does anybody know if this includes the e-file fees?

good item. it only cost me 40 bucks to get my taxwes done though. i guess the massive 256mb drive may be worth the nmoney

Got one in the hopes that its arrival in the mail will remind me to actually DO my taxes before 4/15. Right. Just like the 512 mp3 player I got 6 months ago has inspired me to workout as I promised myself when I bought it.

Woot, $5 shipping down the road to hell.

I'm loving how this looks, but does anyone know if it has the goods for filing with a home business?

spamwarrior wrote:I'm loving how this looks, but does anyone know if it has the goods for filing with a home business?

If you've got a relatively simple home business that you'd normally do a Schedule C for, yeah, it can handle it. If you've got some kind of a corporation going, or LLC, that kind of thing, then nope.

Tax Attacks in 2007 on April 17 this year, not April 15.

Otherwise Woot! Podcast is still funny. If inaccurate this year.

Mustaine wrote:you know if your AGI is $52,000 or less and you are under 50 years old you can file for free with tax cut.

If you are under 50 and your AGI is $52,000 or less, you are a slacker! Get a decent job for crisakes! Even trash truck drivers do better than that.

Woohoo! I just lost my Woot-Virginity on this. I hope I don't become a Woot-Slut now.

digbydriver wrote:The people at H&R Block have been ripping off the public for decades. How about the "instant refund"? That's where you are charged interest on your OWN refund money. Great. Yea sure. I guess it works, but I can't see sending those crooks any money when you can use Turbo Tax reliably year after year. Have been for years. Complex return. My $8000 refund is on it's way to my bank account now. Turbo Tax yes, H&R Block, NO.

If you gave the Feds an $8000 interest free loan you are in serious need of professional financial planning help. The intelligent approach is to underpay as much as you can without hitting the penalty threshhold and use the cash to reduce any outstanding debt or invest it.

well, I have finally acted on my 1st woot! As a procrastinator, I have PLENTY of time to do my taxes!

Too bad I already did it online for free and e-filed for free at TaxAct.com.

You can do it online FREE with the IRS here:
http://www.irs.gov/app/freeFile/jsp/index.jsp?ck

j-o-h-n wrote:

Not everyone has an HR dept or consistent income from year to year.
If you don't pay enough in during the year, the IRS will smack you with
a penalty, so it is better to err on the side of paying extra. Having once received a large lump payment from a client late in December, I got to learn about this first hand. I'm not a laywer, consult your tax legal and professionals for actual advice.

PS, I use TaxACT which is a swell product.

You are obviously not a lawyer, or you would have known that you can easily avoid the underpayment penalty on irregularly received income late in the year by adding a one page form to your filing.

So I pay the $19.99 + $5 S&H for the software and thats it? Or will I have to pay again when I actually eFile my taxes? I usually get free software, then pay when I file. If thats the case, this isn't a good deal...but if this is all that I'm paying, then its a good deal. Can someone please verify??

Thank you Woot. Ordered mine.

Buck Mulligan wrote:Paying taxes is for suckers!!! HAHAHA!!!!

Hold on, there is someone at the door....

What an absolutely great start to my day!!! That was one of the funniest one liner...Thanks, Buck!

vesuvana wrote:I'm in !
I used TaxCut last year and it was a very positive experience. I always had an accountant do my taxes before, so I was a newbie to doing them myself and it was a breeze. Since I used it last year, I've been getting "deal" emails from H&R Block to purchase this same package as Woot's on a CDROM for $29.95 plus S&H so this is a great deal. When I'm done, it will be easy to store the whole USB drive as the record for this year's taxes.

Ditto.

I go back and forth between Turbo Tax and H&R ... got this one. Price is very good and I like the idea of having the thumb drive to store a copy of the return (with the software), should I need it for reference purposes, etc. later.

There are planty of FREE methods of filing, but if your's is a little more complicated, then, this package is hard to beat.

flowerchildej wrote:So I pay the $19.99 + $5 S&H for the software and thats it? Or will I have to pay again when I actually eFile my taxes? I usually get free software, then pay when I file. If thats the case, this isn't a good deal...but if this is all that I'm paying, then its a good deal. Can someone please verify??

Yes, you will pay an extra 15 bucks to e-file with Taxcut, which is pretty standard. Print it and send it snail mail for free...either way it's a pretty good deal. I just picked one up! Taxact comes with free e-filing but you'll pay more for it elsewhere.

fresh727 wrote:

Yes, you will pay an extra 15 bucks to e-file with Taxcut, which is pretty standard. Print it and send it snail mail for free...either way it's a pretty good deal. I just picked one up! Taxact comes with free e-filing but you'll pay more for it elsewhere.

Thanks for the info. I guess if I'm paying the same either way, I might as well get a flash drive out of it. LOL. woot woot!

does it include E-file for both state and federal?

Are there any filing charges or are they included in the purchase cost? I remember last year there was a big stink about one of the two big companies (and I think it was H&R Block) charging relatively large amounts of money to e-file.
Oh, I guess I should have read all seven pages of postings before I added mine. So it sounds from above like there are additional charges of 15 dollars to E-file. I hate that.

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Too bad I already did my taxes. This is a great deal for tax prep software. Wish woot had this sale earlier in the year. I would have been all over that deal!

Once you register a state on a computer it locks that computer to that state, so you have to buy additional states...
That is, ahem, unless you find a registry hack online that allows you to change it and delete the state data file when you're done filing with that sate...

Already got my return...came hear looking for something to spend it on

frebitz wrote:If you are under 50 and your AGI is $52,000 or less, you are a slacker! Get a decent job for crisakes! Even trash truck drivers do better than that.

Different perspectives... Your area's cost of living must be pretty high. $52,000 is a king's salary for a single twentysomething in a small city. That's $25+/hour, or probably $600+ per week after taxes. Around here, a week of that would nearly get you a 2-bedroom apartment with heat and water included.

Blackbradxl wrote:Already got my return...came hear looking for something to spend it on

Exactly my position at the moment. Shame that there's something worthless like this for me.

Ask4Fish wrote:
That's not always possible with the EIC and the ACTC (Additional Child Tax Credit.) Last year we had $0 taken out in federal taxes (on a $65k income) and received a $7k tax refund. Basically we received a refund of our social security contributions.

But I agree - 99.9% of people who get a refund greater than $500 need to review their exemptions.

If you are eligible for EIC then you may be able to get it through out the year as will. If you meet the qualifications you can file a W-5 - Earned Income Creadit Advance Payment Certificate. Instructions & form can be found at irs.gov

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw5.pdf

And if you are under 50 and made less then $52,000 you are eligble for free file which includes free elctronic filing

http://www.irs.gov/efile/article/0,,id=118986,00.html

I'm in!

Is it MAC OSX compatible?

shrapnel wrote:

Different perspectives... Your area's cost of living must be pretty high. $52,000 is a king's salary for a single twentysomething in a small city. That's $25+/hour, or probably $600+ per week after taxes. Around here, a week of that would nearly get you a 2-bedroom apartment with heat and water included.

Here, Here!! And regardless, coming out of college, that's a good salary no matter what!

frebitz wrote:
You are obviously not a lawyer, or you would have known that you can easily avoid the underpayment penalty on irregularly received income late in the year by adding a one page form to your filing.

I didn't have to pay a penalty because I had paid as much in taxes as I owed the previous year, (which is another of the "get out of it" ways) but that meant that the next year I got a return because to be safe I paid as much in taxes as I had the year with the big income boost.

Just did my taxes, too bad.

midrush wrote:Just did my taxes, too bad.

This is my first woot! And it came just in time for me, as I just started looking for good tax program prices today.

Nice job WOOT.

Nonemptysubset wrote:For Mac users like me, this probably isn't for you: http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/01/30/taxcut/index.php

Thanks for the Heads UP!

But, I guess most Mac users are like me and own a business and have a CPA!

I just saw H and R Block Taxcut on disc at the Dollar Tree today. I don't remember if it was the premium edition, though.

fresh727 wrote:

Yes, you will pay an extra 15 bucks to e-file with Taxcut, which is pretty standard. Print it and send it snail mail for free...either way it's a pretty good deal. I just picked one up! Taxact comes with free e-filing but you'll pay more for it elsewhere.

edited:
ok, I'm correct and wrong. I initally quoted saying there were no fees with premium but there are three versions of premium.

Premium
premium with state
and
premium with state and efile

only the last version ( premium with state with efile ) allows free efiling.

sorry for the mis-info.....

Blackbradxl wrote:Already got my return...came hear looking for something to spend it on

that's like going to the beach to look for a desert.


you go to overstock.com, bestbuy.com, amazon.com to find something to buy, you only come to woot to spend the least you can on something you don't really want most any other time.

golncor wrote:

that's like going to the beach to look for a desert.


you go to overstock.com, bestbuy.com, amazon.com to find something to buy, you only come to woot to spend the least you can on something you don't really want most any other time.

lol bravo! Great description of woot!

Woot-hoo !

First woot and it's actually going to come in handy!
We've been using a different taxpreparer every year for 7 years now. Now it's time for me to do my own.
Thanks woot.com now I won't be dependant on someone else to do my taxes.