To File or Not To File
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (123361)
Gainesville, Florida
13 responses
@DaddyEvil (144731)
• United States
2 Mar
Go ahead and file. Pretty already got her income tax return. I think the IRS is hurrying, trying to get as much done as quickly as they can before they lose their jobs.
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@DaddyEvil (144731)
• United States
2 Mar
@kareng Pretty filed online and the money hit our checking account several days ago.
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@moffittjc (123361)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 Mar
I owe taxes, so I am no hurry to file. I will wait as long as possible.
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@wolfgirl569 (113836)
• Marion, Ohio
2 Mar
We filled when we got everything and already have our refund
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@kareng (71515)
• United States
2 Mar
@moffittjc Right, may as well keep it in bank account where it will draw a little interest for you until you send it off!!
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@moffittjc (123361)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 Mar
I have everything ready to go, but since I know I will owe taxes this year, I am holding off until at least mid-March before filing. Even though I know I owe it, I don't like parting with my money.
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@moffittjc (123361)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Mar
@kareng That's exactly what I do! That's why I don't up my tax withholdings on my paycheck so that I get a refund each year. When you give the government that money each paycheck, Uncle Sam is earning interest, not you. So, instead, I have the minimal amount taken out, and then I set aside money in a high-interest bearing savings account to collect interest throughout the year before I file my taxes and send the money off to the IRS. I hate that I owe each year, but also feel content to know that I have the money sitting in an account ready to send out when I do my taxes.
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@moffittjc (123361)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 Mar
Why do you have go and burst my bubble like that? I don't need that kind of negativity on a Saturday night! LOL
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@moffittjc (123361)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 Mar
@kareng I did a few shots of liquor last night. Your advice was well heeded.
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@moffittjc (123361)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 Mar
I'll probably file within the next two weeks. I owe money to the government, so I am in no hurry to pay.
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@thislittlepennyearns (63825)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
2 Mar
I filed mine early as I usually do but I haven't had any movement in weeks.
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@porwest (98546)
• United States
2 Mar
lol. Gosh. Could we ever see the day come when we no longer see a need for the IRS? Probably not. I am pretty sure that's probably wishful thinking. But I do think it's safe to say that if Musk and Trump are able to uncover as much waste, fraud and abuse as they want to, and can work the U.S. toward a more balanced budget and even start knocking DOWN the national debt...
We might see bigger returns and less demands for our hard-earned money.
I will say that these are all still tall orders. I am all for Trump, as you know, and I think he can solve some of these problems we have regarding our taxpayer dollars and determining how much the government actually needs. But I also don't believe we're going to get to a point where the government doesn't still act like the government even if it achieves a much higher level of efficiency.
I'd file. lol
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@moffittjc (123361)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Mar
Yeah, government will keep being government, no matter how efficient they become. And besides, is it possible to actually use the words “government “ and “efficiency” in the same sentence?
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@porwest (98546)
• United States
7 Mar
@moffittjc It's a hard stretch, I will admit. 
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@FourWalls (73005)
• United States
2 Mar
I filed January 17. I had my refund by January 28.
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@moffittjc (123361)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 Mar
That's awesome! Such a quick turnaround. Too bad the rest of our government doesn't operate that quickly.
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@LeaPea2417 (37702)
• Toccoa, Georgia
2 Mar
Go ahead and file your taxes. My husband and I and son filed online at the end of January and have already gotten a refund. Elon won't get rid of it. He is all talk.
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@moffittjc (123361)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Mar
@LeaPea2417 I'm not for abolishing our government's ability to collect taxes, I just think maybe this is a good time to start a conversation at the Federal level of how we could maybe find a better way. The IRS tax laws have become so complicated that it's hard to know if you're doing the right thing when taking deductions or allowances when filing taxes.
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@moffittjc (123361)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Mar
I don’t think he or Trump has the power to abolish the IRS. I think that would take an act of Congress.
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@RasmaSandra (83514)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 Mar
I have no idea what to tell you I file no taxes.
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@RasmaSandra (83514)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Mar
@moffittjc I am on SS with minimum finances
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@moffittjc (123361)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Mar
@RasmaSandra I thought people still had to file no matter what, even when on SS.
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@moffittjc (123361)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Mar
I owe taxes, so I’m in no hurry to file. Lol
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@moffittjc (123361)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 Mar
@noni1959 I purposely withhold less than what I know I'm going to owe, because I set that money aside in a high-interest bearing savings account to make me money over the course of a year. I always have enough (more than enough, actually) in that account to cover what I owe each year.
@noni1959 (10310)
• United States
8 Mar
@moffittjc Don't blame you. Last minute long as it's post marked. I remember doing that when I was married. He caused us to owe all the time. Didn't look good for my job but they understood my battle with him.
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@lovebuglena (45799)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Mar
We’ve already filed. Maybe next year we won’t have to lol. Wishful thinking…
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@moffittjc (123361)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Mar
Even if they abolish the IRS, they’re still going to make us pay somehow, some way. Unfortunately, taxes are a necessary evil.
Did you get a refund, or did you owe?
@moffittjc (123361)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Mar
@lovebuglena Nice! I complain about having to pay taxes, but in the end it's not really that bad. What I owe is usually minimal.
@lovebuglena (45799)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Mar
@moffittjc thankfully refund.
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@moffittjc (123361)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 Mar
Yeah, I guess I should not take any chances and go ahead and file. I was hoping I wouldn't have to pay taxes this year. lol
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@Laurakemunto (13137)
• Kenya
2 Mar
I haven't filed mine looking forward to doing it and my advice just file
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@moffittjc (123361)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Mar
I owe taxes, so I am in no hurry to file. lol. But I will probably do my taxes in the next week or so.
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