Win $100! What do you wish you'd known the 1st time you filed taxes?

[Raph]

This sweepstakes has ended

Thank you so much to everyone that participated! It was so great to hear about all of your experiences.  A winner was randomly selected and has been contacted to claim their prize.

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Hello community members!

For first-time visitors, welcome to the TurboTax + Mint Community. For returning members, welcome back! We’re so glad to "see" you again!

As we gain life experience, our perspective on finances and taxes changes. We spend a lot of our young adult life trying to get this thing called taxes right. Sometimes life throws us curveballs, and finances can get a little hectic. Eventually, we realize it’s not the end of the world. As we learn more about managing finances, it gets easier to handle the challenges.

Now that you’re a tax filing "pro," what is something that you wish you would have known the first time you filed your taxes? For this month's sweepstakes, we are going to focus on tips that you wish you knew before starting your tax journey.

Sharing your opinions with our community could earn you a gift card to help you achieve your financial goals. To enter simply reply to this thread with your most helpful tax filing tips. On March 16th, 2022, a winner will be selected from this thread at random.

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We will be hosting the What You Wish You Knew About Taxes 2022 Sweepstakes to give you, and others, the opportunity to share your tips. One lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive a $100 gift card.

• WHAT: Sweepstakes for a $100 gift card
• WHEN: Entries will be accepted from March 1st, 2022 through March 16th, 2022 at 12:00pm Pacific Time
• HOW: Enter by adding a comment to this post telling us what you wish you knew about taxes when you first filed. If you are the winner, we will send you a private message. The winner will be selected at random on March 16th, 2022.

Refer to the attached document for the complete rules.

[robo660]

I hope everyone gets there tax's without issues I've worried myself sick but i have a approved and message from where's my refund tool that says my refund is scheduled to be added to my bank account by March 16th  well today is the 15th still no refund in my account!!

[bgianacone]

I wish I had known how easy it was to use Turbo Tax when I first started filing my taxes after returning from spending 12 years stationed in Europe back in 1986.  I still don't consider myself a pro now after more than 30 years of using Turbo Tax, but it sure does make it easier to file with confidence.

[SHADOWCAST23]

Wish I've known about this the first time 

[Tval723]

I wish I knew the benefits of upgrading to the Deluxe membership sooner! All these years of using TurboTax and I probably wasn’t getting my maximum refund because I didn’t have the support I needed that is offered with the Deluxe membership. You live and you learn!

[videocom]

i wish i had known that I could file an extension!

[MadiQuailRW]

I wish I’d known how easy turbo tax makes things. The first year I had to file I worked in three states, two of which had state tax as well as of course federal tax. Needless to say, I was overwhelmed and nervous about the whole thing. I was only 19 at the time and had heard my whole life what a pain filing taxes was. By the time it was over, I realized I thoroughly enjoyed filing taxes. I look forward to it each year. (I know, call me weird). Last year I was within the first 100 ppl to file. 
Also, it took me a while to figure this one out🙄, when tax info comes in the mail, keep it all in one place. It’s so much easier to find it that way!

[Cottyn]

My financial goals for this year are for my family to be able to get a safe place and be together again.  I Wish i would have known to safeguard my information.  The internet is something many people dot know about an dit is really nt the safest place to do much of anything.  I continue to get false IRS documents and i cannot get my identity issues under control.*

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[wcs2021]

Wished I new how to process WHFIT  1099B info, income ans expense!

Walt Schneider 

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[godiva]

I wish I had paid closer attention to the news, and changes in tax laws from year to year!