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Thais Soares
Just to add another perspective - I extend every single year and have for the past decade. I'm a small business owner, and my K-1s never arrive before the April deadline. Here's what I do: 1. I make a conservative estimate of what I'll owe (usually overestimating slightly) 2. I pay that amount with my extension request (Form 4868) 3. I file my actual return in September when I have everything I've never once paid a penalty because I'm careful to pay enough with the extension. The key thing most people miss is that an extension is only for FILING, not for PAYING.
Nalani Liu
ā¢Do you use a tax professional to help with the estimate or do you just figure it out yourself? I'm worried about getting the estimate wrong.
Thais Soares
ā¢I work with my accountant to make the estimate, but you could definitely do it yourself if you understand your tax situation well. The safest approach is to slightly overestimate what you'll owe. If you end up overpaying, you'll just get that money back as a refund when you file your actual return. For a DIY approach, you can use your previous year's tax return as a starting point and adjust for any major changes in income or deductions. The IRS mainly wants to see that you're making a good faith effort to pay what you reasonably believe you'll owe.
Axel Bourke
Whatever you do, DON'T just pay $1 with your extension if you know you'll owe $54k. That's a recipe for disaster with penalties and interest. The failure-to-pay penalty is usually 0.5% of unpaid taxes per month, and interest compounds daily on top of that! A better strategy would be to either pay the full amount you expect to owe with your extension OR set up an installment plan with the IRS. They're actually pretty reasonable to work with if you're proactive.
Aidan Percy
ā¢True. I owed about $35k two years ago and couldn't pay it all at once. Set up an installment plan and the process was surprisingly easy. Just had to fill out Form 9465 and was approved pretty quickly.
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Something nobody's mentioned yet - check if your state has first-time homebuyer tax benefits! While federal benefits are limited these days, many states still offer credits or deductions specifically for first-time buyers. Also, small refunds aren't always bad news. It usually means your withholding was accurate throughout the year. A huge refund means you've been giving the government an interest-free loan all year. Ideally, you want your refund/amount owed to be close to zero!
Connor Byrne
ā¢Are there specific states that are better for homebuyer benefits? I'm actually planning to buy in the next year and could potentially look at properties in either Illinois or Wisconsin since I'm near the border.
Illinois has some decent programs for first-time homebuyers, including their IHDAccess program which can provide tax credits up to $6,000 for qualifying buyers. Wisconsin offers the First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account which allows tax-free savings for a down payment. Just remember these are often programs you need to qualify for and apply to before purchasing your home - they're not automatic tax credits you can claim after the fact. Each state's housing authority website will have the most current information, as these programs change regularly.
Yara Elias
TurboTax might not be asking the right questions for your situation. I switched to FreeTaxUSA last year and found it asked more detailed questions about my home purchase and found deductions TurboTax missed. Plus it's way cheaper!
Second this! TurboTax kept my refund at $120 until I switched to FreeTaxUSA and ended up with $340 instead. Same exact information entered, but FreeTaxUSA found credits TurboTax somehow missed.
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One thing to watch out for when paying amended returns with credit cards - make sure you select the right tax year and form type. I made a payment through payusatax.com for my amended 2020 return, but I accidentally selected just regular "Form 1040" instead of "Form 1040-X" or "Amended Return" in the payment options. It took the IRS over 3 months to properly apply my payment since it wasn't immediately clear it was for an amended return. I had to call them multiple times to get it sorted out. So double check all your selections before submitting the payment!
Chloe Zhang
ā¢Does selecting the wrong option cause interest to keep accruing in the meantime? I'm already paying a pretty big amount for my amended return from 2020 and don't want to get hit with even more interest and penalties.
Yes, unfortunately. Since the payment wasn't properly applied right away, the IRS system didn't recognize that I had paid, so interest continued to accrue for about 2 months until they sorted it out. I did eventually get them to remove the additional interest charges since I could prove I made the payment on time, but it took multiple phone calls and a formal request. The whole hassle could have been avoided if I had just selected the correct form type during the payment process.
Has anyone actually calculated if the convenience fee is worth it compared to just writing a check? I'm curious because I have to pay about $1,300 for my amended 2020 return, and the fee seems kind of high just to get some credit card points.
Adriana Cohn
ā¢It really depends on your credit card rewards. The fee is usually around 1.96-2.20% depending on which service you use. So on $1,300, you're looking at roughly $25-29 in fees. If your card gives you 2% cash back, you're basically breaking even. If you get more (like with travel rewards cards), you might come out ahead. For me, the bigger value was being able to delay the actual payment until my credit card bill was due, giving me another 3-4 weeks to come up with the money. That flexibility was worth the small fee.
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We're a small business selling in about 15 states, and we use a mix of automation and manual processes. For the 5 states where we have the most sales, we use Avalara to calculate and file automatically. For the other states where we have minimal sales, we do quarterly manual calculations and filings. This hybrid approach saves us money while still providing automation where it matters most. We set thresholds - any state where we do more than $50K in annual sales gets moved to the automated system.
Ethan Davis
ā¢Smart approach! Do you ever worry about missing economic nexus triggers in those manually-tracked states though? Some states have really low thresholds now.
That's actually a valid concern. We do a quarterly check against all state thresholds as part of our process. We track transaction counts and revenue by state in our ERP system, so I've built a simple dashboard that flags when we're approaching a threshold. The states with the lowest thresholds (like $100K in sales or 200 transactions) are the ones we put on Avalara immediately just to be safe. The manual states are typically those with higher thresholds or where we have just a handful of customers.
Yuki Tanaka
Anyone using any of the free resources? The Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board website has some decent tools, and the Federation of Tax Administrators maintains a database of state tax rates. I cant afford the fancy software yet and im just collecting in 4 states.
Carmen Ortiz
ā¢The free resources are ok for basic rate lookup but they don't address the local jurisdictions or special district taxes. And they definitely don't help with filing or tracking deadlines. Maybe check out TaxJar's free trial? They have a basic tier that's not too expensive.
Everett Tutum
After dealing with multiple 1095-As last year, I learned something important: make sure you're entering ALL the information correctly from both forms. Here's my step-by-step process: 1. For Form 1 (January-June coverage): Only enter info for those months 2. For Form 2 (July-December coverage): Only enter info for those months 3. Double-check that your "SLCSP" (column B) amounts are correct for each month 4. Make sure your actual premiums paid (column A) match your records The most common mistake is trying to enter all 12 months for both forms or entering zeros. The tax software is designed to handle partial year coverage, but you have to input it correctly.
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Sunny Wang
ā¢What if my second form has slightly different info in column B than what I expected? My premium went up mid-year even though I didn't report any income change. Should I call the marketplace to fix this?
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Everett Tutum
ā¢It's not uncommon for the SLCSP amount in column B to change slightly throughout the year, even without an income change. The Silver benchmark plans can have small adjustments based on various factors. If the difference is small (less than $20-30 per month), it's probably just a normal adjustment. However, if you see a major jump that doesn't align with any changes in your household, it might be worth calling the Marketplace to verify it's correct. Small differences usually don't warrant the hassle of calling, but significant unexplained changes should be checked before filing.
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Hugh Intensity
Has anyone had issues with their Premium Tax Credit calculation being wrong after entering multiple 1095-As? My refund seems way lower than I expected and I think it's because of how I entered these forms.
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Effie Alexander
ā¢Check to make sure you entered your annual income correctly. If your actual 2024 income ended up higher than what you estimated when you signed up for coverage, you might have to pay back some of the advance premium tax credit you received. That could explain the lower refund.
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