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marlakay

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33. I am total opposite I do my own taxes and take out

Reply to WillowTree (Reply #15)

Fri Feb 6, 2015, 06:36 PM

Feb 2015

The least amount possible, I usually owe between $100-200 each year.

I can't afford to live on less, we are retired.

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ACA tax return fines. [View all] outside Feb 2015 OP

Her tax return is on hold because the IRS funding cuts by the Congress forced them to warn... MohRokTah Feb 2015 #1

But the Republicans know that uninformed voters, like the one in the article will blame Obama. n/t FSogol Feb 2015 #2

Not my point. outside Feb 2015 #4

EVerybody's fine for not having health insurance is only $160.00. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #5

from healthcare.gov handmade34 Feb 2015 #7

I don't get it. outside Feb 2015 #27

It's the first year fines go up next year nt marlakay Feb 2015 #32

It's the greater of $95 or 1% of your household income above the filing threshold... PoliticAverse Feb 2015 #34

Why? Did she recieve health services worth more than that? HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #6

Why? Egnever Feb 2015 #19

The fine has nothing to do with the size of her refund SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2015 #25

that doesn't make any sense JI7 Feb 2015 #28

Hmmmmm.......I wonder how they decide whose to hold and whose to go ahead and process. WillowTree Feb 2015 #13

The earlier you file, the earlier you'll get the refund. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #14

But when the OP says this person filed her taxes in "mid-January"....... WillowTree Feb 2015 #16

Same. Agschmid Feb 2015 #21

She filed in mid January and IRS isn't accepting until Jan.21st JaneyVee Feb 2015 #20

Not late here... H. Cromwell Feb 2015 #24

My neighbor come over yesterday, she filed her taxes and got a 200 dollar penalty Autumn Feb 2015 #3

One emergency could cost her thousands Andy823 Feb 2015 #10

She makes 11 dollars an hour. She says she can't afford to pay more than she was paying. Autumn Feb 2015 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author taught_me_patience Feb 2015 #37

She needs to adjust her withholding tammywammy Feb 2015 #8

Many people do that on purpose because they don't have the discipline to save. FSogol Feb 2015 #9

I over-withhold, though not that much and not because I don't have the discipine to save. WillowTree Feb 2015 #15

Economically, it is better to have your money sooner than letting the government use it, but FSogol Feb 2015 #17

Oh, I agree. The fact that I over-withhold was....... WillowTree Feb 2015 #18

I am guessing H. Cromwell Feb 2015 #26

Really! shanti Feb 2015 #31

I am total opposite I do my own taxes and take out marlakay Feb 2015 #33

I thought maybe that the child tax credit is what made her refund so large. Autumn Feb 2015 #12

Probably the Earned Income Credit Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #30

My neighbor just found out he has to pay a fine for not having coverage. He has never had sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #22

He takes care of himself until he has a coronary. taught_me_patience Feb 2015 #38

That's a Republican argument, did you know that? And we got a Republican HC system, just as they sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #39

from the linked article sweetapogee Feb 2015 #23

yah me thinks she doood something wrong and the irs is "interested" dembotoz Feb 2015 #29

I don't think you understand tax refunds. They aren't proportional to the amount you earn. DesMoinesDem Feb 2015 #35

Maybe she didn't efile and didn't request direct deposit Thor_MN Feb 2015 #36