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[Paul]

As a non-American: could somebody please explain to me what a W-2 or W-4 is?

[Nichi]

A W-2 is a tax form you receive from your employer in January; showing how much money you made in the previous year, how much was taken out for tax, and other info you'd need to file your taxes.

A W-4 is a form you fill out when you're first hired at an employer; so make sure they deduct the correct amount of taxes from your paychecks

Hope that clears it up :3

[alfonso_rd_30]

As a non-American: could somebody please explain to me what a W-2 or W-4 is?

then I'll ask where are you from...?

As for taxes... I'm not yet subscribed in the active workforce since all my jobs have been eventual or family owned, hence I don't pay taxes... but my income fluctuates between US$ 30.76 to US$ 38.46 a week...

[Chocofreak13]

paul is from austria.

@taxes: i wouldn't say age is a sole qualifier in knowing about taxes. i knew taxes sucked and were stressful even when i was young. but then, our lives revolve around money, so i suppose that's why.
@leaf: no, no she's not. to be hounded about something you already know about is both annoying and stressful. i speak from experience as my dad is a douchefag and feels he needs to explain every. little. detail. about everything he says to EVERYONE like the world is 5 and he's an abusive day-care teacher. sorry for ranting, but it's true; his mother is a pain in the ass the way my father is to me. pent knows he has to file, and asking the son whom you kept out of public school to 'do it on paper' when he has little to no knowledge of the subject is, frankly, dumbassery in action.
the only reason i know how to file a 1040EZ is because i took a class on it in high school.

@pizza: damn that sounds good right about now. dinner is going to be a fresh slice of hell.

[alfonso_rd_30]

paul is from austria.

thank you... wow... my first austrian...

@taxes: i wouldn't say age is a sole qualifier in knowing about taxes. i knew taxes sucked and were stressful even when i was young. but then, our lives revolve around money, so i suppose that's why.

yup. taxes are stressfull... as an accounting without license (Money and I still Missed two classes) I must say that also are fascinating... I remember vividly what my Last taxes Professor told us in school: taxes Is not about the ammount, but knowing well what ever gets classified in a certain tax...

@leaf: no, no she's not. to be hounded about something you already know about is both annoying and stressful. i speak from experience as my dad is a douchefag and feels he needs to explain every. little. detail. about everything he says to EVERYONE like the world is 5 and he's an abusive day-care teacher. sorry for ranting, but it's true; his mother is a pain in the ass the way my father is to me. pent knows he has to file, and asking the son whom you kept out of public school to 'do it on paper' when he has little to no knowledge of the subject is, frankly, dumbassery in action.
the only reason i know how to file a 1040EZ is because i took a class on it in high school.

kinda like my dad... or my grand dad or... you get the drift... they know everything in the world, and will tell you time and time again the proper way to do things...

@pizza: damn that sounds good right about now. dinner is going to be a fresh slice of hell.

need food, but honestly, talking about my naughty dreams is a no no...

[Chocofreak13]

my dad is coming to dinner, which is part of the hell. the other part is my aunt, who not only believes she knows basically everything in the world, but is EXTREMELY opinionated (and her opinions are "right", whatever that means), and has no problem talking about touchy topics or running her mouth till it offends people. then she has no idea what she did wrong.

honestly, they are the two people in the world i like talking to the least. i'd rather dine with a convicted rapist and a baptist minister than those two.

also, i really don't think i'm gonna like what's being served. i've never been a casserole person, and being a supertaster combined with a semi-sensitive stomach makes eating a tricky thing.

[Nichi]

@Kari: Indeed. I'm sure I could find some way to do it by hand, but I have no idea how to even start. Granted, not knowing how to file taxes without doing it online is one of many issues that came up with being forced into homeschool >_>;

(BTW, a 1040EZ is what I use when filing, but IDK how to do it on paper; since mom always used an ordinary 1040 and never bothered to teach me how to do that. She taught me how to balance a checkbook, at the very least :\)

[Paul]

Thank you for clarifying!

@Kari: hope your dinner goes over well ^^

[Chocofreak13]

that's a useful skill, too. they taught us about checks in the class as well, which is what led me to wanting to use them. a built-in ledger is a really useful thing.

as for the 1040EZ, most of the directions are on the form. you just read downward and you might need a calculator (but i find math somewhat pleasing, so i don't mind doing it without it). it also helps to know the terminology a bit (such as knowing what a dependent is). though those online things can find all sorts of neato deductions for you which is nice. :\

@paul: maybe it's the depression talking but i'm feeling pretty pessimistic about it. my aunt has a habit of asking about touchy topics like it's fine to and i don't feel like answering, but when she does it'll encite my dad to ask, too. and i really don't feel like being badgered about college/job/driving right now.

if they DO get into that, i think i might get up and leave the table.

[alfonso_rd_30]

good luck with that dinner...

[Chocofreak13]

thanks, i think i'll need it. aunt isn't even here yet, thankfully, but i dread her arrival. if nothing else maybe i can distract her by talking about this new hat. (i bought it with the gift card i got from returning the gifts she got me for christmas.)

[Nichi]

I hope it went well :\

So, I now have permission to borrow part of grandma's office next week to try and get some reorganizing going in my room. Maybe I can clear out a bunch of junk for a garage sale soon :3

[NejinOniwa]

In 860, Björn led a large Viking raid into the Mediterranean. After raiding down the Spanish coast and fighting their way through Gibraltar, Björn and Hastein pillaged the south of France, where his fleet over-wintered, before landing in Italy where they captured the coastal city of Pisa. They proceeded inland to the town of Luna, which they believed to be Rome at the time, but Björn found himself unable to breach the town walls. To gain entry, he sent messengers to the bishop that he had died, had a deathbed conversion, and wished to be buried on consecrated ground within their church. He was brought into the chapel with a small honor guard, then amazed the dismayed Italian clerics by leaping from his coffin and hacking his way to the town gates, which he promptly opened, letting his army in.

Trickster god, trickster god, vikings love their trickster god.

[alfonso_rd_30]

oh, trust me... it's to be hated that SOB!

[Simonorged]

Honestly, they are the two people in the world i like talking to the least. i'd rather dine with a convicted rapist and a baptist minister than those two.

At the same time?

I rug burned my hand while chase sparring with my friend.