I do mine as soon as I have all my W-2s. It takes like 10 minutes. I don’t know why there is a trope about them being hard or confusing. They’re not, unless you’re trying to itemize everything.
If you only have W-2s it is easy. But there are lots of other things that can make it a mess. If you have a business, do stock trading, use crypto, or itemize (less common now), then it can take a fair bit of time.
I do mine as soon as I have all my W-2s. It takes like 10 minutes. I don’t know why there is a trope about them being hard or confusing. They’re not, unless you’re trying to itemize everything.
Its hard cuz my parents run small bussiness and you got all those weird additional forms… Not as simple as just scan and file.
Also theres a thing where you have to file separately with the city.
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If you only have W-2s it is easy. But there are lots of other things that can make it a mess. If you have a business, do stock trading, use crypto, or itemize (less common now), then it can take a fair bit of time.
So not more complicated than in most European nations?
Here I have a pre filled form, check the numbers and done.