Kestryl
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 29, 2019
So for the first time ever, I do not qualify for free filing (yea?). So I’m considering doing it... by hand. With the IRS Free Fillable Form.
I must be entertaining delusions of grandeur, right?
It just doesn’t seem all that out there. I know my filing status (married filing single- husband student loans reasons). No defendants. I’ve got one job in one state which does not have state taxes (compared to two in different states last year). I have interest and dividends, just like last year. I recharacterized an IRA from traditional to Roth, just like last year (my third year doing this). The only difference is we bought a house, but the mortgage interest would require an itemized deduction which would be far below the standard deduction (even with other itemized deductions). So that’s not even a factor.
I’m good at math. My husband is good at math (he teaches math, for goodness sake, and has done simple “tax math” in class). The only worry I have is through misunderstanding, and I literally just have some new numbers compared to last year. (Or the year before that...)
Plus, I don’t know, it seems like a fun challenge.
Has anyone else done their taxes by hand? Or, if you think I’ll regret this, do you have a software recommendation?
ETA: I’m not scared of software. I did it perfectly fine through (free) software for the past few years. I’m above the income limit for free software, so the debate is really do I need to pay $50+ for something that I could do by hand? And if I should use software, what should I use?
I must be entertaining delusions of grandeur, right?
It just doesn’t seem all that out there. I know my filing status (married filing single- husband student loans reasons). No defendants. I’ve got one job in one state which does not have state taxes (compared to two in different states last year). I have interest and dividends, just like last year. I recharacterized an IRA from traditional to Roth, just like last year (my third year doing this). The only difference is we bought a house, but the mortgage interest would require an itemized deduction which would be far below the standard deduction (even with other itemized deductions). So that’s not even a factor.
I’m good at math. My husband is good at math (he teaches math, for goodness sake, and has done simple “tax math” in class). The only worry I have is through misunderstanding, and I literally just have some new numbers compared to last year. (Or the year before that...)
Plus, I don’t know, it seems like a fun challenge.
Has anyone else done their taxes by hand? Or, if you think I’ll regret this, do you have a software recommendation?
ETA: I’m not scared of software. I did it perfectly fine through (free) software for the past few years. I’m above the income limit for free software, so the debate is really do I need to pay $50+ for something that I could do by hand? And if I should use software, what should I use?
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