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sistawendy ([personal profile] sistawendy) wrote2024-02-16 09:40 am
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winning at taxes

Says the IRS, my refund is approved and should be in my hot little hands next week. I have already bragged to my CPA sister, i.e. Good Sister.

The only significant complication this year was getting the last of Mom's Social Security money. What you do in that case is just act like a normal Social Security recipient and go through their little worksheet, which because of my other income said that 85% of what I got was taxable.

Oh: KEXP sent me a tax form for my donation to them several days after I filed, so I could have deducted that. I guess donation statements aren't subject to the same proptness requirements as 1099s & W2s. C'est la vie. Enjoy your ~$30 windfall, Uncle Sam.

What to do with the refund? It'll be slightly larger than the balance of my sewer hookup charge – a downside of new construction. I can save $1K by paying it off ASAP, but given the state of the world, maybe I should just save it.

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