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I already filed my federal taxes and got my return. I didn't pay any taxes in 2008; the jobs I've worked in the last year paid so little that I qualified for the Earned Income Tax Credit. I only got about $64 back, which has since been spent on groceries. Regardless of getting the EITC, filing makes it easier to fill out my FAFSA, which I promptly filed after finishing my taxes. It took me about 20 minutes to do my taxes online with TurboTax.
I haven't filed a state return and I don't know if I will, since I didn't pay any state income tax, and there are no programs for low-income people to get any $ back at the state level. State taxes I do long-hand, but my state's forms are pretty easy to fill out, and I've never had any problem with them.
Since it's just me and I don't make a whole lot of money, the process was pretty painless. I imagine it will get more difficult when I'm older. I think at that point I will take my dad's advice and find a good accountant.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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