Category Archives: Taxes
Plan For Our Tax Refund
I have almost finished working on our 2010 tax returns. We will owe a very small amount in state taxes, but it looks like we’ll get a refund (think hundreds, not thousands) from Uncle Sam. Instead of using the money to go on a vacation, or to make a down-payment on a new car, or [...]
It’s Time To Make The Taxes
It’s that time of year again – tax time. Yay. I sat down last night and started sorting through all of our tax documents for 2010. I’ve been using an online site to prepare out taxes for several years and will do the same this year. In early 2010, we purchased our first home. Our [...]
Amended Our Tax Return
I did something today that I’ve never done before – I filed an amended tax return. Back in March, I filed my taxes but didn’t claim the first-time homebuyer credit. Armed with the proper paperwork, forms, and software, it took, literally, 10 minutes to amend the return. According to the IRS website, returns claiming the [...]
Working On My Taxes
I’ve just spent the last couple of hours working on my taxes. Because my wife and I recently made our first new home purchase, we will be receiving the first-time homebuyer tax credit. Instead of e-filing our return as we have for the past several years, the credit necessitates that we print out and mail [...]
