file 2007 taxes

We sent in the check to NY on the 15th and our fed refund came in already so that will help pay for most of this :( I don’t mind paying taxes as much as not being able to choose where they go. Do I want my hard earned money to help guys like our former governor book rooms for nights out with his hooker? That would be a no. (not to mention the $4000 bill came as a complete surprise as we’ve never paid out before). Here’s to hoping we’ll recover sooner than later. (Did I mention the cell bill was $400 last month?) Please financial gods I need a bit of a break.

It feels good to be done.

Turns out we owe the state of NY $4000. At this point I feel like that guy in “Dan in Real life” when he says, “Put it on my tab.”

On hold. since our mail was sent back we now have to track down about 3 more documents. sigh. Damn you, United States Postal Service. I’m online bill paying everything from now on!

I feel like I’m at a standstill with this. Not because I am unsure of my next move, but because I am lazy. I NEED to round up all the paperwork! I’m hoping to get this going and to find someone to process them for me on Monday 03/03/08.

All transmitted, now I just have to wait to see that the e-filed returns get accepted. Yay.

Bought my shiny new copy of TurboTax 2007 today, and got started entering data. Nothing official yet on income, since I haven’t received any official forms yet (and won’t until early Feb, I expect), but I have a good idea on most of those things, and I kept all my records for my itemized deductions, so that stuff, I just entered outright.

I’ve been fretting about my 2007 taxes for months, because I had some salary increases last year and I wasn’t sure if my withholdings would be enough, and I really didn’t want to have to write a fat check… but if I was going to have to, I wanted to know ASAP! So I bought TurboTax as soon as my mortgage people said my statement was ready.

According to my estimates, I am just about scraping by perfectly even. They say I have about a $100 refund due, which we’ll see how that goes when I get the real amounts entered off my W2s and so on, but at least they aren’t saying I owe $5000!