https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:55:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund/page/2#post-129384 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:26:49 +0000 looch 129384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've got to ask my husband! As an AMCIT living abroad, I still have to file, but I get an automatic extension until June 15. They've been done for a while, not sure if I owe again this year or not! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund/page/2#post-126352 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:02:16 +0000 ohapostrophe 126352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got them in at the very last minute, but we always owe. I actually prefer it that way so that the government doesn't hold on to my money all year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-126327 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:39:46 +0000 autumnlove 126327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had them done last month. Big refund this year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-126325 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:38:19 +0000 Nskillet 126325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For all you accountants out there what is the best way to claim as married filing jointly?! I feel like when you make equivalent wages you get screwed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-126281 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:03:32 +0000 meaganceleste 126281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband and I are both accountants (although neither of us does taxes, my husband works in audit and I work for a hedge fund), so we did our taxes one evening shortly after we got all our forms back in early February. </p> <p>We over-deduct so we get a nice little refund every year, I don't care if they say its an interest-free loan to Uncle Sam, I think we'd only earn $10 on that money if we had it sitting in savings and this way I'm not tempted to spend it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-125402 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:38:49 +0000 mrs. wagon 125402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our accountant finished up the day before tax day (!!!) and he and we both were really surprised to find that we are getting a return!! Since I was on unemployment two years ago we owed quite a bit last year... this past year I became a contractor so we were expecting to owe again. So glad we don't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-125315 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:48:25 +0000 eeh 125315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had ours done in February and came out with a $5 refund which I'm super happy about. I like that we have our withholdings set to the proper amount so we can budget accordingly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-125301 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:42:14 +0000 MsLipGloss 125301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We filed a few weeks ago and got a decent refund. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-125286 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:29:54 +0000 winniebee 125286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We filed in February and got a sizeable refund - which prompted me to change our withholdings. We paid off our credit card.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-125285 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:24:49 +0000 tequiero21 125285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Done w taxes. Most we ever owed sux boodie... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-125256 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:57:46 +0000 dc yoga bee 125256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our taxes were done in January. Gotta love an accountant for a DH, and we used the refund for the food for our March wedding! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-125120 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:34:38 +0000 Weagle 125120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours are done, and we owed a pretty penny... which is awesome when you're preparing for a baby! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-125045 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:08:43 +0000 chopsuey 125045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We filed a week or so ago. No refund! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-125041 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:08:08 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 125041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've had mine done since February. I knew we'd be getting money back and I wanted it ASAP! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-125015 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:01:27 +0000 Arden 125015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Finished last month, got a refund a couple of weeks ago. Yay for direct transfer! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-125002 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:58:35 +0000 ALittleP 125002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our accountant wrapped everything up last week and sadly we owe money. I'm an independent consultant and only pay once a year. For 2012, I vow to do less work so I don't have to pay such a hefty tax bill again ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-124999 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:57:32 +0000 lilteacherbee 124999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did ours in February and got our refund back awhile ago. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-124993 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:55:31 +0000 DillonLion 124993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow you guys are brave! Ours have been filed for months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-124968 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:48:27 +0000 PBandBaseball 124968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're both accountants, so we file ours as soon as we can to get it out of the way. We got a refund this year but it wasn't huge. I'm a full time grad student now too, so next year's should be a lot better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-124960 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:45:36 +0000 SAHM0811 124960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no refund, but we owe 50% less than we did the year prior so it feels like a refund! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-124936 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:39:10 +0000 mrsjyw 124936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did ours in February. We got a refund, but only because of DH's grad schooling last year, our Tax lady told us that elsewise we were pretty on par with the taxes we were liable for and what we paid during the year! :) </p> <p>I was happy to hear that we didn't give Uncle Sam an interest free loan! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-124933 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:38:27 +0000 joyjoy 124933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Filed a couple weeks ago and we were very close to a wash. We're getting an itty bitty refund. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-124917 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:34:24 +0000 oliviaoblivia 124917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh. I'm going to have to get an extension because our Canadian filing isn't back yet, and I can't do our US filing until it is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-124906 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:30:05 +0000 BSB 124906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did ours in February, too. We got a pretty big refund. Sadly, it's been spent, too. I wish it would have last a little longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-124901 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:28:30 +0000 mrsjazz 124901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did ours in February. We owed money to the feds and got a little back from the state. If it wasn't for the student loan interest I paid, we would've owed a lot more money. Can't wait until next year when we have a dependent! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-124892 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:24:56 +0000 Andrea 124892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: i know! it would be nice just to have it all over and done with but it never happens. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-124887 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:23:21 +0000 Adira 124887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! We did ours in March and just got our refund last week! So nice to get money back. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-124884 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:23:00 +0000 MamaMoose 124884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: K1's are such a pain in the butt! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-124877 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:20:16 +0000 mynoahbear 124877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We haven't started but since we live abroad, we have extra time to file. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/us-citizens-done-with-your-taxes-yet-did-you-get-a-refund#post-124867 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:14:40 +0000 sandy 124867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did ours about a month ago and got a refund or the first time...I made much less last year bc I transitioned to a less demanding job that paid less and then stopped working the first week of October (baby was born in November). I am now a SAHM so we are hoping we will get a bit of a tax break going forward. </p>