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Help with my taxes please!!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1088153" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p>Although the amounts are going to be higher for most people, you brought up a fantastic point: ultimately, faux deductions equate into a minimal amount of cash placed back into your pocket. I agree, we should be able to deduct things like our work shoes, but my opinion's irrelevant and enforceable tax laws reign. If claiming work shoes as a deduction was your sole hiccup, I wouldn't worry -- but typically, that's not the case. If you do get audited -- and things like cell phone deductions will heavily increase your chances -- the penalties you pay & headache you'll endure will make you realize that the extra dinner out your ill-informed deductions bought simply wasn't worth it. And before anybody says "it won't happen to me..." I'll reiterate: my brother is a tax attorney and most of his clients aren't rich people scamming caught scamming the system, or deadbeats who refuse to pay. This is just an FYI, honestly, I don't care what anybody does/does not do.</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>This has always bothered me, too. Most services like Liberty & Jackson-Hewitt are located in improvised areas, mainly because these people are the most vulnerable to buy into the marketing that tax return services can create refunds. The average person preparing these returns has, at most, a few hours of classroom training (no college education or anything). Then they charge $35 to complete the EZ form, which takes them 5 minutes to complete -- and anybody with a middle school education could figure out in under an hour. For many years I've volunteered for a local organization and have prepared probably thousands of returns for low-income people. These people always get upset that I can't create money for them -- most of them have never worked, and receive their income from the gvt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1088153, member: 43436"] Although the amounts are going to be higher for most people, you brought up a fantastic point: ultimately, faux deductions equate into a minimal amount of cash placed back into your pocket. I agree, we should be able to deduct things like our work shoes, but my opinion's irrelevant and enforceable tax laws reign. If claiming work shoes as a deduction was your sole hiccup, I wouldn't worry -- but typically, that's not the case. If you do get audited -- and things like cell phone deductions will heavily increase your chances -- the penalties you pay & headache you'll endure will make you realize that the extra dinner out your ill-informed deductions bought simply wasn't worth it. And before anybody says "it won't happen to me..." I'll reiterate: my brother is a tax attorney and most of his clients aren't rich people scamming caught scamming the system, or deadbeats who refuse to pay. This is just an FYI, honestly, I don't care what anybody does/does not do. This has always bothered me, too. Most services like Liberty & Jackson-Hewitt are located in improvised areas, mainly because these people are the most vulnerable to buy into the marketing that tax return services can create refunds. The average person preparing these returns has, at most, a few hours of classroom training (no college education or anything). Then they charge $35 to complete the EZ form, which takes them 5 minutes to complete -- and anybody with a middle school education could figure out in under an hour. For many years I've volunteered for a local organization and have prepared probably thousands of returns for low-income people. These people always get upset that I can't create money for them -- most of them have never worked, and receive their income from the gvt. [/QUOTE]
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