A little tax tip

[dsc]

I almost jipped myself of $400 due to not realizing we had to file for Obama's making work pay credit. It is line 40 on the 1040A form and goes with a schedule M (included in the 1040A packet). You must fill out that form even though we got a substantial amount back via lower witholding. Happy filing.

[ebayfool]

1. TY! n/t

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

2. Just out of curiousity...

Was the form referenced in the instruction, but not included in the packet?

I wonder how many people left that one on the table?

[dsc]

3. It was there

I had just kind of assumed that I already got that money accounted for. I can easily see it happening. I usually don't qualify for any credit and just zero through that section which is what I did this time. I only found this out when I tried out turbo tax. Had I got through the instructions line by line I would have caught it.

[TNDemo]

4. Thank you for posting this!

I would have overlooked that.

[SoCalDem]

5. Turbo Tax did it for us & I wondered where that $800 extra came from

I looked all over the place to see if I had oopsed.. :)

We don't usually get "easy" deductions :)_

[bergie321]

6. People

Still fill out the paper tax returns? Not an insult or anything just wondering since it is free to efile with tax software.

[dsc]

7. I am gong to do the paper since turbo would have charged

but admittedly turbo did help me see this when I wouldn't have otherwise.