K&R if you paid your taxes today and feel patriotically warm and fuzzy

[AzNick]

I should have paid federal taxes but since I did not get my Obama cash on my pay check, this was added to my refund, I ended up with a tiny refund on my federal, but still had to pay State taxes.

Here is my current Facebook status: "Turbotax - Great news! I just finished my taxes." and then I commented: "Like a true patriot who likes to drive on well-maintained roads and wants nurses and teachers and cops and firefighters and our brave servicemen to get a good wage."

Already got a couple Likes :)

[WheelWalker]

1. That would be me. K&R

:kick:

[flvegan]

2. Mmmm...war funding.

I love my place in the bloodletting machine.

Seriously, the whole tax process is a misallocation of funds. But, I do pay my share...unlike so many big corporations.

[BlueIdaho]

3. I'm happy to pay taxes

Because I get services in return. A federal highway system, the Center for Disease Control, Air Traffic Controllers, people that make sure the food I eat and the prescriptions I take are safe, National Parks I can visit, world class research facilities, financial security for my aging relatives, and the list goes on and on...

[Duer 157099]

4. Today?!? They're not due til tomorrow!

Ask me again then.

[MUAD_DIB]

5. Always on the 15th. I'm a contractor so I don't part with the cash until 8:30 AM.

The taxes are done, but I don't send the Feds anything before I have to.

[gmoney]

6. FIled a week or so ago, and get a big fat refund

So I'm feelin' pretty good. Note, I DID pay my fair share in, just had too much withheld.

[AzNick]

10. You should redo our W4

More money every month, more manageable.

But yes, Christmas in January (or February, as some tax forms take longer to be provided), it's always a good thing.

[gmoney]

13. Just to clarify, I'm not filing jointly with AzNick

While I'm sure Nick is a nice person...

I let my CPA tell me what to withhold. I'd much rather get a refund than have to scrounge up a few hundred (or a few thousand) dollars in a hurry to pay the tax bill.

Honestly, I'd rather make an interest-free loan to the government and get a balloon payment back, than to make a nearly interest-free loan to my bank (0.07% interest rate... that's 7 percent OF 1 percent) which I just find insulting.

[Cresent City Kid]

7. I thought I was going to have to pay

At the last minute, I found that I missed a credit which put me in the black by $32. Pizza's on me!

[wiggs]

8. Got a refund for first time in at least a decade. New changes in credits for

education helped a ton....at least 5K difference for us, having two kids in college.

[BlooInBloo]

9. Did my taxes like 3 or 4 months ago.

woot!

[csziggy]

11. I paid taxes every quarter last year and sent in my return on Monday

But since our income went down last year, we will get a nice BIG refund! I even left part of it with the Feds to make sure I don't get socked next year.

[old mark]

12. We have paid for the last several years, but I don't feel like it's

a tragedy.
It's all Federal and State, we don't pay local taxes since we retired.

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