Am I paronoid about Taxes?

[vesta111]

Help,       this is just not right but perhaps I do not understand the tax laws.

Hubby went to H&R  Block  to have our taxes done. This is the first time in 40 years I have not worked or brought in one penny to the home.   Years past we both made more money and were happy to get a less then $2,000 refund.

So Hubby comes home to tell me I have to go to H&R to sign papers, for our refund.   Never had to do that before, he just took in my ID and brought the papers home for me to sign.

My problem is the return is 5 times the amount we received when I was working.   I have yet to apply for SS so my income is zero.  Actually both incomes added up to what what Hubby makes today by himself.

WTF, I receive no income today, lived on Hubby's salary and now find all those years of hard labor find we would have been better off if I had not worked???

The amount of our return is crazy, only deductions is for him and myself, home is almost paid off, no morgerage deductions ------What is going on ????

What to do here, are we being scammed, this just does not seem possible and free money is a subject to be afraid of, suspicious of  and never to be trusted.

Had the return been 1/4 the money no questions but the amount is way too high to trust.   

So tomorrow I have to march my ass into H&R block and sign all kinds of papers that exonerate the filers from problems BUT if they do not do their job I have to pay the penalty and taxes owed that they said I did not have to pay.

Nice thing to worry about, the tax laws are 6 feet tall in paper, we normal people and thousands of tax Lawyers get our ass in a sling.

Hubby thinks I am Nuts, why worry, but I know the problems of us that little knowing get caught with our balls in a sling.

What to do, hope for the best and believe the H&R  prepare knows their stuff , not else I can do but pray these people know more then the CPA's and have their and MY shit all in one sock.

Then again is this all about Obama getting re elected  gains in the 401K  and a huge tax return,  makes me scared and wonder just what is going on.

Paranoid, you betchar, money just does not fall from the sky for no reason.

[Chris_]

You should be a good liberal and give that money back to Obama.

[thundley4]

If your taxes aren't that complicated, then just fill out a 1040 or a 1040EZ and figure if they are really far off. Tax Tables.

[vesta111]

You should be a good liberal and give that money back to Obama.

Nope , I am a Conservative that gets money from the work I or family do, not from the government to buy my vote.

I expect to pay taxes on my work, and also expect the taxes to be fair.    Along comes in a Presidential year a flood of money that I never got in past years with the Candidate, running for another 4 years,.

So along comes a Presidential run year and I and family suddenly get 2-4 times the tax return we did not get in the last 3-4 years---What are we stupid, we are being bought big time.   Yes most of us are stupid, we expect the same next year and when the President  is re elected------ find he has nothing to loose, he can do as much as the Law allows.-----Even circumvent the law or exempt standing law.

We have a problem with Obama, he is not what we expect as a leader, his backers are paying big bucks to buy us, and damn if we know what their agenda is for the future.

I have a problem with MY tax return, I feel I am being bought off by those that want to make me greedy and in lock step with others that wish to buy me.    

This is the reason I posted my post, something is not right, 3 day old fish,   I do not expect to gain money from any source but then by my own labor.     As I cannot work any longer due to health and age, I refuse to go on SS until last resort.  When I have no choice but to do so, I dread the feeling of sucking on the teat of the youngsters that have to support me, a useless old woman that is taking the money from educating children to just exist until I finally pass on.