Our lightning fast tax system!

[midnight armadillo]

Seriously, no kidding. My accountant e-filed my fed & state taxes on Saturday. Today I got my state refund direct deposited and my fed taxes directly withdrawn from the checking account. Total time: 4 days, including Sunday and President's Day this past Monday.

I am impressed! And now I can get on with things...I used the leftover money (from what was set aside for taxes) from my contract programming work last year to wipe out a credit card yesteday. woohoo! ~6 more months to credit card freedom. 1 more month after that to paying off my car a year early.

[suninvited]

1. Yeah, well....

the IRS has just informed me that I owe them money from the year 2003.

Nothing fast about that !!!


Of course, interest is a big factor, I assume.

[reyd reid reed]

2. They take out a payment due

much faster than they pay out a refund -- although that's a lot better than it was pre-internets.

[cbayer]

3. Did you have to pay extra to e-file?

[midnight armadillo]

4. I have in the past

I've used TurboTax in the past, which gives you the option of mailing a paper return or e-filing for something like $25, but I think the efiling fee is to Intuit and not the IRS. I don't think the IRS allows just anyone to efile without a middle man but I could be very wrong.

I used an accountant this year who e-filed for me and everything is just part ofhis fee. I had consulting income and needed help figuring out deductions for Schedule C.

[DS1]

5. I hope mine are also quick

Some decent cash coming back.

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. We got ours a couple of weeks ago and good thing. All the appliances in my kitchen are dying. (Excep

for the fridge *knocking on wood*)

[Crabby Appleton]

7. I sent my fed return by mail on 2 Feb

and the refund was deposited last night. Tele-filed the state and got it back Monday.

[Hatchling]

8. Was the rebate included?

Or do you have to wait until later for that? I don't normally have to file taxes, but will this year for my little rebate.