i am doing my own taxes this year on turbo tax.  my husband works for the railroad and is allowed a meal deduction but I have no idea how to figure it or anything and they do not offer help on that one.
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If he qualifies as a transportation employee, the rate is 70% of his expenses.  The amount is either his actual expenses or the daily rate is $31 for the first 9 months of 2005 and $39 for the last three months.  The rates are higher in major cites.
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You might have more luck with the Dept. of Revenue, or your local state representive. Good Luck ( I'm also from CT.)
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It really depends on your deductions.  I usually suggest to employees, family and friends that they claim 1 less deduction than allowed.  In your case, if you are married, filing jointly with 0 dependents, you say you can't claim any children, you should have the highest wage earner claim 1 deduction and the lower wage earner claim 0.  You should, at the end of the year, end up either getting a small refund, or owing a small amount, $100 - $200.  You should be filing a full form 1040, not the 1040EZ or any short form, and claim all the deductions that you can.  I usually resolve tracking my deductions by using a home accounting program such as Microsoft Money or Quicken.  It is just like using a check book, but keeps track of where your money goes.  It also makes reconciling your checkbook monthly very simple.  At the end of the year, I use a tax preparation program such as Turbo Tax, which interfaces with Quicken, and summarizes everything very quickly.  The only time that I have had to pay any taxes in the past 10 years is when I sold rental property and made a tremendous profit.
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Personal exemption is subtractions for you.\nDependancy is for a child.\nThat child then cannot also put himself for personal exemption. \nThink of exemption as money to live that won't be taxed. since you are taking care of a child, you need money for you and the child to live. That child then cannot also fill out a tax form and deduct money because he is not taking care of himself, you are. In the eyes of the tax code, the child's earned money is not "money to live" so then it's taxed.\nI made up this "money to live" term. But that's pretty much what exemptions are doing.
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you can find the answers on turbo tax.  you have to have housed them for a certain amout of time.  you have to have names and information.
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Technically you could file an amended return (1040X) once you receive it, but I don't think waiting until next year is wise.  This is income that employer has reported to the IRS, and it will likely raise a red flag if it doesn't appear on your return.\n\nBy law, W-2's are to be given or mailed to employees no later than January 31.  I know my employer waited until the 27th to make them available.  Since your husband no longer works at the Food Lion, they'll have mailed it.  It's fairly likely it hasn't gotten to you yet.  I would wait a little while, then contact the employer to see if it was mailed.
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Certainly the human resources officer where you work can provide some information for you. The tax situation could be the most serious so make and follow a plan to settled that immediately.  Get a notebook. Write your name and the date on the first page. Skip the next two or three pages. Then list each activity, bill or account that needs to be settled on a page by itself. Include the account information like the person to contact, the phone number, address, interest rate and the amount that is owed, and when it is due for each one. Set a time to find the resources (people or organizations) that are available to assist with resolving each one. When you complete paying an account, put a big x on it's page. Turn to the pages that you skipped and write the name and the date that it was completely settled on one line. Keep working on this consistently until you have all the pages with X's on them and the list of completed accounts and dates listed on the pages that were skipped for this purpose. Good luck...
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what's the money being deducted for
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http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=110417,00.html
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Ask a public tax advisor. Or find a website for your country using the searchwords "payroll" +"tax deductions". This might bring you to a website that offers free calculation of your salary, including tax and social security deductions. If all this doesn't help, the best option might be to simply ask the person who is responsible for your payroll how they calculate the tax deduction.
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If they are employees, you will need to determine what their "average" monthly or annual pay is.  Then, using the tax charts from the IRS, you can determine how much should be withheld.  You will also need to check your state tax rates, as well.  What matters most is that the correct amount is deducted by the end of your reporting period, whether that is weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly.\nIf they are commission only, can you classify them as independent contractors?  If you can, then you won't have to deduct anything at all--you pay the full commission and they are responsible for setting aside and paying their taxes.
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I can HIGHLY recommend Turbottax for this question and ALL your taxes. It will print out all the paperwork for you and you can even send it in online instead of mailing it.\n\nhttp://www.turbotax.com/\n\nI am self-employed and have about four or five forms to fill out and it does them all for me perfectly.\nIt walks you through it and answers all your questions and asks all questions such as "Did you sell any real estate this past year?" It then asks what you paid and what you sold it for. You can answer Yes and see what it does ,if it puts in any amount you have to  pay. This is one great thing about it. You can try different things and dollar amounts and watch and see how it affects how much tax you have to pay. Then you can go back and change it and try some other amount.\nYou can download it online for $20.\n\nI can't do my taxes without it at all. Been using it for years and do mom's taxes with it too.\nYou can also buy it in office supply stores like Staples and Office Depot. It is SO worth the $20!
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Call the IRS.  They have a help line for people in your situation, and 4/15 is fast approaching!
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I believe that you would have to wait for it to be sent to you as you cannot print out one yourself. However I just saw a commercial yesterday for H&R Block where you can get a loan for your refund without having your w-2's. You just take in your last paycheck of the year and they gather all of your info.
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My advice is to go into H&R Block together and let them figure out which is the best way to file taxes. They will figure it both ways and tell you which is better at no extra charge. Your boyfriend can only claim head of household if he claims your son and provides over half the amount to maintain the residence...ie groceries, rent, electricity,gas, etc. If you end up claiming your son, then you would have to claim single because you don't provide over half the household support and your bf would have to claim single as well because he would have no child to claim. You don't have to be married to claim Head of household, just have a dependant child and provide over half the household support. Also, what your cousin got back on her taxes has NOTHING to do with you. Each case is different and unique. Hope this helps.
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I would contact H and R Block. They might have screwed up the paper work or something. Either way since the prepared and filed your taxes they should be able to track them.
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you can call the IRS, they will tell you