They may be citizens and are paying taxes like the rest of us.
Posted By: mtstudent on 2007-06-29
In Reply to: Not intending to be racist, but have noticed in our area Sonic Drive Ins (sm) - Curious
What difference does it make?
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I've been paying a lump sum for my taxes
and was starting to get scared that I'm doing it wrong. Actually, my husband was doing the taxes, and this year we're separated. I've just been an IC two years and an MT for a little over three. So is it okay to send it all in April? This will be my first year to write off an office space and such. So many other things were going on before that I had no time to really think this all through. Numbers and taxes and math are not my thing!
Good, does that mean I can stop paying taxes? - nm
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Apparently paying my Iowa taxes
Man, they've gone up. Dang it all to heck.
Otherwise, I'll be using the difference by knocking out my small bills in anticipation of paying off our zillions of dollars worth of student loans in about 800 years.
Rest. doing bad, Chef comes in sets things right, rest. does okay,
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Business owners are usually private citizens
and as such have right of refusal - I sure did when we had our own business. If you see a potential problem you want to get it back out that door pronto. Maybe the owner knew his clientele would not stand for OJ sitting in the restaurant and being served, etc., and believe that is his choice, his call. If he has other patrons of different races, religions, etc., can't see he would be concerned about a law suit. This is not even a religious matter or sexual discrimination - which is protected by law - OJ is hated still by many - his problem.
senior citizens babysity toddlers
Dear toddler hater,
A while back someone got the idea that all those people in the nursing home should be playing with all those kids in daycare! Guess what! It did not work! Why? Because old people were jealous of the kids. So the great american experiment failed and now the old people sit in their diapers alone and the kids get to go the movies with their moms while their dads are in Iraq!
Sincerely,
Defender of yucky, loud toddlers.
Maybe next time hire a company that employs US citizens ; )
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TAXES
This is my first year having to figure taxes w/ IC and I've only done it for a few months. I'm wondering if anyone can tell me anything they think would be helpful to me regarding filing my taxes.
Here are a few things I have heard: That I need to send in 30%-40% of my gross pay quarterly. I have heard I can claim my office space, percentage of my utilities, and any other cost involved with my work BUT I have also heard that amount has to exceed a certain $ amount before I will be able to claim it. That really doesn't make any sense to me but I honestly have no clue.
We normally have our taxes done by a certain company and am considering going to someone else and, of course, plan to ask him loads of questions but I'd like to have some sort of idea from any of you who are doing this of what to expect.
Thank you for any help you can give me.
Taxes
Be sure to read all the way to the end!
Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax the table At which he's fed.
Tax his tractor, Tax his mule, Teach him taxes Are the rule.
Tax his cow, Tax his goat, Tax his pants, Tax his coat.
Tax his ties, Tax his shirt, Tax his work, Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco, Tax his drink, Tax him if he Tries to think.
Tax his cigars, Tax his beers, If he cries, then Tax his tears.
Tax his car, Tax his gas, Find other ways To tax his ass
Tax all he has Then let him know That you won't be done Till he has no dough.
When he screams and hollers, Then tax him some more, Tax him till He's good and sore.
Then tax his coffin, Tax his grave, Tax the sod in Which he's laid.
Put these words upon his tomb, "Taxes drove me to my doom..."
When he's gone, Do not relax, Its time to apply The inheritance tax.
Accounts Receivable Tax Building Permit Tax CDL license Tax Cigarette Tax Corporate Income Tax Dog License Tax Federal Income Tax Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) Fishing License Tax Food License Tax, Fuel permit tax Gasoline Tax (42 cents per gallon) Hunting License Tax Inheritance Tax Interest expense Inventory tax IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax) Liquor Tax Luxury Taxes Marriage License Tax Medicare Tax Property Tax Real Estate Tax Service charge taxes Social Security Tax Road usage taxes Sales Tax Recreational Vehicle Tax School Tax State Income Tax State Unemployment Tax (SUTA) Telephone federal excise tax Telephone federal universal service fee tax Telephone federal, state and local surcharge taxes Telephone minimum usage surcharge tax Telephone recurring and non-recurring charges tax Telephone state and local tax Telephone usage charge tax Utility Taxes Vehicle License Registration Tax Vehicle Sales Tax Watercraft registration Tax Well Permit Tax Workers Compensation Tax
COMMENTS: Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids. What happened?
And I still have to "press 1" for English I hope this goes around world 10 times
It's America, I shouldn't have to press anything to hear English. The constitution was written in English, not Spanish.
I do our taxes myself
and he never even looks at them. Hopefully we won't refinance or anything anytime soon where they'll need to be looked over. I'm going to pay these things off and stop it... hopefully within the year.
I would rather pay more in taxes than to have--sm
someone garnishee my wages for her insurance program that I may or may not want!! Besides, his idea of changing the way taxes are collected is much more fair than the way it is now. Is that all you have against him?? Gotta do better than that!
Taxes
Honey, I feel your pain. And, if at all possible you do need to get on top of your quarterlies. I failed to do that and now owe about $40,000. My husband and I called the IRS and they generally will work with you on a payment plan that you can afford, but unfortunately, interest and penalties contine to accrue. I think as long as they see you are making an effort they will work with you. I think if you make payments to the IRS you can claim that as a deduction for the next year's taxes as well. Best of luck to you!!!
Me, myself and I and my taxes sm
mmm 'scuse me. I had only my IC income and only Federal taxes to pay last year. I paid in $7000 and some. I don't quality for a stimulus check either. Raking it in? Hardly! I pay 30% of my taxable income in taxes and I can only take the standard deduction, plus what came out to about $2000 in office expenses last year. You add up $7K x 3, + 2007 standard deduction for a single person + $2000 and you got my income.
I don't call that raking it in!
taxes
You can claim your adult kids (if you are single) to put you in the head of household category (which is a lower tax bracket) than claiming single. You can't claim married and head of household.
AND
You have to be able to prove you provided over 50% of their expenses, such a rent, food, utilities. If they have a job and are working you can't claim them unless you can still prove what you are paying for them is over 50% of their expenses. So basically they have to have a really lousy job or no job at all or be working spoiled brats! Mine have fit into all of those categories at one time or another.
this is funny *lol*.......el....ya know the rest
LOL - no, the rest were a partial
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Good. She is no better than the rest
of us, but she thinks she is. Isn't she 26 years old??? GROW UP. GEEZ. She is just getting too much attention and SHAME ON HER PARENTS. They are enalbing her. 45 days. GREAT. She better not get out again.
Her visitors can bring her magazines and books, or maybe she cannot read. LOL
Me too! But I cook, he does all the rest : )
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Rest in Peace,
Oh NO! I didn't know. I am devastated!
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God help the rest of you if you're ever in need!! sm
I can't believe nobody could possibly believe maybe this man just has a kind heart and saw a woman about to give birth ALONE, who's maybe not in the best of situations, and he was able to help.
There are kind people in the world, and really they have known this woman for a decade, there is a friendship there.
My husband doesn't consult me on purchases, nor do I consult him, we have separate accounts, we make our own money to use as we wish. I can assume this couple is the same way, since the OP had to check HIS checkbook to even know what he spent.
The stylist was lucky to have a customer with a heart.
The rest of the story . . .
I took him the stuff as a thank you for his time and because he looked like death warmed over (found out later he'd pulled 16 hours, off for five, and called back to that intersection). Actually, when he came back with flowers I was shocked. I figured his main agenda was to talk me out my panties since his girlfriend was on a cruise or something. I had just come out of a 14-year marriage that went from good to bad to downright ugly. The last thing I wanted (or felt I deserved) was attention from a decent man. I said thank you for the flowers but I can't accept them. I would put water out for a dog on a day like that. No big deal. I declined his offer to go out and he persisted. I figured he was turned on by a challenge and I would stop this right quick. I told him I was fresh out of a bad marriage and that I like my men like my cats--neutered. Well, he had a thing or two to say to me. He said he simply wanted to take me to dinner for my kindness in giving a snack, he wasn't trying to get in my pants, and he sure as hell wasn't asking to marry me (God help the poor SOB who ever did ask me is what he said). Well, then I felt like a hateful shrew so I apologized and agreed to meet him that Saturday in a public restaurant. We had a very nice time. He gave me his number and said call when you feel like it and I hope you will share your number with me if you feel comfortable. No pressure. He became my best friend and true partner.
Thank you for sharing the rest of
the story. It just proves there are really decent people out there, but sometimes it is difficult to trust. I am the same way. I am so glad things worked out the way they did for you!
Do not know much what is going on in the rest of the world, outside US........nm
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there is really no bed rest anymore -
I went home from the hospital 12 hours after my son was born and had no problems whatsoever. I was at Wal-Mart shopping that night because the doctor told me it was good to start walking and just not to overdo it.
I don't remember there being any pain after he was born, just soreness all over really.
She's paying for it
You can be sure she is paying for the extra attention. Also, the hospital likely insisted that all that security be provided, not because they are necessarly worried about Britney but about people trying to get near her. The last thing they want is for her to get harmed while she's in their institution.
Usually if there is a VIP patient, they don't keep the chart all in one place - they parse it out in 3 or more different locations under lock and key.
Britney has always gotten that kind of treatment - when she was in Mousekeeters, everyone had to leave the gym where she worked out when she came for her exercise. Britney is a little snot, always has been even as a young teenager - turns on the sweetness for the cameras. Millions of people have bought her act.
However, I do feel for her in her present situation and hope she can turn her life around now.
Indiana taxes
A family I know in Fort Wayne area had taxes double this year since annex of Allen County to Fort Wayne. What can I say, welcome to my world in New Jersey (12,000 for property taxes in a townhouse with no backyard)
I agree wth what you said about taxes
I loved what that professor said on the show about Hurricaine Katrina. Of course we didn't see who could pay before we rescued them. We just needed to help them in a time of natural disaster, and the professor pointed out that if a woman gets breast cancer that IS a natural disaster to her. I don't think she should have a better chance for survival if she is a rich American versus a poor or middle-class American.
If we can afford the very expensive war we have been in for the last 5 years I think we can afford better healthcare for US citizens. I feel like although it is important to be safe from terrorists, the most likely threat in many of our lives isn't a terrorist's bomb; I think it is a disease that will cost us hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills that we may or may not be able to pay. I think many Americans die each year because they cannot afford the lifesaving treatment they need to save their own lives, and that is tragedy in my book.
When you file your taxes
NM
Churches should pay Taxes?
My question Do yall think Churches should pay Taxes? I see and hear a lot about some of these well to do Pastors driving MERCEDES and living in fine homes!I personally believe they should why are they exempt?
At least you own property to pay taxes on -
I don't have my own pot to p__s in or window to throw it out of. I was totally depending on that refund to help pay down my gas credit cards.
are your taxes and insurance in with
the house note? By the time you have to pay for these out of pocket, will you realize much difference; I'd say keep paying your house notes and work on the other stuff; just my thinking. DO NOT TOUCH THE 401K; you will be horribly taxed on it as income. Actually, you guys are not that bad off debt-wise, know it's crowded, but you can survive for awhile yet and may another addition to the house would be feasible later; sounds charming, I love rock houses. If you have land, I'd say hold onto this deal, land's getting harder and harder to come by. For sure you don't have homeowner's agency to contend with. This will get better; just keep on keeping on. Good luck.
So how do you know they didn't pay taxes?
Some people on SS file because they make money on the side, or they also have things that give them interest income.
Are you against SS recipients getting money back? After all, those on SS paid in as long as they worked how many years, and they do deserve it. SS doesn't give eough to live on unless you made a fortune in your earlier years. I don't know anyone who can survive on just SS.
What do you do if you owe taxes this year but
Pay part of it? Do they have payment options?
Because the rest of the thread was compromised & only the OP
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It's a really nice foot rest ...
because most of the time you are not going to want to lift it down. If they still have pictures of the tablets, that was a handy feature in case you ever find an unpackaged tablet in your house and can't identify it. :oD
Strippers work for $ just like the rest of us.
What is the big deal?
The rest of the Sweet Adelines
n/m
Time to finally put the Sox to rest...
and move on the World Series. GO TRIBE!
My stepmom, rest her soul
used to love to have my child visit (we are talking in 60s/70s and so) as did her mother who visited them quite a bit. She always talked about how my son loved to be around her mother, her mother quilted, broke the beans in the summer as did my son right along with them. The stepmom only in say 14 years or so (they first took him home with them, my dad and his wife when my son less than 6 months old) that my son acted out on her- at a grocery when she had bought him something and he wanted more. She was mortified that he would have done this. She said he never did this again as he got his privilges taken away. The kids now are certainly in a different place then when mine growing up and I think the Man above for allowing me to raise my children then, not now.
So why has most of the rest of world abolished
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Blessed, Stressed, and Need More Rest
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While the rest of the country prospers, it sure seems like
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Rest in peace, Fred!
We just put our 22-year-old cat, Fred, to sleep this evening. He had wasted away from 17 pounds to 5 pounds and was too weak to stand or eat. He was a loving companion for the past 22 years and will be missed dearly.
Rest in peace, Fred. Benny, Gus, and Lily will be waiting in heaven to greet you with open arms!
Me again, tell you what I did about paying a bill for a dog
like I said above, huge animal lover. I have 3 furkids but a friend of mine whose son is a druggie, was not seeing about his dog. The dog needed an operation for a growth on his foot. I paid over $1000.00 for that and now I buy my newly adopted doggie its medicine each month. I never give my friend money because want the money to go for the doggie, not drugs for her kid but you can believe I am seeing the doggie is comfy!
Okay, I don't mind paying
to make sure everything is in order! Thanks for all the advice!
...paying for it himself out of his PT job earnings. nm
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paying for college
I have two sons in college right now ...one out-of-state, one in a private university. They both end up getting paid to go to school because they have so many scholorships. Did the high school counselor help me find any....NO. We are in a small town and I got no help from the school or town. Neither one of my sons played any sports...but I will tell you what I found out...what is more important is that your child is involved in school and the community. They don't care if they have ever worked a day in their life...they want to know what they have done in school grade wise, and community wise. Even just ringing the bells for the Salvation Army at Chrismtas time will earn you a scholorship. I filled out over 56 scholorships for both my sons to go to school for free...you just have to learn as you go how to word answers on the scholorships. We are not poor but we are not rich...but we made to much money to get any FAFSA help.
paying off bills
In our case, we refinanced through someone in our church who had a refinance company. It included all our credit cards and no, we did not have to cut them up. We still have them and DO NOT EVER USE THEM. It also included paying off our cars. The reason we had so much debt is because I wasn't able to get enough work at that time, now it is great and I can only say we pray and God has blessed us above measure, more than we deserve.
paying off bills
BTW we also pay an extra $100 each month on our mortgage. Years ago someone told us to do that and were never able to until now. Yes, I work hard, but we are doing great and even eat out once or twice a wk and sometimes more. This friend in our church also agreed paying the extra $100 a month. I have heard other fincance people on the Christian radio station saying the same thing, so it does make sense. You pay the extra amount on the principal only.
paying bills
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