Win $100! What do you wish you'd known the 1st time you filed taxes?

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February 8, 2022
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Thank you so much to everyone that participated! It was so great to hear about all of your experiences. A winner was randomly selected and has been contacted to claim their prize.

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Hello community members!

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As we gain life experience, our perspective on finances and taxes changes. We spend a lot of our young adult life trying to get this thing called taxes right. Sometimes life throws us curveballs, and finances can get a little hectic. Eventually, we realize it’s not the end of the world. As we learn more about managing finances, it gets easier to handle the challenges.

Now that you’re a tax filing "pro," what is something that you wish you would have known the first time you filed your taxes? For this month's sweepstakes, we are going to focus on tips that you wish you knew before starting your tax journey.

Sharing your opinions with our community could earn you a gift card to help you achieve your financial goals. To enter simply reply to this thread with your most helpful tax filing tips. On March 16th, 2022, a winner will be selected from this thread at random.

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We will be hosting the What You Wish You Knew About Taxes 2022 Sweepstakes to give you, and others, the opportunity to share your tips. One lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive a $100 gift card.

WHAT: Sweepstakes for a $100 gift card
WHEN: Entries will be accepted from March 1st, 2022 through March 16th, 2022 at 12:00pm Pacific Time
HOW: Enter by adding a comment to this post telling us what you wish you knew about taxes when you first filed. If you are the winner, we will send you a private message. The winner will be selected at random on March 16th, 2022.

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Peg45244

I wish I had known some "simple" things like:

1) I would need to have my bank account details handy for requesting direct deposit;
2) I would need my (and my husband's) driver's license near by (first time my husband wasn't home when I was ready to file)

3) Last years tax returns for referencing.

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@Raph

hjg3

I wish I had known that making small charitable donations will not do anything for my tax refunds when I am donating such a small amount.

NickinArizona2

I was getting rejected when I e-filed my Fed return with IND-031-04. Saying I had an error in my pin or my (turbotax provided) AGI. This was my first e-file so the pin was "new" not from and previous year. Even though I checked the "Joint" return option turbotax would still have me enter my AGI and then my spouses AGI which seems strange. Thinking my 2020 return was adjusted somehow I went online to the IRS and found my 2020 return (filled in Oct 2021) was still in process, so wouldn't be available to match. The solution was to enter ZERO on both the AGI query boxes, and now I've been accepted.

RickScott

I wish I knew I can deduct tax preparation.

melonhed

That you shouldn't loan the government your money all year interest free. A refund is nice but breaking pretty close to even is ideal.

Daviddeadpool1

I filed my taxes for absolutely no money at all!!! Thank you so much!! 💓

DawnColantuono

I wish I had known how easy it was to file with turbo tax

chersarkozi

I tried to download TT2021 onto a laptop where I have downloaded previous years. I'm having a problem with space and needs to be cleared out. SO I thought I could put it on another laptop, which is not allowing me to. What can I do?

Queen Woods1515

Wish I had known all about the donations part and the sales tax....

TheInsane1990

I wish I knew how to do the taxes myself using a program as easy as TurboTax! the first time for me was sitting down with My sister in law doing it all by paper 😮‍💨