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We are such slackers. We had most of our tax stuff ready to go about a month ago but just never got around to finalizing the paperwork to send to our accountant. Today is THE day. Yet again I wish I was brave enough to do my own taxes but I’m not. Someday when I don’t work “for myself” cleaning houses I will be brave enough. It would be so much cheaper.
So, if you do do your own taxes, make it easy on yourself AND save some money! PLUS, don’t wait until April 16th and deal with the pressure of having to rush. Use H & R Block’s free online program to file your Federal taxes for FREE. Then decide if you want to file State taxes through them for a small fee (really, it is small compared to a CPA) or paper file the state ones.
Best of all, there is no gimmick. You don’t enter you credit card information until you are satisfied and ready to submit them. I even tried it out to make sure.
They have absolutely nothing in common but yet they do. They all happen at the end of January or beginning of February. Really, the big bang after the letdown of New Year being over.
This year I am uncommonly excited about the SuperBowl. Our family has finally reached a niche of having one team to cheer on, well, except my 8 year old straggler who is an Eagles fan, and it just makes it so much more exciting that OUR team is in the Super Bowl, so GO GIANTS!! My favorite part of the Super Bowl is really the food. I usually go all out on snacks and desserts for Super Bowl Sunday but this year we are going to my brother’s. Kind of nice to only make one thing. I will share the cookies and cream cupcake recipe with you tomorrow if they pass my taste test.
As for taxes, most years we hire someone to do our taxes. I am trying to convince myself that I really can do my own. It would be quite a bit cheaper! I checked out two programs and did a trial run through on them. Last year I tried TurboTax and thought it made it so much easier. This year I tried another program and thought it wasn’t quite as easy but still was so much easier than making heads or tails out of paper filing. If you file by the old paper method, I highly recommend signing up with TurboTax and filing your federal tax for FREE. It makes it so much easier. Then you can decide if you want to file your state taxes for a fee through Turbo Tax or stick with a different method. Either way, what do you have to lose? Pretty much the only thing is “a whole lotta stress”. Even if you decide not to file with the program(like me), it is really nice going to into it having a good idea of what you are going to owe/get back.
Finally, do you watch Survivor? I have been watching since Season 3 and can’t believe they are on Season 24 already??!! This is one thing I love about Super Bowl. too. I know that Survivor’s new season is starting. I can’t wait to see what happens with the new dynamics of both tribes living in the same area. Will they work together or split up the island?
If you are quick enough filing your taxes and get money back, you could always use some of that money to have a huge Super Bowl or Survivor Premiere party. Using our money saving tips and sales matchups you can do it without it taking a huge bite out of the budget.
Now go have fun cheering on your favorite team!
Use H & R Block to file your state taxes for FREE. There is a fee to file your state taxes but every little bit counts. We have so many different things to take into account on our taxes that we have a CPA do it for us. However, each year I will go do the free part so I can get a good idea of what we are looking at for taxes, whether it is owing or being owed to us.
The best part is it takes out the complication of tax numbers. You simply answer the questions and fill in the amounts they ask you and you are set.
