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Useful Life Skills [extra fabulous] (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by cannedtuna@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[An angry kid sits at his desk in school complaining]

Kid: Ugh why don’t you teach us about things we’ll actually need to know as adults?!

[An unamused teacher]

Teacher: Ok, I’m going to teach you how to do your taxes while also dealing the death of a loved one

[The teacher, wearing the same expression, holds a knife in one hand, and a hamster in the other]

Teacher: Please itemize your deductions while I deal with Mister Hamps, the class pet

[A class of shocked and crying kids look on in horror while trying to simultaneously do their taxes. The cries of the hamster off screen are cut off abruptly]

Hamster: SQWEEE- -

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[–] BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

A whole year? The vast majority of people do not need to do much more than take the standard deduction and input their work income. The IRS offers free fillable forms with clear instructions.

Anyone who believes this either has a very complex tax situation or has just never actually tried to do more than let TurboTax scam them.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

never actually tried to do more than let TurboTax scam them

Filling your returns by hand is obnoxious by design. Importing your data digitally saves a ton of time and wrist strain.

It sucks that TurboTax has a functional monopoly on the IRS API, but you're really trading time (and annoyance) for money. Most people justifiably bite the bullet and file electronically.

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[–] Erusset@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

Freetaxusa is free federal and cheaper state. They still try to upsell you (but not as aggressively), but the most I ever paid for standard deductions and nothing crazy is $15 for the state.

And the experience is the same as the other ones. Pretty simple

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Freetaxusa is free federal and cheaper state.

Haven't tried it in a minute, but I've got a Schedule B and D to file. It wasn't helpful for that.

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