Fortress of Solitude - Tax time! (from: PubSub: Scoble)
http://superrob.blogspot.com/2005/01/tax-time.html
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It’s that time again. My wife and I got all our W2 forms (and my 1099-T) early, and computed our taxes in roughly 10 minutes. I’ve never used anything but TurboTax.com for the past several years. Don’t buy tax software. That just seems silly. Cost me $10 for a pretty through interview-style session, and while more complicated returns might take longer, the online site seems to have everything you need.
I was ecstatic this year when I found that my reduction in income (due to being in school full-time, and having no unemployment as backup), coupled with the tax-deductability of my tuition and the education tax credits means that we’re getting a simply MASSIVE refund back. We’re going to pay off some bills, stick a bit in savings, and hopefully have enough left over to replace my aging laptop for my final two years of school. I’m still having the internal debate over whether or not to get a sub-notebook like the Dell Inspiron 700m, or a TabletPC like the one I fell in love with while on loan from HP. I’ve heard that the Scribbler is a decent device. Maybe Robert Scoble could give me a hand picking the right device for a college student. No, I still haven’t forgotten getting together with Robert to talk about TabletPCs in education, but I can’t seem to get my life to slow down long enough. Less time in WOW might help that. I’ll call later this week, Robert.