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[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by dtb
(or perhaps I've just skipped that part when Turbo Tax asks about it -- but I think we genuinely missed it).

Umm, you might want to think about getting a more sophisticated tax preparer than TurboTax, if you're blowing off its pop-up admonitions. You know, a real person who doesn't have a accept/decline button on her face.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Umm, you might want to think about getting a more sophisticated tax preparer than TurboTax, if you're blowing off its pop-up admonitions. You know, a real person who doesn't have a accept/decline button on her face.

Naw, if you owe it, TurboTax doesn't let you blow through it.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by dtb
Well, when I mentioned it to another junior-type guy (I said, "Hey ___, doesn't ____ remind you of Stifler?"), he cracked up and announced it. I was worried that Stifler would be a little insulted, but au contraire.

You thought that a trader would be insulted to be called Stifler? Huh.

Uh, by the way, has porn mysteriously appeared on your computer screen yet?

Originally posted by dtb
He tells everyone that didn't hear the announcement that I nicknamed him Stifler.

Does this make you Stifler's Mom?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
The gash is just a little too gaping?

RP has multiple voids to fill.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
is it sucking up if it works?

Yes. It's ass-kissing if it doesn't work.

And I would have done your taxes for a piece of "cake" or whatever other euphemism we're using for it these days.

ETA: See, this is ass-kissing.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
RP has multiple voids to fill.

Mostly on my timesheets.

ET (hi schmoopie) change "only" to "mostly" because self-awareness is a good thing.

[dtb]

Originally posted by Not Bob
YUh, by the way, has porn mysteriously appeared on your computer screen yet?

Mysteriously? No.

[mmm3587]

Originally posted by dtb
I don't know about the charmed life, but you'd think with the high taxes, we'd get a freakin' break, wouldn't you? At income levels above a certain amount (and it's not that high, especially for a two-profesional-income household -- although I don't know what it is exactly -- my vague recollection is $250K or thereabouts), you don't get the full benefit of those deductions. In coming years, such households won't get any of those deductions. I can hardly wait.

I was aware that the mortgage interest deduction gets phased out, but the state and local income tax stuff does, too? Ugh. Still, I would take the extra income to put me over that hump, I guess. If you made me. If it was absolutely necessary that I get paid more.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by dtb
I don't know about the charmed life, but you'd think with the high taxes, we'd get a freakin' break, wouldn't you? At income levels above a certain amount (and it's not that high, especially for a two-profesional-income household -- although I don't know what it is exactly -- my vague recollection is $250K or thereabouts), you don't get the full benefit of those deductions. In coming years, such households won't get any of those deductions. I can hardly wait.

The last year or two, I think we've barely escaped the AMT (or perhaps I've just skipped that part when Turbo Tax asks about it -- but I think we genuinely missed it).

I totally understand the "oh, I'll just ignore that provision" attitude toward the tax thing. I did something like that last year. I received a chunk of non-cash income and just totally forgot to declare it. Now I don't know what to do about it. But I'm not going to say shit about it now. The way I see it, its too late. Let the fuckers litigate with me if they like.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by mmm3587
I was aware that the mortgage interest deduction gets phased out, but the state and local income tax stuff does, too? Ugh. Still, I would take the extra income to put me over that hump, I guess. If you made me. If it was absolutely necessary that I get paid more.

Everything is out except mortgage interest and charitable deductions--so state/local taxes, children, etc.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by mmm3587
I was aware that the mortgage interest deduction gets phased out, but the state and local income tax stuff does, too? Ugh. Still, I would take the extra income to put me over that hump, I guess. If you made me. If it was absolutely necessary that I get paid more.

Worse. Once you start making over a million, relatives from whom you'd become estranged start trying to get back in your life.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I totally understand the "oh, I'll just ignore that provision" attitude toward the tax thing. I did something like that last year. I received a chunk of non-cash income and just totally forgot to declare it. Now I don't know what to do about it. But I'm not going to say shit about it now. The way I see it, its too late. Let the fuckers litigate with me if they like.

May I suggest the flashback defense?

[mmm3587]

Originally posted by mmm3587
I was aware that the mortgage interest deduction gets phased out, but the state and local income tax stuff does, too? Ugh. Still, I would take the extra income to put me over that hump, I guess. If you made me. If it was absolutely necessary that I get paid more.

SelfTimmy: "were"

[mmm3587]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I totally understand the "oh, I'll just ignore that provision" attitude toward the tax thing. I did something like that last year. I received a chunk of non-cash income and just totally forgot to declare it. Now I don't know what to do about it. But I'm not going to say shit about it now. The way I see it, its too late. Let the fuckers litigate with me if they like.

That's my approach to cash gambling winnings. I wonder how hardcore the audit would be on that. I don't know that "Well, if you look at all the cash withdrawals I made during that tax year, you'll see that I withdrew X dollars, and you'll see that total cash deposits during that time were less than X. So I had no gambling winnings. Yes, I only use cash for gambling. And never for anything else."

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by mmm3587
That's my approach to cash gambling winnings. I wonder how hardcore the audit would be on that. I don't know that "Well, if you look at all the cash withdrawals I made during that tax year, you'll see that I withdrew X dollars, and you'll see that total cash deposits during that time were less than X. So I had no gambling winnings. Yes, I only use cash for gambling. And never for anything else."

Ask Richard Hatch.