anybody got their W2 yet? gettin bout that time for dat gubment $$

1/11/2009 7:28:32 PM

no

no one could have possibly gotten their W2 before the end of jan

/sarcasm

1/11/2009 7:29:10 PM

really? (srs question)

i feel like i got mine around mid Jan last year for some reason, but if thats a certain thing then i guess not

1/11/2009 7:29:52 PM

the way our secretary is i probably won't get mine until march sometime


she doesn't give a shit about laws

1/11/2009 7:33:03 PM

Quote :

"gettin bout that time for dat gubment $$"

you mean it's about time for the govt to repay that free loan you gave them last year

1/11/2009 7:33:06 PM

^ ding ding ding

1/11/2009 7:33:39 PM

i was looking at this last friday

i was pretty off one way or another with my withholdings last year

i'm not sure if i was doing the estimator right, but it looks like it's going to be either i owe $750 or i get back ~$830

lawl

[Edited on January 11, 2009 at 7:36 PM. Reason : e]

1/11/2009 7:35:15 PM

ha yeah, it's always funny when people talk about getting money back. you're not doing it right.

1/11/2009 7:35:26 PM

whatever

i don't withhold anything


i like that check

1/11/2009 7:36:34 PM

a truly financially responsible person would put down 100 dependents, not pay in a dime, invest his money, make interest on it, then pay the govt at the end of the year

[Edited on January 11, 2009 at 7:37 PM. Reason : he would also opt out of social security]

1/11/2009 7:36:59 PM

dont forget inflation loss!

we could do an eW2 this year and supposively get the forms a few weeks early

but i wouldnt have my other shit like that early so i didnt worry about it

plus i dont own a printer and would have to remember to do it at work

[Edited on January 11, 2009 at 7:38 PM. Reason : e]

1/11/2009 7:37:29 PM

i wonder how much interest i paid to CFNC in 2008

should be a lot more than i paid them in 2007

1/11/2009 7:37:51 PM

true. i'm pretty sure i'm dead even on federal and might get a SLIGHT amount back on state.

i was really hoping for a lot more back though

call it whatever you want.. a check for a grand that you aren't expecting is always nice, even if it is an "interest free loan to the gov't"

..esp with interest so f'in low these days.. 0% is better than the huge loss most ppl are taking with investment accounts right now

1/11/2009 7:38:41 PM

especially since that money invested could have easily lost 50% this past year

1/11/2009 7:40:37 PM

Quote :

"a check for a grand that you aren't expecting is always nice"

except everyone expects it and way too many people bank on it to make ends meet

[Edited on January 11, 2009 at 7:43 PM. Reason : ^put it in a CD and you won't lose anything. won't make a lot, but 1% is better than 0%]

1/11/2009 7:42:19 PM

i got mine. my wife probably won't get hers because her former boss went AWOL.

1/11/2009 9:10:02 PM

dolla dolla

1/11/2009 10:10:17 PM

It doesn't matter how early I get my W2 because my tax software is usually waiting on updates that won't happen until March.

1/11/2009 10:25:40 PM

i wish i would get mine already so i can do taxes...want to know how much money i'm getting back

1/11/2009 10:26:42 PM

I don't have taxes taken out. I just keep the full amount in savings and pay out at the end of the year.

1/11/2009 10:30:45 PM

ya im an idiot

[Edited on January 11, 2009 at 10:39 PM. Reason : .]

1/11/2009 10:32:39 PM

^^smart man

^quote it all man:

Quote :

" no no one could have possibly gotten their W2 before the end of jan /sarcasm"

[Edited on January 11, 2009 at 10:36 PM. Reason : lkjaj;lkfdsa]

1/11/2009 10:36:25 PM

where is the option to not have any taxes taken out? are you talking about the # of allowances? cause i've never gotten a job and had the option to "not pay taxes"

1/11/2009 10:37:17 PM

put down that you have 99 dependents

[Edited on January 11, 2009 at 10:38 PM. Reason : you're still paying taxes. withholding is just to help idiots who would spend it and have no $tax]

1/11/2009 10:37:41 PM

i thought you couldnt claim dependents if you parents claimed you as one

1/11/2009 10:39:32 PM

you can put whatever number you want on that form you fill out when you start a job. it is used to determine withholding.

when you file taxes is when you have to put "0"

1/11/2009 10:40:28 PM

its not dependents, its allowances

look up W-4 in google

1/11/2009 10:40:34 PM

^yeah, proper terminology

1/11/2009 10:41:18 PM

i use to always put 0 on it...now i put 1 to get more money...and my parents cant claim me anymore cause i'm 24

1/11/2009 10:42:19 PM

i claim 8 allowances.


yeah.

[Edited on January 11, 2009 at 10:46 PM. Reason : i think 10 is the max]

1/11/2009 10:43:42 PM

not to veer too much off topic but...

if i were to donate some clothes tomorrow, could i still write that off for 2008 taxes?

1/11/2009 10:46:01 PM

not legally

1/11/2009 10:49:24 PM

no

1/11/2009 10:49:41 PM

obviously we should listen to nrr since he's displayed amazing grasp of tax law aready in this thread

1/11/2009 10:49:54 PM

the reason i asked is cause for my IRA thing i signed up for recently, it asked if i wanted the first 3 months of donations this year to be counted on 2008 taxes...or something to that effect...i checked no...made me wonder if the tax year went til like april 15th or something

1/11/2009 10:52:27 PM

IRA Contributions go up to the April deadline

pretty much everything had to be completed by calendar year 2008

1/11/2009 10:53:17 PM

^^^where was i wrong?

1/11/2009 10:54:46 PM

calling allowances dependants for one

1/11/2009 10:56:13 PM

well, they're kinda supposed to align, but the govt withholds more for the number of allowances you put down so they get that free loan

[Edited on January 11, 2009 at 11:01 PM. Reason : ideally, you would put allowances=dependents and the govt would make it break even in the end]

1/11/2009 11:00:02 PM

Quote :

"the way our secretary is i probably won't get mine until march sometime she doesn't give a shit about laws"

sounds like my office.

1/11/2009 11:08:38 PM