Apparently a flood of last minute e-filing by Turbo Tax customers brought Intuit’s servers to a grinding halt last night, leaving customers to wonder if they face late fees and/or penalties for missing the filing deadline. According an IRS spokesman, however, filers who encountered dealys with Intuit’s ervers will not be penalized if their returns [...]
Archive for April 2007
Why Taxes Were Due on a Tuesday
Written by Nickel - 3 Comments
In case you were wondering, here’s why taxes were due on Tuesday instead of Monday: April 16th was Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia. Emancipation Day commemorates the day in 1862 when President Lincoln signed a law to end slavery in D.C. As it turns out, that was nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation [...]
Estimated Taxes and Avoiding Underpayment Penalties
Written by Nickel - 11 Comments
Today is not only the deadline for filing taxes, it’s also the due date for the first quarterly estimated tax payment of 2007. Technically, federal income tax is a pay-as-you-go tax, meaning that you’re supposed to pay into the system as you receive income during the year. For a regular job, this usually isn’t a [...]
Published on April 17th, 2007 - 11 Comments
Filed under: Self Employment, Taxes
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Getting a Refund? No Need to File on Time
Written by Nickel - 5 Comments
As I noted yesterday, it’s easy to file a tax extension. However, you still have to figure your taxes and pay the amount due if you want to avoid interest and late fees. But what if you’re expecting a refund? Here’s an interesting tidbit that I ran across yesterday:
If you’re getting a refund this year, [...]
H&R Block USB Flash Drive Giveaway
Written by Nickel - One Comment
Over the weekend, I received five 256 MB USB Flash Drives from FiveCentNickel sponsor H&R Block. They came preloaded with TaxCut Premium Federal + State, which will probably be useless to you unless you’re requesting a filing extension, but… They’re still pretty snazzy little thumb drives that you can wipe clean and use as you [...]
Published on April 16th, 2007
Modified on April 23rd, 2007 - One Comment
Filed under: Giveaways
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How to Request a Tax Filing Extension
Written by Nickel - 4 Comments
Have you finished your taxes? If not, you’ve got some extra time this year due to that fact that April 15th fell on a Sunday, and the deadline was pushed back further due to April 16th being a local holiday in Washington, D.C. But that still leaves you with just one day to finish the [...]
One Year Ago This Week (April 8th – April 14th)
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Here are some of my favorite FiveCentNickel (subscribe) posts from a year ago:
» Bought and Sold in Under Six Days
» Requesting a Tax Filing Extension
» Max That Roth! (Again)
And this is what was happening over at Raising4Boys (subscribe) over the same period:
» Crossing Things for Good Luck
» One Lovable Dude
Published on April 16th, 2007
Modified on May 15th, 2007 - 2 Comments
Filed under: Best of...
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links for 2007-04-16
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The Best Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
“The new bulbs are smaller and far cheaper (about $5 each) than their predecessors, and more powerful than ever.”
(tags: energy)
EBRI Retirement Confidence Survey – Apr. 11, 2007
“How much do you need to retire? Whatever your magic number is, few would say $25,000.”
(tags: finance retirement)
Published on April 16th, 2007 - One Comment
Filed under: Spare Change
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Weekly Roundup – 04/13/07
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Here’s a quick look at some of the articles that caught my eye over the past week…
Published on April 15th, 2007 - One Comment
Filed under: Link Love
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Welcome Hartford Courant Readers (and Others)
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Just a quick note to welcome those of you that found your way here via Gregory Karp’s article that was syndicated in today’s Hartford Courant (and perhaps elsewhere). If you’re a new visitor, then welcome. If you’ve been here before, then welcome back. Either way, I encourage you to poke around and see what this [...]
Published on April 15th, 2007 - 2 Comments
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