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The End is Nigh... April 15th
I still file the 1040EZ form.
Yes, I know, I can get more money back by filing the 1040, where I get to deduct school and work purchases, blah, blah, blah. But though I am a well-educated, generally savvy individual, I find that that 1040EZ Form stretches my financial capabilities to the very precipice. That, and I never save receipts and I'm generally lazy.
But no matter if you file the 1040, the 1040EZ, the W-4, the 867-5309... wait, no, that's a catchy Jimmy Tutone song. But anyway, however you file, make sure you do even if you owe something, according to Michelle Singletary of the Boston Globe. The fear of having to pay the government every April (while understandable) can lead to tax liens, penalties, and late fees. Which, believe me, are a heck of a lot worse than having to send a couple hundred to The Man. As Singleton said in her article today, "Although the IRS doesn't have the storm trooper reputation it once did, the agency hasn't gone SpongeBob-SquarePants-soft. They will come after you hard."
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