There's also a hefty surcharge if you want to pay any taxes with a credit card, rather than a check. A merchant usually eats the 3% or so that the credit card company charges, but the government wants (and is probably legally required) to get the full amount.
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Stephen J Gewirtz <[email protected]>wrote: > Judy, > > I just looked, and I paid $63.55 each year since 2009 for Turbo Tax. That > includes sales tax. And last year and the year before, I paid $19.95 to > e-file Maryland income tax, and I would guess it will cost me the same > again this year.. So I paid about what you paid. > > Since you have a house, my guess is that you itemize deductions and cannot > get by with a more stripped-down version. > > One trick that goes with all of the tax preparation software is that they > will try to persuade you when you are ready to e-file to get your refund > immediately instead of waiting a week or two. If you fall for it, you > will pay an interest rate that is really out of sight. Tax refund > anticipation loans are a bad deal for consumers, but they bring in a lot of > money for companies that provide tax software. I know that you will not > fall for it, but I mention this for the benefit of others on the chat and > discussion lists. > > Steve > > > On 2/2/2012 4:29 PM, judy berlin wrote: > >> I have been trying to do my taxes using turbo tax. At the end I'm being >> charged $80. for federal and state and a processing fee. What am I doing >> wrong? Is there another free tax service on line? >> Judy >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Chat mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://charlesvillage.info/**mailman/listinfo/chat_**charlesvillage.info<http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info> >> archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/**[email protected]/<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> >> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Chat mailing list > [email protected] > http://charlesvillage.info/**mailman/listinfo/chat_**charlesvillage.info<http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info> > archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/**[email protected]/<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >
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