How the Maker of TurboTax Fought Free, Simple Tax Filing (2013)
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HN comment orderI live in New Zealand. I don't have to file taxes if my income is a standard wage my tax payments are automatic. My employer deducts them from my wage and they are sent to the IRD (Our government tax dept). My student loan and super payments are also automatic. If there is anything wrong then at the end of the tax year I can file to correct things. I also get donations rebates, this is a one page form…
What's puzzling is that the IRS seems to calculate your taxes anyway; if there's a disparity, then they send you a correction a few weeks later. Why can't they do this beforehand so you have the option of just clicking "OK" and being done with it?
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| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
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| 2016-08-09 | How the Maker of TurboTax Fought Free, Simple Tax Filing | walterbell | 5 | 0 |
| 2017-03-12 | How the Maker of TurboTax Fought Free, Simple Tax Filing (2013)First breakout · Best thread | apsec112 | 787 | 439 |
| 2019-03-14 | How the Maker of TurboTax Fought Free, Simple Tax Filing (2013)Latest 20+ point return | danso | 462 | 253 |