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The 1040EZ is too simple to cover lots of things that many people who aren't trying to play any games have, ex deducting student loan interest. If you're hiring a baby sitter/etc and not committing tax fraud by paying the person under the table and not paying the taxes you owe as an employer you have to use the full 1040.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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The 1040EZ does cover most employment scenarios - you W2 workers.
As for the baby sitter, there's two flavors. The kid down the street - really not a tax problem. Then there's the full-time nanny type: potentially making one an employer (presuming they're not from an agency, LLC, etc). But how many people earn enough to make it worth it to go to work so they can pay someone else full time to watch their kids? It doesn't have to be so, but I would doubt their tax situation is merely going to/from work (not that it couldn't be). Day care centers is what the common folk use.
But there's a real point I was hoping to make: although lots of people have complicated tax messes, myself included, they really are in the minority. I was hoping to find some stats on how many people file which forms, but it turns out that most have a paid preparer. The questions is: are they afraid due to all of the hype or simply innumerate?
My first adventures with the 1065 family were very unpleasant. Once done the first time, they act as a fine template and things go along smoothly.
The hype over the difficulty, along with comedians and whiners, far exceeds the reality.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Using HR Blockhead's software saves me 2 or 3 hours reading instructions/figuring out WTH they want me to do/etc. The time saved is well worth the $28 I paid amazon for the download for one of the mid-tier 1040A(?) generating versions this year. The extra $20 to have them efile the state form's something of a wash; PA offers free e-file but the last time I did it manually it took about an hour mostly because the website was stupid. HRB's tool took longer for me to enter my banking information to pay the state than to answer the handful of additional questions they needed answers to.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I just noticed it... it looks heaps better than the previous one.
Kudos to the guy who changed it.
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And when your premium membership has expired, this email would tickle a bit.
"Sorry, to burst your bubble. But your membership has expired.".
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Yes, it looks like all premium accounts can live in a bubble of their own
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We used to glow radioactively...
...so I guess we needed to be contained for safety reasons!
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So Chris Maunder said "Let there be code on Codeproject", and the Premium coders stepped up and everyone could see that it was extremely usful...
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Kenneth Haugland wrote: usful Got it! Now we understand.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Who's we in this setting? US-full? although useful makes more sense.
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Kenneth Haugland wrote: Who's we in this setting? The non-premium members. "usful" = "premium members". It's a poor joke/jibe.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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That's ok, been a sow day for me
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oink oink
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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CarefulCoder wrote: Kudos
What does that mean?
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Well you learn something new every day. I didn't know it could mean so many things.
I had forgotten about the currency in The Algebraist (that novel was quite interesting).
In this case it obviously means the hamsters each get a granola bar.
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What the heck is premium membership and why don't I automatically get one?
Marc
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I really don't know, but I got one and I didn't pay for it. One day it was just there, and I didn't ask for it or anything.
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Kenneth Haugland wrote: I didn't pay for it. One day it was just there, and I didn't ask for it or anything.
Same here.
This happened to all the people who tested Workspaces while it was still in closed beta - so I think it's some sort of thank-you bonus.
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Any way I can get in on such beta-testing?
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where am I gong to get my St Agur fix? That creamy, nutty, deep, unctuous, orgasm of a blue cheese that it is.
So I wandered around a local supermarket and saw some! But it was super steep. Then I noticed some 'Amish Blue' beside it. Not sure if it is a piss take of 'Danish Blue' but at the price, being less than half the St Agur, I gave it a try. And it is delicious. Almost like a St Agur crossed with a less salty Roquefort, so its slightly harder, and a bit drier in taste, but has all the nuttiness and most of the creamyness of St Agur.
So, my steak recipe. Fry up the steak, then when done chuck a bit of water and stock in the pan to deglaze it. Then add cream, a fair bit, and a big dollop of blue cheese, Amish Blue. Cook it till the pungency of the cheese is driven off and its ready.
Utterly delicious.
Naming suggestions anyone for this dish?
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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I'd call it "Steak Totally Ruined"
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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