

[Klostrophobic]

Actually, the due date is April 15. I just wanted you to get in trouble. Though, I assume you wouldn't be stupid enough to fall for my trap.

Why does everyone wait until April 15? It can't be that difficult to fill out your taxes.

 

[NISMOskyline]

Originally posted by Klostrophobic
Actually, the due date is April 15. I just wanted you to get in trouble. Though, I assume you wouldn't be stupid enough to fall for my trap.

Why does everyone wait until April 15? It can't be that difficult to fill out your taxes.

Some people are lazy, like me . But then there are those who take it a little too far

 

[Powripper]

its April 30th here...but that wont help you in the least...

 

[Sage]

Originally posted by Klostrophobic
Why does everyone wait until April 15? It can't be that difficult to fill out your taxes.

Because procrastinating is fun. Like, right now, I should be doing homework, but I'm not, but I'm having a better time than if I were doing homework. Honestly, do you know anything?

 

[Klostrophobic]

Yeah, procrastinating is fun. I should be doing homework right now, but I have writer's block. School is delayed until 10:20 tomorrow, so I can finish this story then. It shouldn't take more than 20 minutes.

 

[Der Alta]

Actually, if you're getting a refund, April 15th isn't as big a deal as you'd think. However, if you're paying in, APril 15th is a Very big deal.

Just thought I'd open the floor for useless discussion.

AO

 

[boombexus]

Yeah, if the IRS owes you money, you have up to 4 years to file for your refund.
I'm doing this years and last years tax's this year.

 

[Duke]

Originally posted by boombexus
Yeah, if the IRS owes you money, you have up to 4 years to file for your refund.
I'm doing this years and last years tax's this year.

Originally posted by boombexus
TBKO boost, coming soon.

Coincidence? I think not.

I usually file fairly soon after I get my info together, because I'm one of those people who lends Uncle Sam money for free, just so I don't have to scramble to come up with the vig in early April. Been there, done that, it wasn't fun.

 

[Burnout]

Like every SM has posted in here, have you noticed that?

The freedom of not having an income. Wait, I want taxes!

 

[Pupik]

The only joy in paying taxes is that you can legally b*tch and moan, but only if you voted, too.

I got married, and I all I got was this lousy next-tier tax bracket. I felt, so...not quite-poverty-class this year.

The "marraige penalty" was reduced for 2003; but it only amounted to 20 extra bucks in the tax return this year (thanks, Turbo Tax). A certain pinhead leader of a 50-state Union has been extolling the virtues of this for about 3 years now.

 

[Klostrophobic]

Just what the hell happens if you owe some of that fine chashola and you file on April 16?

 

[Duke]

You get fined late fees. They figure X amount per day you're overdue. Plus, it makes you more likely to get audited later.

 

[regulate]

does anyone actually get audited?

 

[Pupik]

Originally posted by regulate
does anyone actually get audited?

Sure, especially people who buy cars, boats, and homes for cash, not checks. Companies get audited quite a bit more, though.

 

[Famine]

So... everyone has to go through this rigmarole?

In the UK, taxes are deducted at source. They inform YOU of any mistakes in their favour (and you have to ask them about any mistakes in your favour). Unless you're self-employed.

 

[Klostrophobic]

I don't have to go through the process. I'm special. I get no taxes taken out of my paycheck, and I don't make enough money to warrant paying anything.

I think I'll still file just to give them more work. I may as well be a pain in the ass.

 

[Pupik]

Originally posted by Famine
So... everyone has to go through this rigmarole?

In the UK, taxes are deducted at source. They inform YOU of any mistakes in their favour (and you have to ask them about any mistakes in your favour). Unless you're self-employed.

Anyone who's earned a living over $20 a year. Depends if you're being paid "under the table" or legitamately. If it's legit, your SSN number tells the IRS all they need to know, the employer sends you and they copy of how much you made, and how much they took out.

You have some control over how much is taken out with each check, but unless you've planned it perfectly within the various regulations, and you have a PhD in tax accounting, you're always due something or owe something to the IRS.

If you use a program called Turbo Tax, the process takes anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour for the average man in the street. A business owner or someone with lots of financial and trading transactions has it much more rough.

And there's always loopholes, like the $3000 tax credit for electric car owners, those who lost jobs/loved ones due to 9-11-01, serving in the military, going to college, disabled, have 13 kids, etc.

 

[milefile]

I mailed mine and forgot to sign it. Yep. And I'm getting a refund. Way to screw myself!

 

[Pupik]

Send them a copy of the return. Who knows, you may get two checks.

Just don't cash both of them. My brother did that (yeah, their error...), and the IRS deducted his bank account!

 

[milefile]

I've been told I should wait until they return it to me, then sign it and send it back.

 

[Klostrophobic]

Originally posted by pupik
Just don't cash both of them. My brother did that (yeah, their error...), and the IRS deducted his bank account!

How is that legal?

If I accidentally write two checks and the government cashes them, do I get to deduct from their bank account?

Absurd.