I will get $63

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I went to do my taxes yesterday. I was filing as married filing separately. It cost me $150 to do the taxes. Since I did not work last year, the only thing that I had to report was interest earned from our joint bank accounts, in which I am primary. I was surprised that I did not have to pay anything for that interest. And I did not expect to get any kind of refund, but I will get $63 from New York. That’s a very small amount but I’m glad I will get this much, as it will mean that I only spent $87 to do the taxes. If you think about it, it makes no sense to spend $150 to get back $63 but I had to report the interest so I had no choice but to file. It’s a good thing that I went to the tax place I used to go to with my husband because if you file as married filing separately, it turns out you need to provide the spouse’s Social Security number and that is something that I do not know by heart. I only know his last four digits. Since his is on file I didn’t have to worry about that. While there I learned that he had already done his taxes. I can’t believe he didn’t tell me.