I thought I was getting $1000 back. Turns out, I'm getting $101. WTF?

Seriously. I didn't make that much money this year. I've only had my full-time salaried job for 5 months.

Damn.

I was raring to get my taxes done (waiting for my T4A). Then I got my T4A. I've been procrastinating for a week, now.

You stand to get anything back?

Well, if it's any consolation, though I'm going to get back just about everything that's been withheld - it's just because I'm piss poor.

(It might just cover the "education" loan I took from myself from my RRSP 4 years ago so I could buy a laptop for gradschool.)

I'm currently preparing income tax returns three days (at least) a week, ten to eleven hours each day. The accountant I am working with (lawyers can't be "partners" with accountants; it's a legal thing) has about 700 individual returns to do; the minimum fee is $250 for the federal and one state return, and I get 1/4 of each return I prepare.

I love income taxes.

And sasshat - you don't really want a big refund; that just means the Treasury had more of your money for the whole year.

I had $1000 withheld, I'm getting a measly 100 bucks.

I made very little money this year, considering my gross income up to July was 4 grand.

Then again, I've been spoiled by studenthood, which allowed me to get all my withheld back every year...I guess I'm a "grown up" now that the Gov is screwing me out of my money.

I'm getting about $3,000 back, but good lord, the amount they withheld...

I never look forward to filing taxes even if I know I'm getting a refund.

What's most upsetting to me is dealing with Multnomah County's (Portland, OR) income tax; I do the upstanding, tax-paying citizen thing so we can continue to fund our jails, schools, and elderly care facilities (with this soon-to-be discontinued county income tax). Meanwhile, I specifically know people have at the least *said* they are not going to file these taxes. I also know a former part-time resident who skipped out (moved) on paying the income tax with a cavalier almsot-impunity.

I will now remember this is life and it is rarely fair. [/whine] Happy Tax Season everyone!

I'm not even going to bring up how much I owe. Let's just say I neglected to change my W4 from married/5 when I split up with my wife last year. Oops. I'm really, really stupid sometimes.

The IRS thought I owed them $80K for 2000 and $40K for 2001. Until I managed to explain to them that they were insane.

However, I still owe them an amount for 2001. Know what it is? The $42 fee for doing the lien that they shouldn't have done.

Got my taxes all done, just waiting for my student loan intrest form and then I'll be able to send them off. A modest amount is coming back, a bit less than I was hoping for but at least I'm not short.

I get mad thinking about where my taxes are going. I'd gladly pay more if I knew my taxes were helping my fellow citizens and not lining the pockets of the rich.

And the argument that the rich being richer helps my country doesn't hold water.

The mister is getting back about $2000. It'll almost pay off the credit card debt incurred from going to Ontario for his dad's funeral.

I sent them a check for $11,000 last week. Filled out the Alternative Minimum Tax form for the first time: There is your flat tax.

Get a little Google money and a bit of Amazon money, and a few other web programs, and the tax forms just mushroom.