Like millions of others I suppose, we usually aren't ready to file by April 15 so I end up emailing our accountant and requesting that he file extensions for us, buying us a few more months to get our stuff together.
Our taxes have always been complicated. We own 2 rental properties together, we own a 3rd rental property with another couple, and I am self-employed. There are all kinds of depreciations and exemptions that we couldn't possibly keep up with, so we give all our financial stuff to our accountant and breath a sign of relief that it isn't US who has to make sense of it.
However, this year is different. I actually got motivated in late Feb to collect and summarize our stuff for 2013 and sent it off to the accountant early. We got our returns back from him in mid-March, signed them, attached the W2s and payments, and mailed them in right away. It felt good to get that done and out of the way, early for a change.
Have you filed yet? Are you getting a refund? If so, what will you do with it?
2 comments:
filed and had to pay da feds. had a preparer do our taxes, as always.
Mark,
For years I always owed taxes, even though I've been the sole wage earner in our household for over twenty five years. This year, the first year we're filing jointly WE get back $985. A nice difference from paying $1,200 last year. All those years I overpaid. Oh well, I'm glad this ship has righted itself now.
Ron
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