# OFFICIAL: 2008 TAX RETURN THREAD **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 30, 2009, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683 "2009-01-30T07:54:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![berad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/berad/32/5953_2.png) [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/1 "2009-01-30T07:54:00Z")
mother fuckers is all i have to say right now. :shaggy: ---
**Author:** ![jph102900](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jph102900/32/6049_2.png) [@jph102900](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jph102900)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/2 "2009-01-30T08:21:42Z")
Eh, taxes aren’t that bad. Just use turbotax. ---
**Author:** ![nh4442](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nh4442/32/6005_2.png) [@nh4442](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nh4442)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/3 "2009-01-30T08:49:57Z")
i go to a guy to get mine done, looking for a big return this yr, marriage, house, and a baby all last yr ---
**Author:** ![YellowZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/edb3f5/32.png) [@YellowZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/YellowZ)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/4 "2009-01-30T09:04:30Z")
Taxes?? What are those? I thought that Mr. Obama was going to give ME money ---
**Author:** ![jph102900](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jph102900/32/6049_2.png) [@jph102900](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jph102900)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/5 "2009-01-30T09:10:45Z")
> [@David and Goliath...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/david-and-goliath/37545/15): > > Taxes?? What are those? I thought that Mr. Obama was going to give ME money No, first you have to quit your job and get in debt, THEN Obama will bail you out, because after all. It’s not your fault if you go into debt and have no money. It’s the government’s job to fix it. ---
**Author:** ![YellowZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/edb3f5/32.png) [@YellowZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/YellowZ)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/6 "2009-01-30T09:55:19Z")
I don’t have all my info in order for my return yet. Hoping for a decent refund, but time will tell. We shall see what the future brings for 2009 and beyond ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/7 "2009-01-30T10:02:36Z")
3 kids=big tax return. I pay basically no federal taxes during the year and still get a nice refund. I knew kids were good for something, taxes and mowing grass in the summer. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cheeks](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cheeks/32/5930_2.png) [@Cheeks](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cheeks)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/8 "2009-01-30T10:26:07Z")
I should be recieving a call from my accountant soon letting me know how much I’m getting back. Hopefully its a lot, although from what I hear if you recieved a stimulus check last year it will be coming off your taxes this year ---
**Author:** ![mustang03gt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@mustang03gt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mustang03gt)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/9 "2009-01-30T12:53:12Z")
I just did mine this morning. I love SC…I never got a state refund in PA, but I’m getting 700 back from SC plus my federal. Didnt notice any difference due to the stimulus from last year? ---
**Author:** ![Sight\_N\_Sound](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sight_n_sound/32/5950_2.png) [@Sight\_N\_Sound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sight_N_Sound)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/10 "2009-01-30T13:26:39Z")
I had mine done last sunday and will be getting it in my account by the 6th. I used to use Turbo Tax, but now I use [www.taxactonline.com](http://www.taxactonline.com) for my free federal filing and I go to the PA state Revenue site and file my PA online. And before you ask yes Tax Act does itemized dedections as well as the standard. I have used it the past two years and it does basically the same as Turbo Tax except you don;t have to pay to file. It has all the auiditing crap and such on it. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_WS6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Silver\_WS6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silver_WS6)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/11 "2009-01-30T13:28:46Z")
im with mike… doing the same route… putting 1/2 toward credit card the other 1/2 toward my trip to europe in the summer ---
**Author:** ![OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/olds_rocketman/32/5942_2.png) [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/12 "2009-01-30T13:51:49Z")
> [@David and Goliath...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/david-and-goliath/37545/21): > > im with mike… doing the same route… putting 1/2 toward credit card the other 1/2 toward my trip to europe in the summer trip to europe? is there still a nationality you havent had sex with yet? i did mine and am getting a lil bit more ($100) than i have in past years. ---
**Author:** ![YellowZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/edb3f5/32.png) [@YellowZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/YellowZ)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/13 "2009-01-30T14:25:17Z")
Does anyone know whats up with the stimulus checks that came out last year? I remember hearing a lot of talk about it being a refund advance. If you got one does it apply to your return now? More specifically if you didn’t get one, will you get the equivalent to it when you do your 2008 return? ---
**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/14 "2009-01-30T19:42:40Z")
> [@Happy BDay StairSRT4 !!!1!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/happy-bday-stairsrt4-1/39498/41): > > Does anyone know whats up with the stimulus checks that came out last year? I remember hearing a lot of talk about it being a refund advance. If you got one does it apply to your return now? More specifically if you didn’t get one, will you get the equivalent to it when you do your 2008 return? no stimulus check 4 me. but hoping for a nice return just got to get my papers to itemize ---
**Author:** ![Stippy17](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stippy17/32/6053_2.png) [@Stippy17](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Stippy17)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/15 "2009-01-30T19:55:17Z")
> [@Happy BDay StairSRT4 !!!1!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/happy-bday-stairsrt4-1/39498/41): > > Does anyone know whats up with the stimulus checks that came out last year? I remember hearing a lot of talk about it being a refund advance. If you got one does it apply to your return now? More specifically if you didn’t get one, will you get the equivalent to it when you do your 2008 return? All I know is I didnt receive one last year, because I was told even tho my parents were’nt claiming me I wasn’t 18 yet so I wouldnt get one, but I got all my federal back. This year I got all my federal back, and the stimulus amount I didnt get last year. And all of it is going towards a set of Aluminum 215cc Canfield Heads for my 400 SBC Im swapping into my car. :finger: ---
**Author:** ![green](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/green/32/5996_2.png) [@green](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/green)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/16 "2009-01-30T20:18:59Z")
I would love to get my taxes done, but Im still waitiing for my fucking w-2’s :madfawk: Heres a question I went to school last to get an FAA Certificate for work. I paid for the school, the room and board, and the drive to Az I covered all expenses. Can I write this off? I kept all the reciepts Ive never had to write anything of before. But Ive got about $9500 wrapped up in that license. So if I can write it off and get a bigger refund that would quite helpful. ---
**Author:** ![69camaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/69camaro/32/6046_2.png) [@69camaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/69camaro)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/17 "2009-01-30T20:20:44Z")
> [@Who knows the truth about my Audi?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-knows-the-truth-about-my-audi/39414/369): > > I would love to get my taxes done, but Im still waitiing for my fucking w-2’s :madfawk: > > Heres a question I went to school last to get an FAA Certificate for work. I paid for the school, the room and board, and the drive to Az I covered all expenses. Can I write this off? I kept all the reciepts Ive never had to write anything of before. But Ive got about $9500 wrapped up in that license. So if I can write it off and get a bigger refund that would quite helpful. yes ---
**Author:** ![Sight\_N\_Sound](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sight_n_sound/32/5950_2.png) [@Sight\_N\_Sound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sight_N_Sound)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/18 "2009-01-30T22:54:38Z")
> [@Happy BDay StairSRT4 !!!1!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/happy-bday-stairsrt4-1/39498/41): > > Does anyone know whats up with the stimulus checks that came out last year? I remember hearing a lot of talk about it being a refund advance. If you got one does it apply to your return now? More specifically if you didn’t get one, will you get the equivalent to it when you do your 2008 return? no, there will be a section that asks you about it if you use tax act or Turbo tax, but it doesn’t affect your return either way. When I used TAx act it already had what I got in there and at the end during the program check through it through a yellow caution just so you could verify that you had the correct amount in there. I got the full 600 and that is what it put in there. Carie got back like 589 and it put that in there for her as well when she did her taxes. ---
**Author:** ![robry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/robry/32/3363_2.png) [@robry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/robry)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/19 "2009-02-04T07:46:18Z")
yeah I put the 600 in for the stimulus and got more back this year than any year I’ve ever done a return. Getting 1900$ back 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jph102900](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jph102900/32/6049_2.png) [@jph102900](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jph102900)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683/20 "2009-02-04T07:56:28Z")
> [@Who knows the truth about my Audi?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-knows-the-truth-about-my-audi/39414/369): > > I would love to get my taxes done, but Im still waitiing for my fucking w-2’s :madfawk: > > Heres a question I went to school last to get an FAA Certificate for work. I paid for the school, the room and board, and the drive to Az I covered all expenses. Can I write this off? I kept all the reciepts Ive never had to write anything of before. But Ive got about $9500 wrapped up in that license. So if I can write it off and get a bigger refund that would quite helpful. > [@My Turbo E30 thread, ABORTED. info on page 7, post 170.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-turbo-e30-thread-aborted-info-on-page-7-post-170/38701/115): > > yes Well there is more to it than that. First, it depends on the certification that you were paying for, that will determine if you qualify. Also, if you do qualify, you can’t write off the entire amount. There are limits. You can get adjustments to your gross income for some of it, deductions for some of it (if you itemize), and there also two credits that you may qualify for (assuming you have not already used them), the Hope Learning Credit and the Lifetime Learning Credit. Also, you won’t be able to deduct the room, board, and/or travel expenses to get there. If you want more info, just PM me, I am studying for my CPA and I just covered this area of the tax code. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-tax-return-thread/201683.md?page=2)