Surprised no one has mentioned it.

Just got mine in the mail box....it's a time honored tradition of mine to always wait until the last minute. Me and the majority of US citizens.

Anyone still working on them?, tick tock goes the clock.

my local paper listed all the post offices around here that are open late. one or two are open until midnight. some people really procrastinate.

Your day will come:)

when I was single I would make it apoint to wait until the last day, now my wife makes me go with her and get em done as soon as we get our W-2's. If it wasnt for her I would be the biggest procrastinator on earth.

I had mine done in early February - mostly because I had a refund coming. I would've waiting longer if I owed money.

I will never ever do the whole thing myself. the accountantans of this earth are far smarter than me when it comes to stuff like that. just looking at some of the forms my parents have to fill out makes my head spin. :@@:

Can't you do it by internet in the USA ?

Originally posted by astrapol2
Can't you do it by internet in the USA ?

I can do my state taxes on a website. Federal taxes can be transmitted over the internet if you have the correct software, but it's not on a website.

What are tax forms like in France? In the U.S. they're absurdly complicated.

Originally posted by WhammyBar
I will never ever do the whole thing myself. the accountantans of this earth are far smarter than me when it comes to stuff like that. just looking at some of the forms my parents have to fill out makes my head spin. :@@:

dont worry, unles you start out making millions, there is a form called a 1040 EZ, its one shet of paper with instructions that hold your hand through all the calculations, it really is EZ, i used that form until I was 26 years old

numbers are total mindfucks for me. taxes scare me. they make me not want to grow up. :(

I owed, so this year I waited until the very end. Then to our surprise, the nearest P.O. open was nearly an hour's drive, thanks to living in a place where over 4 million other folks also decided to live.

Not to worry Whammy, there are plenty of folks willing to do your taxes for you as long as you share your money with them. You're most likely a very long time from having very complicated numbers to play with, so as TravH mentioned, the EZ form works for a great many people.

my dads birthday is tax day

my dads birthday is tax day
Nice.

My dad did it over the internet, and waited until the last minute. I woke up at 11 and he was working on it. My mom was wandering around the house yelling about taxes due by midnight, it took loud music and a closed door to shut her up. "Your father's going to get us arrested for tax evasion!"

Originally posted by Blibblob
"Your father's going to get us arrested for tax evasion!"
LOL! :D

"You say 'evasion', I say 'avoysion'" - Kent Brockman

[On megaphone, at the post office on April 15th] "Alright, people, listen up! The harder you push, the faster we will all get outta here!" -- Chief Wiggum

I've got more...

"Would you look at those morons... I paid my taxes over a year ago!" --Homer

Kent Brockman: "Tardy tax payers are scrambling to mail their returns by midnight! Sir, why did you wait until the last minute to pay your taxes?"
Otto: "Taxes?! Isn't this the line for Metallica?"

Homer: "Marge! How many kids do we have? Oh, no time to count, I'll just estimate! Uh... nine!"
Marge: "Homer, you know we don't h--"
Homer: "Shut up, shut up! If I don't hear you it's not illegal! OK, I need some deductions, deductions... ah!! Business gifts!" [Homer grabs the boat painting from above the couch and hands it to Marge.] "Here you go, keep using nuclear power!"
Marge: "Homer! I painted that for you!"
Homer: "OK, Marge, if anyone asks, you require twenty four hour nursing care, Lisa's a clergyman, Maggie is seven people, and Bart was wounded in Vietnam!"
Bart: "Cool!"
[Homer shoves in some quick gifts and tapes the envelope up in a ball.]

(at IRS Burger, formerly Krusty Burger)
Homer: Lesse, I'll have four tax burgers, one IRS-wich, withhold the lettuce, four dependent-sized sodas, and a FICA-ccino.
Puberty Boy: Fill out schedule B. You should receive your burgers in six to eight weeks.

Originally posted by LionelHutz
I can do my state taxes on a website. Federal taxes can be transmitted over the internet if you have the correct software, but it's not on a website.

What are tax forms like in France? In the U.S. they're absurdly complicated.

Only income taxes can be complicated, it depends on your kind of income. If you're just earning a salary, it is not very difficult. It is possible transmit your income declaration by internet and you get a few days more to do it than by mail - and a 10 euros discount ! More than 1 million people did it this year.

" ... be wary of strong drink --- it can make you shoot at the tax collector --- and miss! ... "

This was the 1st year I did most of my taxes on my own. (no turbo tax this year!) Granted I don't own anything but college debt, but I found the experience to be a lot easier then I thought.

Now I have 355 days til next year's taxes.