Quick tax question - Financial Management

niki10 · 02-04-2012, 02:35 PM

Can i file our taxes without DH being there? hes not on deployment or anything, he just doesnt want to go. we are filing joint, and i didnt work last year. no house.

Guynavywife · 02-04-2012, 02:38 PM

Go where? you can mail them to him to sign and then mail in.
Or get a IRS power of attorney.

niki10 · 02-04-2012, 04:07 PM

To the tax center on base. And he's here so I don't need to mail them. I guess he has to go then.

*Stephanie* · 02-04-2012, 05:04 PM

DH filed ours without me there... so I'm sure there's some way to do it.

Chikatoka · 02-04-2012, 05:04 PM

Well, there are places he needs to sign.

ETA: honestly, i think I would avoid the tax center. Here at our base at least. Dh was talking to someone in his chain that was telling a story about him and his friend (same rank, married, no kids) and one went to h&r block and got back a couple thousand, while the other went to the tax center and got a couple hundred. Even with the fees to have them professionally done, he still came out ahead

*Meg* · 02-04-2012, 05:28 PM

Can't you just have the, prepare the taxes and bring them home for your DH to sign.

Rissa*Rawr · 02-04-2012, 05:31 PM

Since he's home, he needs to sign them. I think he needs to pull up his big boy pants & go take care of what needs to be done.
It'd be a completely different story if he was deployed.

Chikatoka · 02-04-2012, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by Rissa*Rawr

Since he's home, he needs to sign them. I think he needs to pull up his big boy pants & go take care of what needs to be done.
It'd be a completely different story if he was deployed.

Lol if he was deployed, you can wait until he gets home to file

Rissa*Rawr · 02-04-2012, 05:33 PM

Originally Posted by Chikatoka

Lol if he was deployed, you can wait until he gets home to file

I filed them last year when DH was deployed. I had to sign for him & they just put "deployed" next to my signatures in his lines.

Chikatoka · 02-04-2012, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by Rissa*Rawr

I filed them last year when DH was deployed. I had to sign for him & they just put "deployed" next to my signatures in his lines.

yea, I could have filed for dh last year, but both you and your husband can delay up to 6 months after he gets back from deployment if you are filing joint. It makes it so much easier (Imo) if both people are there when filing

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Chikatoka Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: I am in Idaho Posts: 9,827 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 51% Longevity: 49%	Well, there are places he needs to sign. ETA: honestly, i think I would avoid the tax center. Here at our base at least. Dh was talking to someone in his chain that was telling a story about him and his friend (same rank, married, no kids) and one went to h&r block and got back a couple thousand, while the other went to the tax center and got a couple hundred. Even with the fees to have them professionally done, he still came out ahead __________________ Last edited by Chikatoka; 02-04-2012 at 05:31 PM.

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02-04-2012, 05:28 PM	#6 (permalink)
Meg Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 4,382 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 52%	Can't you just have the, prepare the taxes and bring them home for your DH to sign.