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John H.[_5_] March 17th 18 02:22 PM

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A nice, cloudy day. Too cool for a motorcycle ride or a round of golf. Grass does not need cutting
and leaves do not need raking.

Reckon I'll do my taxes. Time to crank up Turbo Tax.

[email protected] March 17th 18 03:06 PM

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On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 10:22:06 -0400, John H.
wrote:

A nice, cloudy day. Too cool for a motorcycle ride or a round of golf. Grass does not need cutting
and leaves do not need raking.

Reckon I'll do my taxes. Time to crank up Turbo Tax.


I did mine a couple weeks ago. Since I did not sell any stock this
year or do anything else to complicate things it was pretty simple.

John H.[_5_] March 17th 18 06:34 PM

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On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 11:06:51 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 10:22:06 -0400, John H.
wrote:

A nice, cloudy day. Too cool for a motorcycle ride or a round of golf. Grass does not need cutting
and leaves do not need raking.

Reckon I'll do my taxes. Time to crank up Turbo Tax.


I did mine a couple weeks ago. Since I did not sell any stock this
year or do anything else to complicate things it was pretty simple.


I had to wait for a K-1 return which never comes until about the second week in March. Actually,
that's your fault. That damn oil company. I won't have to deal with it next year.

Bill[_12_] March 17th 18 06:53 PM

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wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 10:22:06 -0400, John H.
wrote:

A nice, cloudy day. Too cool for a motorcycle ride or a round of golf.
Grass does not need cutting
and leaves do not need raking.

Reckon I'll do my taxes. Time to crank up Turbo Tax.


I did mine a couple weeks ago. Since I did not sell any stock this
year or do anything else to complicate things it was pretty simple.


I have been procrastinating. But a granddaughter 8th birthday party today.


John H.[_5_] March 17th 18 08:23 PM

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On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 18:53:10 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 10:22:06 -0400, John H.
wrote:

A nice, cloudy day. Too cool for a motorcycle ride or a round of golf.
Grass does not need cutting
and leaves do not need raking.

Reckon I'll do my taxes. Time to crank up Turbo Tax.


I did mine a couple weeks ago. Since I did not sell any stock this
year or do anything else to complicate things it was pretty simple.


I have been procrastinating. But a granddaughter 8th birthday party today.


Any little excuse you can find is good enough. But as we get closer to my birthday, the pressure
grows.

[email protected] March 17th 18 08:36 PM

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On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 14:34:54 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 11:06:51 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 10:22:06 -0400, John H.
wrote:

A nice, cloudy day. Too cool for a motorcycle ride or a round of golf. Grass does not need cutting
and leaves do not need raking.

Reckon I'll do my taxes. Time to crank up Turbo Tax.


I did mine a couple weeks ago. Since I did not sell any stock this
year or do anything else to complicate things it was pretty simple.


I had to wait for a K-1 return which never comes until about the second week in March. Actually,
that's your fault. That damn oil company. I won't have to deal with it next year.


I have not screwed with that K-1 for years. I take the distributions
as ordinary income and the IRS seems to be happy. It may be costing me
some money but the hassle is not worth it. I doubt the extra tax I pay
would cover buying Turbotax. Besides Harry should appreciate me
supporting a good cause, "Uncle Sam", with the money.
I figure if they ever do get around to auditing me over the K-1, they
will owe me money.
Have you ever done a "what if" on Turbotax taking the distribution as
income? Just curious. I stopped buying Turbotax the first year it
screwed up on my K-1. I had a bunch of boxes it never had me entering
and the instructions on the K-1 said I should be doing it. That was
the first year I started just taking it as income.

John H.[_5_] March 17th 18 10:00 PM

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On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:36:18 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 14:34:54 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 11:06:51 -0400,
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 10:22:06 -0400, John H.
wrote:

A nice, cloudy day. Too cool for a motorcycle ride or a round of golf. Grass does not need cutting
and leaves do not need raking.

Reckon I'll do my taxes. Time to crank up Turbo Tax.

I did mine a couple weeks ago. Since I did not sell any stock this
year or do anything else to complicate things it was pretty simple.


I had to wait for a K-1 return which never comes until about the second week in March. Actually,
that's your fault. That damn oil company. I won't have to deal with it next year.


I have not screwed with that K-1 for years. I take the distributions
as ordinary income and the IRS seems to be happy. It may be costing me
some money but the hassle is not worth it. I doubt the extra tax I pay
would cover buying Turbotax. Besides Harry should appreciate me
supporting a good cause, "Uncle Sam", with the money.
I figure if they ever do get around to auditing me over the K-1, they
will owe me money.
Have you ever done a "what if" on Turbotax taking the distribution as
income? Just curious. I stopped buying Turbotax the first year it
screwed up on my K-1. I had a bunch of boxes it never had me entering
and the instructions on the K-1 said I should be doing it. That was
the first year I started just taking it as income.


I've never had a problem with it, other than it being a PITA. I just put the numbers in the boxes TT
tells me to.

[email protected] March 17th 18 11:44 PM

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On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 18:00:15 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:36:18 -0400, wrote:

I have not screwed with that K-1 for years. I take the distributions
as ordinary income and the IRS seems to be happy. It may be costing me
some money but the hassle is not worth it. I doubt the extra tax I pay
would cover buying Turbotax. Besides Harry should appreciate me
supporting a good cause, "Uncle Sam", with the money.
I figure if they ever do get around to auditing me over the K-1, they
will owe me money.
Have you ever done a "what if" on Turbotax taking the distribution as
income? Just curious. I stopped buying Turbotax the first year it
screwed up on my K-1. I had a bunch of boxes it never had me entering
and the instructions on the K-1 said I should be doing it. That was
the first year I started just taking it as income.


I've never had a problem with it, other than it being a PITA. I just put the numbers in the boxes TT
tells me to.


I did that for years and it worked great, then one year there were not
enough prompts to get all the information in. I suppose there might
have been an update but things were not on line like they are now.
Like you said, the K-1 comes so late, you have a time constraint
getting the forms in. I was not sure I had time for a mailed out
update.

amdx[_3_] March 18th 18 01:52 AM

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On 3/17/2018 9:22 AM, John H. wrote:
A nice, cloudy day. Too cool for a motorcycle ride or a round of golf. Grass does not need cutting
and leaves do not need raking.

Reckon I'll do my taxes. Time to crank up Turbo Tax.


Just a note for some making their 2018 HSA contribution,
the limit was lowered $50. It's now $6,850.
I over contributed.
Mikek

[email protected] March 18th 18 08:16 AM

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My taxes are filed and I am awaiting my refund.


John H.[_5_] March 18th 18 12:26 PM

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On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 19:44:06 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 18:00:15 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:36:18 -0400,
wrote:

I have not screwed with that K-1 for years. I take the distributions
as ordinary income and the IRS seems to be happy. It may be costing me
some money but the hassle is not worth it. I doubt the extra tax I pay
would cover buying Turbotax. Besides Harry should appreciate me
supporting a good cause, "Uncle Sam", with the money.
I figure if they ever do get around to auditing me over the K-1, they
will owe me money.
Have you ever done a "what if" on Turbotax taking the distribution as
income? Just curious. I stopped buying Turbotax the first year it
screwed up on my K-1. I had a bunch of boxes it never had me entering
and the instructions on the K-1 said I should be doing it. That was
the first year I started just taking it as income.


I've never had a problem with it, other than it being a PITA. I just put the numbers in the boxes TT
tells me to.


I did that for years and it worked great, then one year there were not
enough prompts to get all the information in. I suppose there might
have been an update but things were not on line like they are now.
Like you said, the K-1 comes so late, you have a time constraint
getting the forms in. I was not sure I had time for a mailed out
update.


That caught me last year. The K-1 came about three weeks after I'd filed my Fed and state taxes.
That called for an amendment. Amended the Fed, but forgot to amend the state. A couple months later
I got a nastygram from the state, with a penalty of a couple bucks. Oh well, live and learn.

John H.[_5_] March 18th 18 12:46 PM

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On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 01:16:03 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

My taxes are filed and I am awaiting my refund.


Hopefully, I'll be in the same shape tomorrow.

amdx[_3_] March 18th 18 05:18 PM

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On 3/18/2018 7:26 AM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 19:44:06 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 18:00:15 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:36:18 -0400,
wrote:

I have not screwed with that K-1 for years. I take the distributions
as ordinary income and the IRS seems to be happy. It may be costing me
some money but the hassle is not worth it. I doubt the extra tax I pay
would cover buying Turbotax. Besides Harry should appreciate me
supporting a good cause, "Uncle Sam", with the money.
I figure if they ever do get around to auditing me over the K-1, they
will owe me money.
Have you ever done a "what if" on Turbotax taking the distribution as
income? Just curious. I stopped buying Turbotax the first year it
screwed up on my K-1. I had a bunch of boxes it never had me entering
and the instructions on the K-1 said I should be doing it. That was
the first year I started just taking it as income.

I've never had a problem with it, other than it being a PITA. I just put the numbers in the boxes TT
tells me to.


I did that for years and it worked great, then one year there were not
enough prompts to get all the information in. I suppose there might
have been an update but things were not on line like they are now.
Like you said, the K-1 comes so late, you have a time constraint
getting the forms in. I was not sure I had time for a mailed out
update.


That caught me last year. The K-1 came about three weeks after I'd filed my Fed and state taxes.
That called for an amendment. Amended the Fed, but forgot to amend the state. A couple months later
I got a nastygram from the state, with a penalty of a couple bucks. Oh well, live and learn.


I have my taxes done by an accountant, a couple years ago I picked
them up with the efile sheet for the wife and I to sign.
I returned the efile sheet, got home and checked the mail box, there was
an amended 1099! I immediately called the accountant, they had already
efiled, I had to do an ammended 1040. I have got ammended 1099s in mid
March a few times.
Now, I don't have my taxes done until later March.

Mikek



[email protected] March 18th 18 06:48 PM

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On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 12:18:53 -0500, amdx wrote:

On 3/18/2018 7:26 AM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 19:44:06 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 18:00:15 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:36:18 -0400,
wrote:

I have not screwed with that K-1 for years. I take the distributions
as ordinary income and the IRS seems to be happy. It may be costing me
some money but the hassle is not worth it. I doubt the extra tax I pay
would cover buying Turbotax. Besides Harry should appreciate me
supporting a good cause, "Uncle Sam", with the money.
I figure if they ever do get around to auditing me over the K-1, they
will owe me money.
Have you ever done a "what if" on Turbotax taking the distribution as
income? Just curious. I stopped buying Turbotax the first year it
screwed up on my K-1. I had a bunch of boxes it never had me entering
and the instructions on the K-1 said I should be doing it. That was
the first year I started just taking it as income.

I've never had a problem with it, other than it being a PITA. I just put the numbers in the boxes TT
tells me to.

I did that for years and it worked great, then one year there were not
enough prompts to get all the information in. I suppose there might
have been an update but things were not on line like they are now.
Like you said, the K-1 comes so late, you have a time constraint
getting the forms in. I was not sure I had time for a mailed out
update.


That caught me last year. The K-1 came about three weeks after I'd filed my Fed and state taxes.
That called for an amendment. Amended the Fed, but forgot to amend the state. A couple months later
I got a nastygram from the state, with a penalty of a couple bucks. Oh well, live and learn.


I have my taxes done by an accountant, a couple years ago I picked
them up with the efile sheet for the wife and I to sign.
I returned the efile sheet, got home and checked the mail box, there was
an amended 1099! I immediately called the accountant, they had already
efiled, I had to do an ammended 1040. I have got ammended 1099s in mid
March a few times.
Now, I don't have my taxes done until later March.

Mikek


I think I told you guys, I just got my refund from 2011 or something
along with a $571 interest check I had to declare as income. That was
an amended return too. I had even forgotten the refund had not arrived
yet. I amended the return within weeks of the original but that
screwed them up for 5 years or something

Bill[_12_] March 18th 18 08:57 PM

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wrote:
On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 12:18:53 -0500, amdx wrote:

On 3/18/2018 7:26 AM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 19:44:06 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 18:00:15 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:36:18 -0400,
wrote:

I have not screwed with that K-1 for years. I take the distributions
as ordinary income and the IRS seems to be happy. It may be costing me
some money but the hassle is not worth it. I doubt the extra tax I pay
would cover buying Turbotax. Besides Harry should appreciate me
supporting a good cause, "Uncle Sam", with the money.
I figure if they ever do get around to auditing me over the K-1, they
will owe me money.
Have you ever done a "what if" on Turbotax taking the distribution as
income? Just curious. I stopped buying Turbotax the first year it
screwed up on my K-1. I had a bunch of boxes it never had me entering
and the instructions on the K-1 said I should be doing it. That was
the first year I started just taking it as income.

I've never had a problem with it, other than it being a PITA. I just
put the numbers in the boxes TT
tells me to.

I did that for years and it worked great, then one year there were not
enough prompts to get all the information in. I suppose there might
have been an update but things were not on line like they are now.
Like you said, the K-1 comes so late, you have a time constraint
getting the forms in. I was not sure I had time for a mailed out
update.

That caught me last year. The K-1 came about three weeks after I'd
filed my Fed and state taxes.
That called for an amendment. Amended the Fed, but forgot to amend the
state. A couple months later
I got a nastygram from the state, with a penalty of a couple bucks. Oh
well, live and learn.


I have my taxes done by an accountant, a couple years ago I picked
them up with the efile sheet for the wife and I to sign.
I returned the efile sheet, got home and checked the mail box, there was
an amended 1099! I immediately called the accountant, they had already
efiled, I had to do an ammended 1040. I have got ammended 1099s in mid
March a few times.
Now, I don't have my taxes done until later March.

Mikek


I think I told you guys, I just got my refund from 2011 or something
along with a $571 interest check I had to declare as income. That was
an amended return too. I had even forgotten the refund had not arrived
yet. I amended the return within weeks of the original but that
screwed them up for 5 years or something


I had to file an amended return last year. 2 days after the efile. Sad,
you have to paper file on amended returns. Biggest tax problem I ever had
was because of paper filing. They lost the return. They lose 2% a year.
Machine readers,eat them or something. They slapped 28% withholding on
my accounts, Even though they owed me money on the return. But took time
to reprint and refill. They removed the withholding requirement, but
seemed to miss about half the accounts. But I do not have to pay
estimated payments to the Feds.


[email protected] March 18th 18 09:06 PM

Income Tax Time
 
On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 20:57:08 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 12:18:53 -0500, amdx wrote:

On 3/18/2018 7:26 AM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 19:44:06 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 18:00:15 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:36:18 -0400,
wrote:

I have not screwed with that K-1 for years. I take the distributions
as ordinary income and the IRS seems to be happy. It may be costing me
some money but the hassle is not worth it. I doubt the extra tax I pay
would cover buying Turbotax. Besides Harry should appreciate me
supporting a good cause, "Uncle Sam", with the money.
I figure if they ever do get around to auditing me over the K-1, they
will owe me money.
Have you ever done a "what if" on Turbotax taking the distribution as
income? Just curious. I stopped buying Turbotax the first year it
screwed up on my K-1. I had a bunch of boxes it never had me entering
and the instructions on the K-1 said I should be doing it. That was
the first year I started just taking it as income.

I've never had a problem with it, other than it being a PITA. I just
put the numbers in the boxes TT
tells me to.

I did that for years and it worked great, then one year there were not
enough prompts to get all the information in. I suppose there might
have been an update but things were not on line like they are now.
Like you said, the K-1 comes so late, you have a time constraint
getting the forms in. I was not sure I had time for a mailed out
update.

That caught me last year. The K-1 came about three weeks after I'd
filed my Fed and state taxes.
That called for an amendment. Amended the Fed, but forgot to amend the
state. A couple months later
I got a nastygram from the state, with a penalty of a couple bucks. Oh
well, live and learn.


I have my taxes done by an accountant, a couple years ago I picked
them up with the efile sheet for the wife and I to sign.
I returned the efile sheet, got home and checked the mail box, there was
an amended 1099! I immediately called the accountant, they had already
efiled, I had to do an ammended 1040. I have got ammended 1099s in mid
March a few times.
Now, I don't have my taxes done until later March.

Mikek


I think I told you guys, I just got my refund from 2011 or something
along with a $571 interest check I had to declare as income. That was
an amended return too. I had even forgotten the refund had not arrived
yet. I amended the return within weeks of the original but that
screwed them up for 5 years or something


I had to file an amended return last year. 2 days after the efile. Sad,
you have to paper file on amended returns. Biggest tax problem I ever had
was because of paper filing. They lost the return. They lose 2% a year.
Machine readers,eat them or something. They slapped 28% withholding on
my accounts, Even though they owed me money on the return. But took time
to reprint and refill. They removed the withholding requirement, but
seemed to miss about half the accounts. But I do not have to pay
estimated payments to the Feds.


===

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requested. It's cheap insurance.

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[email protected] March 18th 18 10:47 PM

Income Tax Time
 
On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 20:57:08 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 12:18:53 -0500, amdx wrote:

On 3/18/2018 7:26 AM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 19:44:06 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 18:00:15 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:36:18 -0400,
wrote:

I have not screwed with that K-1 for years. I take the distributions
as ordinary income and the IRS seems to be happy. It may be costing me
some money but the hassle is not worth it. I doubt the extra tax I pay
would cover buying Turbotax. Besides Harry should appreciate me
supporting a good cause, "Uncle Sam", with the money.
I figure if they ever do get around to auditing me over the K-1, they
will owe me money.
Have you ever done a "what if" on Turbotax taking the distribution as
income? Just curious. I stopped buying Turbotax the first year it
screwed up on my K-1. I had a bunch of boxes it never had me entering
and the instructions on the K-1 said I should be doing it. That was
the first year I started just taking it as income.

I've never had a problem with it, other than it being a PITA. I just
put the numbers in the boxes TT
tells me to.

I did that for years and it worked great, then one year there were not
enough prompts to get all the information in. I suppose there might
have been an update but things were not on line like they are now.
Like you said, the K-1 comes so late, you have a time constraint
getting the forms in. I was not sure I had time for a mailed out
update.

That caught me last year. The K-1 came about three weeks after I'd
filed my Fed and state taxes.
That called for an amendment. Amended the Fed, but forgot to amend the
state. A couple months later
I got a nastygram from the state, with a penalty of a couple bucks. Oh
well, live and learn.


I have my taxes done by an accountant, a couple years ago I picked
them up with the efile sheet for the wife and I to sign.
I returned the efile sheet, got home and checked the mail box, there was
an amended 1099! I immediately called the accountant, they had already
efiled, I had to do an ammended 1040. I have got ammended 1099s in mid
March a few times.
Now, I don't have my taxes done until later March.

Mikek


I think I told you guys, I just got my refund from 2011 or something
along with a $571 interest check I had to declare as income. That was
an amended return too. I had even forgotten the refund had not arrived
yet. I amended the return within weeks of the original but that
screwed them up for 5 years or something


I had to file an amended return last year. 2 days after the efile. Sad,
you have to paper file on amended returns. Biggest tax problem I ever had
was because of paper filing. They lost the return. They lose 2% a year.
Machine readers,eat them or something. They slapped 28% withholding on
my accounts, Even though they owed me money on the return. But took time
to reprint and refill. They removed the withholding requirement, but
seemed to miss about half the accounts. But I do not have to pay
estimated payments to the Feds.


On mine, they gave me credit for my filing on time and since the
amended return actually got me more back there was no penalty but they
did hold up my refund for 5 years or so. (I hope)
My biggest fear is they are going to decide they paid me twice and
whack me for 10 years principle and interest in a few years or
something.
I am always afraid when the IRS says they made a mistake.

Bill[_12_] March 18th 18 11:46 PM

Income Tax Time
 
wrote:
On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 20:57:08 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 12:18:53 -0500, amdx wrote:

On 3/18/2018 7:26 AM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 19:44:06 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 18:00:15 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:36:18 -0400,
wrote:

I have not screwed with that K-1 for years. I take the distributions
as ordinary income and the IRS seems to be happy. It may be costing me
some money but the hassle is not worth it. I doubt the extra tax I pay
would cover buying Turbotax. Besides Harry should appreciate me
supporting a good cause, "Uncle Sam", with the money.
I figure if they ever do get around to auditing me over the K-1, they
will owe me money.
Have you ever done a "what if" on Turbotax taking the distribution as
income? Just curious. I stopped buying Turbotax the first year it
screwed up on my K-1. I had a bunch of boxes it never had me entering
and the instructions on the K-1 said I should be doing it. That was
the first year I started just taking it as income.

I've never had a problem with it, other than it being a PITA. I just
put the numbers in the boxes TT
tells me to.

I did that for years and it worked great, then one year there were not
enough prompts to get all the information in. I suppose there might
have been an update but things were not on line like they are now.
Like you said, the K-1 comes so late, you have a time constraint
getting the forms in. I was not sure I had time for a mailed out
update.

That caught me last year. The K-1 came about three weeks after I'd
filed my Fed and state taxes.
That called for an amendment. Amended the Fed, but forgot to amend the
state. A couple months later
I got a nastygram from the state, with a penalty of a couple bucks. Oh
well, live and learn.


I have my taxes done by an accountant, a couple years ago I picked
them up with the efile sheet for the wife and I to sign.
I returned the efile sheet, got home and checked the mail box, there was
an amended 1099! I immediately called the accountant, they had already
efiled, I had to do an ammended 1040. I have got ammended 1099s in mid
March a few times.
Now, I don't have my taxes done until later March.

Mikek


I think I told you guys, I just got my refund from 2011 or something
along with a $571 interest check I had to declare as income. That was
an amended return too. I had even forgotten the refund had not arrived
yet. I amended the return within weeks of the original but that
screwed them up for 5 years or something


I had to file an amended return last year. 2 days after the efile. Sad,
you have to paper file on amended returns. Biggest tax problem I ever had
was because of paper filing. They lost the return. They lose 2% a year.
Machine readers,eat them or something. They slapped 28% withholding on
my accounts, Even though they owed me money on the return. But took time
to reprint and refill. They removed the withholding requirement, but
seemed to miss about half the accounts. But I do not have to pay
estimated payments to the Feds.


===

Best thing is to send returns certified mail, return receipt
requested. It's cheap insurance.

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Not really. I did that. Had the receipt. IRS lady stated they do not
know what was in envelope, so did not matter.


Bill[_12_] March 18th 18 11:50 PM

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wrote:
On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 20:57:08 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 12:18:53 -0500, amdx wrote:

On 3/18/2018 7:26 AM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 19:44:06 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 18:00:15 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:36:18 -0400,
wrote:

I have not screwed with that K-1 for years. I take the distributions
as ordinary income and the IRS seems to be happy. It may be costing me
some money but the hassle is not worth it. I doubt the extra tax I pay
would cover buying Turbotax. Besides Harry should appreciate me
supporting a good cause, "Uncle Sam", with the money.
I figure if they ever do get around to auditing me over the K-1, they
will owe me money.
Have you ever done a "what if" on Turbotax taking the distribution as
income? Just curious. I stopped buying Turbotax the first year it
screwed up on my K-1. I had a bunch of boxes it never had me entering
and the instructions on the K-1 said I should be doing it. That was
the first year I started just taking it as income.

I've never had a problem with it, other than it being a PITA. I just
put the numbers in the boxes TT
tells me to.

I did that for years and it worked great, then one year there were not
enough prompts to get all the information in. I suppose there might
have been an update but things were not on line like they are now.
Like you said, the K-1 comes so late, you have a time constraint
getting the forms in. I was not sure I had time for a mailed out
update.

That caught me last year. The K-1 came about three weeks after I'd
filed my Fed and state taxes.
That called for an amendment. Amended the Fed, but forgot to amend the
state. A couple months later
I got a nastygram from the state, with a penalty of a couple bucks. Oh
well, live and learn.


I have my taxes done by an accountant, a couple years ago I picked
them up with the efile sheet for the wife and I to sign.
I returned the efile sheet, got home and checked the mail box, there was
an amended 1099! I immediately called the accountant, they had already
efiled, I had to do an ammended 1040. I have got ammended 1099s in mid
March a few times.
Now, I don't have my taxes done until later March.

Mikek


I think I told you guys, I just got my refund from 2011 or something
along with a $571 interest check I had to declare as income. That was
an amended return too. I had even forgotten the refund had not arrived
yet. I amended the return within weeks of the original but that
screwed them up for 5 years or something


I had to file an amended return last year. 2 days after the efile. Sad,
you have to paper file on amended returns. Biggest tax problem I ever had
was because of paper filing. They lost the return. They lose 2% a year.
Machine readers,eat them or something. They slapped 28% withholding on
my accounts, Even though they owed me money on the return. But took time
to reprint and refill. They removed the withholding requirement, but
seemed to miss about half the accounts. But I do not have to pay
estimated payments to the Feds.


On mine, they gave me credit for my filing on time and since the
amended return actually got me more back there was no penalty but they
did hold up my refund for 5 years or so. (I hope)
My biggest fear is they are going to decide they paid me twice and
whack me for 10 years principle and interest in a few years or
something.
I am always afraid when the IRS says they made a mistake.


They owed me money, so there was no penalty, but the 28% withholding kept
me in huge overpayments. I still get $12-14k back. The interest I lose
is not as much these days, but still 3-5% investment money.


John H.[_5_] March 19th 18 07:13 PM

Income Tax Time
 
On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 12:18:53 -0500, amdx wrote:

On 3/18/2018 7:26 AM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 19:44:06 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 18:00:15 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:36:18 -0400,
wrote:

I have not screwed with that K-1 for years. I take the distributions
as ordinary income and the IRS seems to be happy. It may be costing me
some money but the hassle is not worth it. I doubt the extra tax I pay
would cover buying Turbotax. Besides Harry should appreciate me
supporting a good cause, "Uncle Sam", with the money.
I figure if they ever do get around to auditing me over the K-1, they
will owe me money.
Have you ever done a "what if" on Turbotax taking the distribution as
income? Just curious. I stopped buying Turbotax the first year it
screwed up on my K-1. I had a bunch of boxes it never had me entering
and the instructions on the K-1 said I should be doing it. That was
the first year I started just taking it as income.

I've never had a problem with it, other than it being a PITA. I just put the numbers in the boxes TT
tells me to.

I did that for years and it worked great, then one year there were not
enough prompts to get all the information in. I suppose there might
have been an update but things were not on line like they are now.
Like you said, the K-1 comes so late, you have a time constraint
getting the forms in. I was not sure I had time for a mailed out
update.


That caught me last year. The K-1 came about three weeks after I'd filed my Fed and state taxes.
That called for an amendment. Amended the Fed, but forgot to amend the state. A couple months later
I got a nastygram from the state, with a penalty of a couple bucks. Oh well, live and learn.


I have my taxes done by an accountant, a couple years ago I picked
them up with the efile sheet for the wife and I to sign.
I returned the efile sheet, got home and checked the mail box, there was
an amended 1099! I immediately called the accountant, they had already
efiled, I had to do an ammended 1040. I have got ammended 1099s in mid
March a few times.
Now, I don't have my taxes done until later March.

Mikek


Mine are done. Took about 8 hours total. Hard part was wife's 'Independant Contractor' income and
expenses. Had a glitch with the software, but Intuit customer support got my view of my machine, had
me download, install and run a program from Microsoft, and all was fixed.

Now I'm letting it rest, like you would a good roast beef. Give it a day and see if I have any more
thoughts. Last night in bed I thought of a charitable contribution I'd made and hadn't received a
receipt for. Saved me another $32. Not much, but it'll buy a new battery for the motorcycle.



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