Did our taxes today
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52226)
Staten Island, New York
May 12, 2021 7:03pm CST
Usually taxes in the US must be filed by April 15th.
This year filing has been extended till May 17th.
Went to get them done today.
Due to covid they don't take walk-ins.
It's by appointment only, which we didn't know.
We didn't make one but decided to call them on our way there just in case.
We were lucky that they had a cancellation and were able to fit us in.
It cost us $230 to do the taxes.
We usually paid under $200 and didn't expect it to be that much.
Wonder why the prices went up...
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7 responses
@RasmaSandra (98156)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 May 21
Good that you were able to get your taxes done, Seems prices on many things keep going up.
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@lovebuglena (52226)
• Staten Island, New York
14 May 21
That is certainly true.
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@lovebuglena (52226)
• Staten Island, New York
13 May 21
It's good if you can do it yourself.
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@kaylachan (84928)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 May 21
Because of the fact you have someone else do your taxes and get ripped off every year. Also, the longer you wait to file, the higher the price. If you file online (which I do) and do it at the start of tax season, it's going to cost next to nothing. I pay 40 bucks to file. Only because I don't want to fil my or my husband's personal information every year.
@lovebuglena (52226)
• Staten Island, New York
13 May 21
Really? I had no idea that the longer you wait to file the higher the price will be. I don't want to file taxes myself as I'd have no idea what I'd be doing. But what we paid is way too much.
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@lovebuglena (52226)
• Staten Island, New York
13 May 21
@sharon6345 What do you mean by "card situation'?
@lovebuglena (52226)
• Staten Island, New York
13 May 21
@sharon6345 My friend does his own taxes and so he spends nothing to do them. I am not sure what he uses to do the taxes though.
@LadyDuck (502945)
• Italy
14 May 21
@lovebuglena Our forms are very simple to fill in.
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@lovebuglena (52226)
• Staten Island, New York
14 May 21
@lovebuglena Maybe ours are too. I never checked. Just don't try myself to do the taxes on my own.
@lovebuglena (52226)
• Staten Island, New York
13 May 21
My friend did it himself as well. I am not comfortable doing my own taxes.
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@LindaOHio (222987)
• United States
13 May 21
That's expensive. I do our taxes with TaxAct; and it costs around $70. I thought that was expensive. You probably paid more because it was last-minute too.
@lovebuglena (52226)
• Staten Island, New York
13 May 21
I asked my dad how much he paid for his taxes he did this week. He said $500. Our $230 sounds cheap compared to what he paid.
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@lovebuglena (52226)
• Staten Island, New York
14 May 21
@LindaOHio Nope. Just two houses, one of which is paid off. The one I'm living in. He used to do the stock market but as far as I know not anymore.
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@LindaOHio (222987)
• United States
14 May 21
@lovebuglena Holy cow! He must have a lot of investments or a business or something. That's really high.
@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
13 May 21
Am glad I do not have to pay someone to do my tax payment. My taxes are deducted from our salary every month so when tax filing season our accountant will just prepare the return for us.
@lovebuglena (52226)
• Staten Island, New York
13 May 21
The accountant at your job does it?
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
13 May 21
@lovebuglena yes he takes care of everything.
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@angelitovillegas (1360)
• Angeles City, Philippines
13 May 21
Your team was so lucky that someone cancelled their appointment. It really hard time when tax filing comes. Prices went maybe because of the global crisis were all experiencing.
@lovebuglena (52226)
• Staten Island, New York
13 May 21
My dad paid $500 to do his. 
I was shocked to hear that. That's way too much.
I was shocked to hear that. That's way too much.