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It starts out this way at my house

Daughter says she will do her own taxes. She's an adult. She's independent. She bring all the papers to my house and will use the copy of TurboTax on my main desktop.

Then after 5 minutes of us starting a return together, she goes out to the Den. He Mom wants to show her some movie or video she just saw. They start watching together. Snacks emerge from the kitchen. And I've got an open tax return on my computer.

So I do them. They're not hard. And I force her to go through the finished return so she understands every number and knows the difference between a credit and a deduction. And she swears next year she will do it by herself.

Now that she's quoted in this story, I will underline the paragraph and send it to her next year. But honestly, I like still being needed. When the day comes she doesn't ask for help, I won't like it. I'll feel pretty old....

(In response to this post by CochraneResident)

Posted: 04/16/2018 at 4:36PM

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If you happen to look at The Wall Street Journal today, there's a story -- AshburnFarmHokie 04/16/2018 4:23PM

Interesting comment at the end, about learning to do your parents taxes. -- Hokie360 04/16/2018 7:35PM

...Ma ! The meatloaf !! ** -- chumley 04/16/2018 7:22PM

I'll be darned, a Turbotax thread...*just* finished mine... -- `lag 04/16/2018 4:52PM

My back-door roth IRA conversion is the biggest pain every year. -- CochraneResident 04/16/2018 4:55PM

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Weird, smooth as silk today -- `lag 04/16/2018 5:07PM

Just "happen to look" at something behind a paywall? ** -- Hokerer 04/16/2018 4:47PM

Is it? I just click on the X where that ad asking you to subscribe is -- AshburnFarmHokie 04/16/2018 4:48PM

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No "X" for me. Just Subscribe or Sign in. ** -- Hokie360 04/16/2018 5:11PM

This is what they texted me -- AshburnFarmHokie 04/16/2018 5:18PM

That worked. Thanks! ** -- Hokie360 04/16/2018 7:07PM

On my PC, I opened it "incognito" using Chrome...then clicked on the X -- Newt 04/16/2018 6:24PM

My only options are "Subscribe" or "Sign In"; no way around it ** -- VTHokie2000 04/16/2018 5:10PM

With Turbo-tax, etc., there's no need for anyone else to do your taxes, -- CochraneResident 04/16/2018 4:31PM

If you go to H&R Block, all they are going to do is take your information -- Tafkam Hokie 04/16/2018 6:27PM

Ha! Mis-read your title line as this..... -- statmanfromHCyrs 04/16/2018 4:56PM

His complaint is that his parents' wealth makes him feel like less of a man -- CPRVHokie 04/16/2018 4:37PM

LOL. He was my wife's man of honor. He's not worried about being less of -- CochraneResident 04/16/2018 4:39PM

It starts out this way at my house -- AshburnFarmHokie 04/16/2018 4:36PM

Sounds like your daughter intentionally plans for you do do the returns -- EDGEMAN 04/16/2018 5:03PM

She's my only child. I talk tough, but I'll miss when she doesn't ask ** -- AshburnFarmHokie 04/16/2018 5:04PM

My little girl is 5. I can identify with what you're saying. -- MP4VT2004 04/16/2018 7:02PM

Do you do her taxes? -- EDGEMAN 04/16/2018 7:30PM

Haha, no. But I'm sure that one day when she has a job (God willing) I will ** -- MP4VT2004 04/16/2018 7:51PM

If there's an open tax return in front of me, and it's not mine... -- vtbones 04/16/2018 5:02PM

It starts out this way at my house

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