IRS Tax Return Tips and Tricks

a. The amount of time it takes to complete a test.

b. The heights of giraffes in zoos across the United States.

c. The length of time it takes to do a Federal tax return.

d. The weights of the tackles in professional football teams.

e. none of these

Just wondering if anyone has recommendations as I know sometimes you can save more money by holding off on declaring certain things from year to year- such as tuition payments for example. I am 99% sure I don’t owe any money but want to maximize my return from the past 3 years. Any help is appreciated!

Just wondering if anyone has recommendations as I know sometimes you can save more money by holding off on declaring certain things from year to year- such as tuition payments for example. I am 99% sure I don’t owe any money but want to maximize my return from the past 3 years. Any help is appreciated!

What does it mean if I am fat and I eat a lot and I never lose weight and I eat a lot? Do I get tax deduction

when is the last day too file taxes?

I am filing an amended tax return the 1040x. And I have only used software to do my taxes before now. I have my tax stub and I need to know how to figure my agi from my w2.

I live in Tennessee where there is no income tax. I work in Mississippi where there is income tax but no property tax. So I have the luck of paying one state’s income tax (MS) and another state’s property tax (TN). Now, to pay my MS state income tax, my wife’s salary that was completely earned in Tennessee is calculated into how much I owe Mississippi. Can anyone explain how this is possibly justified? I see taxing my income for working in MS (I use the roads, services, etc, it’s justified). But to require that I report my spouse’s income she earned in Tennessee and factor that into what I owe seems improper. The only way to avoid it is to file married separately but then that messes up our federal return. Any tips?

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Background

First time submitting US tax return!

International student on F1 opt, earned just above the minimum amount for a tax return so you would think it would be easy…….wrong!

Well I manged to prepare 8417, 8843,1040NR EZ and another couple I need to do because of my status.

I am now wading through the schedule A for health and job related expenses but my questions after all this long winded info is on the schedule A are

The monthly payments I pay for health care, is this claimable on the schedule A or is it for expenses you have had for medical care?

And under job related expenses – education, professional bodies, unions etc, is this where you would list expenses like licenses, insurance and equipment you have had to buy if operating as an independent contractor?

Also do I have to fill out another form for mileage and tolls allowance, I know it is 55cents in the dollar right?

It’s kind of difficult for me to get into a pro to get this done and the online sites and software program I have wasted hours on recenly didn’t cover all my circumstances and the forms I had to use because of my status.

I would be very grateful for just a nod in the right direction about where I can claim things I have had to buy to do my job and then I am just going to send it with fingers crossed.

And the whole ironic thing is I spent more than I earned

Thanks.

I live in New Jersey, and have never filed taxes before(I’m young and my parents always claimed me.) I’m a full-time student in college, and only made $1,470 in 2006. I just e-filed my federal return with Turbotax, but skipped the state return because in NJ there’s a fee for state returns. Turbotax wanted $25.95 and since my state taxes from 2006 were only $20, I’d be wasting my money. Also, I know if you make less than a certain amount, you do not have to file at all, so since I only made a little over a thousand, maybe I don’t have to file a state return? Thanks for any help.