Finished The Tax Prep
By Angie
@andriaperry (116860)
Anniston, Alabama
March 14, 2017 5:54pm CST
No I do not do my own taxes since I run my own business, I have a CPA and he is awesome.
I started these back in January, I figured up all the receipts and all I had to do was list the income and outgoing for each rental house, all the car/truck stuff and the doctor bills, etc.
I cleaned it up and made it look nice and readable. I will take it to the office one day this week.
This year I went into the red, yep! I lost money this year and dipped into the savings I "had."
Only after I was asked a couple times by @TheHorse "what kind of people I was renting to', this made me think. I do not need to have a heart when it comes to the business and I also told Tony he could NOT be involved, I fixed the houses up and sold 2 within the last six months and I jacked up the rent on the others to get people who could afford to rent and not bum me. I am happy to say all of them are filled with working people with no animals.
Lets pray this year is a profitable year.
Have you done your taxes yet?
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13 responses
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Mar 17
I have always hired someone else to do them, that way they have to answer for me to the irs.
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@DianneN (247219)
• United States
15 Mar 17
I'm happy you now have better tenants who have jobs. Things should look better for you. No, we have to leave Florida to see the accountant as we do every year. I wish my husband would get one down here, but he refuses to stay more than four months.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Mar 17
I would have to do six and six.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
15 Mar 17
We get ours done due to investments and other things that I prefer an expert to do. The little we pay gives me peace of mind and I don't have to print out 30 pages of stuff. Done long ago and money in the bank.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
15 Mar 17
@andriaperry This woman is a CPA who works in the Farm Bureau office. We had a very bad experience with one of those 'big name' tax prep guys years ago and always go the other route now.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Mar 17
Same here, I prefer a professional, a CPA and not one of those tax places.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Mar 17
That is good, getting a refund?
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@Marilynda1225 (80018)
• United States
15 Mar 17
Its good to hear that you have better tenants in your rentals. Hopefully this will be a profitable year for you. I just finished my taxes so that's one less thing to worry about
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Mar 17
Yes, I was using my heart instead of my head
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@Dena91 (15928)
• United States
15 Mar 17
@andriaperry I clean houses/business and mow
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Mar 17
@Dena91 I used to do that. Both and the mowing business made more and I liked it better.
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@dodo19 (47120)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
15 Mar 17
We've done our taxes ourselves. It's pretty straight forward for us with regards to last year. We worked a little for others and that was pretty much it. So we did it ourselves to save a few bucks. We didn't want to pay someone to do it, if it was easier to do ourselves. Some places are just a rip off anyway. We did it last week.
When we do ours next year it might be a little trickier, as I am working from home and technically self-employed, but I think we may still try to do it ourselves. I'll just have to keep track of everything I do and try and get as much info as I can.
@allknowing (130210)
• India
15 Mar 17
We too have tax consultants who do our tax returns on a small fee.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Mar 17
I think its best to use those people`s services.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Mar 17
I just got the last of my tax papers last week. Everything is late this year.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
15 Mar 17
Ugh! Tax time again! A profitable year would be nice!
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@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
15 Mar 17
they are done, we have our refund already, and one of my daughters is an accountant
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Mar 17
Well they could but them didnt and got drunk instead.
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