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As an American living overseas, I'm forced to file taxes every year even though I pay the IRS $0. It therefore seems very silly to pay around $100 a year for ta
by TillE 5y ago
As an American living overseas, I'm forced to file taxes every year even though I pay the IRS $0. It therefore seems very silly to pay around $100 a year for tax software.
In previous years, TurboTax's free option was pretty great. This year, my only real option was TaxSlayer, since the others required a US mobile number. It worked, but it was very primitive compared to TurboTax. I could've e-filed IRS forms directly, except I also needed to file state taxes, which directed me to use private software.
A very stupid system of filing a bunch of paperwork through private companies just so I can pay/receive $0.
- kube-system 5y agoLook on the bright side, most of us who pay money for tax software get much less than a $108,700 deduction!
- umvi 5y agoJust to play devil's advocate though, there's a difference in the information conveyed between declaring you owe $0 and not making a declaration at all. Or to put it into computer terms, IRS doesn't interpret "no return" as meaning you owe zero taxes but rather as a null (i.e. a person that didn't file a return).
- alfalfasprout 5y agoI mean the stupid thing there is owing US taxes despite living and working primarily abroad. The US is only one of two countries that does this.