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2/12/2013 1:12:58 PM

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"I was supposed to get a $325 return from NC but they only deposited $82. Anybody else encounter something similar? "

https://eservices.dor.nc.gov/wheresmyrefund/selection.jsp

There's an option there for if your refund is different than expected. Not sure if it actually works though

2/12/2013 1:26:15 PM

friggin etrade. I had gotten a letter from them that said something about tax information so I figured I had what I needed (hadn't opened that one since I just import it online anyway). Did our taxes this past Friday and got through everything except for the fact that the etrade letter was only informing me that their information wouldn't be available to import until 2/15

At least everything else is done and all I have left is 5 minutes it will take to log back in, import etrade, and then file. Still annoying though, especially considering I got my Vanguard weeks ago now.

2/12/2013 1:28:33 PM

^^ tried that, gave me a phone number to call, which is busy.

2/12/2013 1:29:58 PM

^you owed somebody something. Ambulance ride, child support, property taxes, etc.

2/12/2013 9:23:37 PM

anyone got their NC State tax return back, yet?

2/12/2013 9:26:52 PM

Is there a reason TurboTax won't let me enter in partial sales sold?

2/13/2013 8:59:17 AM

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"^you owed somebody something. Ambulance ride, child support, property taxes, etc."

Might be the taxes on my wife's car then. They were due end of last year, I'm pretty lax about paying those until the registration needs to be renewed.

2/13/2013 11:59:56 AM

Got my federal today, hopefully state will come soon as well.

2/13/2013 12:09:29 PM

i dont even have all my docs yet

2/13/2013 8:36:29 PM

Got my 1099 today

2/13/2013 8:49:24 PM

edit: So you just go to the state section and print it off and mail it in after you get done filing the Federal?

[Edited on February 15, 2013 at 7:05 PM. Reason : .]

2/15/2013 6:56:49 PM

Boom, got my state refund too. Score. Nice and speedy, thanks IRS and NC folks.

2/15/2013 6:58:24 PM

I can finally finish my taxes now thanks to etrade dragging their feet.

2/15/2013 7:08:30 PM

Owed $8 to Federal. $750 SC State return. Pretty much how it has been most years for me.

Just used TT Deluxe and not Premier. There seems to be no need for Premier unless you are doing investing beyond basic buying and selling of equities. All my mutual fund and individual stock transactions were really easy to handle: most of them were imported automatically from my brokers and I just had to update a few boxes manually.

2/16/2013 12:27:33 PM

I have to file in three different states because of work. That's where I get fucked by TT

2/16/2013 12:42:19 PM

i got my state refund this week too. very quick.

2/17/2013 9:23:53 AM

Can I efile my NC tax return without paying $30 to a software company? I've seen a link to https://eservices.dor.nc.gov/nc40/ but I just get a HTTP 500 error.

2/17/2013 10:36:17 AM

^while not free, TaxAct and TaxSlayer are <$20 for state e-file

2/17/2013 11:49:15 AM

^^honestly you can paper file your nc return and get it in about the same amount of time.

2/17/2013 1:45:14 PM

Bah, I'll just pay. It's not worth the trouble filling out the forms and stapling and mailing. Next year I'll pay more attention to the low cost list: http://www.dornc.com/electronic/individual/software.html

2/17/2013 2:39:49 PM

I filed on the 30th of January

got my Fed on the 6th and state on the 14th



[Edited on February 17, 2013 at 7:05 PM. Reason : TurboTax]

2/17/2013 7:04:31 PM

^Same here on the Fed return, filed it via TT last Friday. Got the refund yesterday, fastest I've ever seen it. 1040A, two W-2's, a few education deductions and credit.

2/23/2013 4:12:35 PM

Got a refund on state and federal. Was worried I wouldn't get a state refund this year

2/23/2013 10:10:25 PM

deposits just posted last week!

3/10/2013 2:02:04 PM

Got my e-filed federal refund two weeks ago and my snail mailed SC refund posted yesterday

3/12/2013 9:14:03 AM

I need to do my taxes this weekend. Any suggestions on software to use (e.g. TurboTax, TaxACT) and cheapest place to buy/download them at? Thanks!

3/12/2013 12:15:12 PM

Taxact was fine for me and cost 12 bux

3/12/2013 2:16:55 PM

yeah i've used taxact for the last few years. works fine.



anyone know why i always owe the state? $158, $213, $208, $152, and now $211.

3/12/2013 5:03:53 PM

I'm a fan of TaxAct. All online (maybe all of them are this way now, but i started using taxact 5 years ago) so they can import previous return information, efile and save your previous returns online so I don't have a bunch of paper to hold on to.

3/12/2013 5:24:52 PM

How on earth would we know why you owe the state that much?

3/12/2013 11:06:50 PM

Jeepnig, plz post your tax returns so we can help you

3/13/2013 1:49:30 PM

I need to do my taxes, but I also want to get the final contributions to my 2012 Roth IRA. Do I need to wait to do my taxes until I max out last year's IRA limit?

3/13/2013 2:02:15 PM

roth ira shouldn't contributions shouldn't affect your taxes

3/13/2013 2:03:10 PM

sweet, well there goes one of my excuses for putting it off

3/13/2013 2:04:57 PM

So I used TaxAct online and I'm almost done with our taxes. We just had a child during the 2012 Tax Year and I'm trying to understand the things we can benefit from and I am getting confused.

This is what I know so far:

Dependent - We can claim our child as a $3800 exemption on our 2012 tax return
Child Tax Credit - something different?
529 - something we need to setup through the state? how? what's the limit?
Coverdell ESA - something we can setup through our brokerage? I think it's $2000 per year.
anything else?

My understanding is both 529 and ESA are not taxable in the future when we need to use it, but they have no affect on our annual tax return this year since they are not tax deductible/exempted now.

Is this why TaxAct never asked me on our current 2012 tax return whether or not we are setting up 529 or ESA this year?

[Edited on March 14, 2013 at 3:51 PM. Reason : hmm]

3/14/2013 3:50:20 PM

Dependent Exemption - Correct
Child Tax Credit - $1000 per child under age 17 (could vary depending on income)
529 - set up a NC 529 plan. $5000 deductible for MFJ per year on the NC return (approx savings $350) - 529 generally grows tax free. You will not be able to retroactively make contributions for 2012, you will start in 2013.
Coverdell ESA - not a fan

On a side note NC finally approved the NC education adjustment. Everyone needs to verify they got a $4000 deduction on their NC return if they got an education credit.

http://www.dor.state.nc.us/taxes/individual/tuition.html

3/15/2013 7:57:23 PM

^ thanks for the info! Why are you not a fan of Coverdell ESA? It sounds like it works just like IRA/529, not taxable in the future when you need to use it.

3/18/2013 9:56:53 AM

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"How on earth would we know why you owe the state that much?"

i thought t-dubbers knew everything.

3/18/2013 10:29:56 AM

I donotated $100 to my Hapkido Dojo when I moved from Wilmington. Can I use this as a tax deduction?

3/20/2013 1:01:13 PM

Most likely not

3/20/2013 1:43:18 PM

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"^ thanks for the info! Why are you not a fan of Coverdell ESA? It sounds like it works just like IRA/529, not taxable in the future when you need to use it."

Their is no deduction in NC for a Coverdell ESA contribution, their is one for the 529 plans. Its not a huge amount of savings but the 529 plan is what everyone does.

3/21/2013 8:21:51 PM

owe NC and NY taxes which takes away about half of my federal return

3/27/2013 1:18:47 PM

Many people could probably benefit from this. Too bad intuit is against it.

http://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-maker-of-turbotax-fought-free-simple-tax-filing

3/27/2013 6:42:56 PM

i'm almost at 60 days with no sign of federal return

HRblock says "processing"

3/27/2013 6:56:06 PM

I saw an article recently about a specific group of filers using HR Block that filed within certain dates in February and had form 8863 (education credits) were using an outdated form that didnt prefill some yes/no checkboxes and were on hold or not accepted by the IRS yet. If you meet that criteria I'd definitely be calling them up.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/03/16/filers-frustrated-refund-delay/OL9rZYUJJaXf4f7TvY0OGO/story.html

3/28/2013 6:32:13 PM

no edu credits here

closest thing would be student loan interest

3/28/2013 8:07:56 PM

You are probably being audited. Go to the IRS site and use their 'where's my refund' page to see what it says compared to the HR Block status.

[Edited on March 28, 2013 at 8:54 PM. Reason : .]

3/28/2013 8:53:40 PM

sorry, i meant to say that the IRS site says "processing"

Quote :

"Your tax return is still being processed. A refund date will be provided when available"

[Edited on March 28, 2013 at 9:10 PM. Reason : will call tomorrow]

3/28/2013 9:10:13 PM

I apparently got a $2500 interest free loan from the gov't this year... but now I must pay it back

4/3/2013 8:25:27 AM