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Shawnee123 · 04-14-2009, 06:30 PM

Phew. Done. Well, sort of.

It didn't take as long to find my W2s as I feared. My printer isn't working, so I didn't get to make copies, and Adobe wouldn't work long enough to print anyway.

I went to efile from the IRS website and the federal file was free but they wanted to charge for the state. No way. They are supposed to email me a file, which I will forward to work, print, and mail tomorrow. Along with City and SD.

To sign it, I needed either last year's PIN (yeah, right) or 2007 AGI. My 2007 taxes were, I knew, in a box I had packed from my old job. Found it almost right away, started flipping the folders: hmmm...2006, 2005...2007! Painless, for waiting for the last minute.

The best thing, I think I must have adjusted my withholding once again, and I actually owed very little to feds. I got the normal amount of state back, which is more than I owed to feds. Direct deduct to feds, direct deposit from state. It's almost perfectly balanced to zero between both: but I may be having more wh taken out of my current job so I'll see where I end up next year.

Woohoo!

04-14-2009, 06:30 PM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Phew. Done. Well, sort of. It didn't take as long to find my W2s as I feared. My printer isn't working, so I didn't get to make copies, and Adobe wouldn't work long enough to print anyway. I went to efile from the IRS website and the federal file was free but they wanted to charge for the state. No way. They are supposed to email me a file, which I will forward to work, print, and mail tomorrow. Along with City and SD. To sign it, I needed either last year's PIN (yeah, right) or 2007 AGI. My 2007 taxes were, I knew, in a box I had packed from my old job. Found it almost right away, started flipping the folders: hmmm...2006, 2005...2007! Painless, for waiting for the last minute. The best thing, I think I must have adjusted my withholding once again, and I actually owed very little to feds. I got the normal amount of state back, which is more than I owed to feds. Direct deduct to feds, direct deposit from state. It's almost perfectly balanced to zero between both: but I may be having more wh taken out of my current job so I'll see where I end up next year. Woohoo! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby