I had been putting off filing my taxes this year because I thought I was going to get hammered. We make over 140k between us, about 10% more then last year, yet when I did my taxes I only had to pay about 800 bucks?? a good bit less then last year? For once I was pleasantly surprised.
Anyone else have a similar experience? We didnt have any drastic changes except our income went up a little bit since last year...
You are still enjoying the Bush tax cuts for everybody but you would need enormous deductions to experience a total tax burden of $800.
Is $800 the total tax you paid?
Did you include taxes withheld during the year?
Did you include the payroll taxes you paid?
Perhaps you meant your taxes were $800 more than last year.
I can understand the reasoning for some of it, but for most, I do not understand.
Oh well, I am enslaved to the gubermint and they are squeezing all the blood out of this turnip that they can.
Meanwhile, I know several people living high off the dole (unemployement/disability), not working (they could) and not even bothering to look. I guess we are equal now.