(09-29-2020, 03:35 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(09-29-2020, 03:16 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: You got money back? Why didn't you just let the government keep it? Because you aren't going to let them keep one plugged nickel more than they are entitled to keep, that's why. Same as the rest of us Trump and Biden included. And if you're filing an EZ you should look at the free services instead of paying someone, there's a bunch of folks who do it pro bono and it sounds like you've got better uses for the money than paying some shmuck to do it. I did the same thing for years too, it just chapped my [BLEEP] to give some guy 50 bucks to fill out a one page form.

No, technically I didn't get money back. I ended up $68 in the hole by the time I paid the tax guy the $79.99 he charged to fill it out. That was the cheapest price I could find for someone to do my taxes locally, here in Ohio. As for letting the government keep it, I needed it to cover the cost of paying the tax guy. I need that money to live on. Trump and Biden don't. Both are independently wealthy. 

Where is there free services? I don't know of any and if it's free, doesn't that mean it's low quality? I don't trust things that are free. As I said before, I'm not messing with the IRS. I don't want to lose what little I have.

Check your local United Way office, they can refer you to several different organizations (including accounting firms) that do EZ filing for no cost. And the idea that your need is more than someone else's isn't sufficient to justify confiscating what they have. That's a bad road to go down. And I'm an advocate of the Fair Tax, I believe it's a better solution than the Flat Tax. In any case, consumption based taxation is better than income based, but it can't be manipulated so it'll never happen.

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