☆ENGLISH ONLY☆コミュのTax, tax, tax!

For those who live in the U.S., the doomsday is just 'round the corner. Did you guys do your taxes? Or have you been procrastinating? Are you one of those who say "I'll get it done as soon as I get all the paperwork next year" on April 16 and still end up rushing to the post office at the 11th hour? :-)

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[1] mixiユーザー 04月13日 08:47

i m feeling it now.. even in Canada.. tax sucks dick... >_<.. JAPAN don gotta do tax right?

[2] mixiユーザー 04月13日 10:45

They have to do their own taxes if they run their own business; otherwise, your employer will take care of it fo you... at least that's my understanding. I've never worked full-time in Japan.

[3] mixiユーザー 04月13日 17:30

I have friends who are accountants, but even if I didn't... TurboTax is my friend. =)

Doing taxes last year wasn't as stressful, because I had just got back from Japan and all my 2004 income was there (I paid Japanese taxes). This year's taxes are a bigger pain... life as a working grad student. >=P

[4] mixiユーザー 04月13日 17:34

It's been TaxCut for me. What gets me is that they discontinued the Mac version so I was left with only two choices: F*** it and buy TurboTax, or break down and use their Windows (ugh!) version. I chose the latter simply because time was running out and I wanted to use what I was accustomed to. I will probably switch to TurboTax next year.

[5] mixiユーザー 04月13日 22:16

I already e-filed this years 1040. I have been using an accountant since 1998.

By the way, how much is your marginal tax rate this year?
Please refer to the following URL about my data and how to calculate it.

http://mixi.jp/view_bbs.pl?id=5870480&comm_id=9540

[6] mixiユーザー 04月14日 07:33

I did mine a month ago! THANK GOD! I wish WE didn't have to do taxes...I helped my roommates, too, with their international student forms. WHAT A PAIN!

[7] mixiユーザー 04月14日 08:13

Do international students have separate forms? I simply used 1040EZ's when I was a student.

[8] mixiユーザー 04月14日 09:25

Washington state doesn't have a state income tax... w00t!

[9] mixiユーザー 04月14日 09:30

>Washington state doesn't have a state income tax... w00t!

That is why Bill Gates lives there :-)
Just kidding...

[10] mixiユーザー 04月14日 09:33

By the way, do you think tax in the U.S. is high?
You may think so, but from the point of view of tax income per GDP, the U.S. tax rate is pretty low.

http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/TaxFacts/TFDB/TFTemplate.cfm?Docid=307&Topic2id=95

[11] mixiユーザー 04月14日 10:37

Hi hari.

I agree with you. The tax rates in the U.S. are pretty low compared with most (or possibly all) of the European countries.

Not to be too political, but the U.S. is a capitalist country, where the rich becomes richer and the poor are... well, screwed.

[13] mixiユーザー 04月15日 13:15

Hi Moyo.

Not to find faults with you, but if I were you, I would not put "0" on the W-2 form. While that ensures you get money back, it means there's not much you can do about that extra tax you pay upfront. If you have less tax withdrawn from the paycheck each month, it means you will get more money upfront, therefore you'll be able to invest the money before the tax return. :)

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