Aimee that sounds hard.

(((Aims))) Sorry not to post earlier, but I've been thinking of you.

askye, I hope you're feeling better.

I filed my federal taxes. I thought I should get to file state for free though Turbo Tax since I qualify for free filing with federal but they still want to charge me.

Also I forgot to pay my rent! I wrote the check and shoved it in a return envelope from the gas company and went and stuck it in my landlady's mailbox (which is the front of the house).

My gas bill was 20 bucks higher than last month, which I was expecting. It's $78.

The manager of my building has decided that he doesn't want to give receipts for rent payments. He stopped doing it a while ago, but would - most of the time - give you a receipt if you had a note with your rent check asking for one. Now ... he's decided he isn't going to do them at all. So I never know if he's gotten the check; last month I called three times to try to find out if he had the check ... only he's never available (he seems to work from 10am until 3pm, with a long lunch). Since the previous manager lost my checks too often for comfort, I like to find out before they stick an eviction notice on my door.

Isn't giving people receipts for payments - especially something as large as my rent - kind of a standard business practice? And the management company has a website where you can - in theory at least - check, but I took a look and (1) they demand a lot of information, including SSN and (2) I don't think it's secure.

I don't think I've ever gotten a receipt for a rent payment. But I've only rented from 1 large complex before. The rest has just been renting from individuals (in 3 cases where the landlady lived on premise).

State filing is rarely free, IME. I'm sure it differs state to state though.

Also I forgot to pay my rent!

I did that yesterday! AND THEN I PAID MY RENT ON MY PHONE IT WAS AMAZING.

I don't think I've ever gotten a receipt for a rent payment.

Me neither, and I've rented from a couple complexes and one landlord. Currently, I can do a direct transfer through Bank of America, hence the magic of mobile banking.

State filing is rarely free, IME. I'm sure it differs state to state though.

My experience is that the online services like H&R Block, etc., that do free *federal* filing for people who qualify do NOT do free state filing. I have no idea why. But for Ohio, I can file for free online through the state's tax website. I just have to do my federal return first so that I know my adjusted gross income, etc.

So it may be possible for people who qualify for free federal filing to also file their state taxes for free if they go to their state's website.

OTOH, it might not be worth the extra effort for some people. I am cheap as hell, however, and it takes basically 5 minutes to file on the state's website, so I do it.

Well Vermont's tax website Turbo Tax will file the state income tax for free if you qualify for free federal return, which I do but maybe that changed.

But I need to get a form and read it over, because Turbo Tax kept telling me I needed my school district's code, but I have no idea where to find that or why I need it.