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Which of these is the right way to express this?

Is it better to claim single or married for taxes?

Is it better to claim income tax single or married?

Is it better to claim on income tax single or married?

You need to claim income on taxes.

You need to claim income taxes.

You need to claim income on tax forms.

You can claim that on income tax.

Thank you

Cayuse · Accepted Answer

You do not claim your taxes, you file them. Although you are really filing a form with the IRS, the euphamism is 'filing taxes.'

Is it better to file your return single or married?

Of course if you are married, you cannot file 'single', but you can file 'married filing separately' if you and your spouse do not want to file a joint return.

You need to declare your income on your tax forms.

You may claim deductions on your tax return.

"My wife and I filed a joint tax return." "We declared $80,000 in income." "We claimed $9,000 in deductions." "Therefore our adjusted income was $71,000."

Regards,

Cay

Clive · Answer

Hi,

Another approach is

eg Does a single person pay more income tax than a married person?

Clive

Anonymous · Answer

By return you mean "the form you return as in send back"?

How would you say this?

You need to file income on taxes.

You need to file income taxes.

You need to file income on tax forms.

You can claim overtime hours on income tax. - does this make sense?

I read this sentence online: How would you correct it please?

If you get paid under the table and want to claim that income on your taxes can you do that without getting in trouble because you did not pay any taxes on that

Thanks

Regards

Cayuse · Answer

You need to file your taxes. This is the casual way to express this.

You need to file your tax return. This is more formal.

Yo need to file your tax returns. In the U.S. most states require you to file a separate return from the federal government, so we usually use the plural.

You can declare overtime hours on your tax form. In the U.S. our tax forms only ask you to declare how much money you earned. They do not ask how you got it. So as I said above you would really put somethig like this.

I declared $80,000 in earnings this year.

If you get "paid under the table" then you are supposed to declare it as additional income and pay taxes on that income. You can do this without getting in to trouble, it will just increase your "tax burdon" (amount you owe) and the government is always happy when you send them more money.

Regards,

Cay

Clive · Answer

Hi,

let me add this.

If eg Tom works, and he 'gets paid under the table', this expression means that neither Tom nor his employer have any intention of telling the government anything about it. They are trying to avoid doing what is legally required.

Clive

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Some simple tax language:

Tax return: the tax forms that you fill out to send to the government. If you owe more taxes than you paid, you have to send tax money with the tax return.

Sending the tax return to the government: This is called "filing." In the US, we have to file a federal tax return once a year before April 15. We can mail the paper forms in, or file electronically (on-line).

Report / declare income: This is the amount of money that you earned (by salary, overtime, interest, rent, gambling, etc.). You write this on the tax return on the lines that say: income. That is called "declaring" or "reporting" your income.

Expenses / deductions: This is the amount of money that the government allows you to subtract from your income, or from your taxes. In the US, there is a "standard" deduction for an individual person. If you have children, you get a deduction for each child.

If you have certain kinds of expenses, (example: high medical bills) you can "claim" them. This can reduce your tax bill. You write the amount of your expenses on the tax return in the proper places. This is called "itemizing deductions" or "claiming expenses" or "claiming dependents" (dependents - your children or others who you are supporting)

Here is your sentence (corrected):

If you get paid under the table and want to report that income on your tax return, can you do that without getting in trouble because you did not pay any withholding taxes on it?

Withholding: If you get a regular paycheck, your employer will not give you the entire amount. They will take some of it for taxes and send that money to the government. This is called "withholding."

The government does not want you to send the total tax amount to them once a year; they want your taxes all through the year. At the end of the year, when you file your return, if you have paid too much, the government will send you a refund. If you have not paid enough, you have to send the extra amount in with your return. If that amount is large (example: more than 10%) you have to pay a penalty and interest on the money that you owe.

Paid under the table: this is when someone pays you, but they do not withhold any taxes and sent the tax money to the government. In the US, you can calculate what tax you will owe on this money, and file it with the "Estimated Tax" form. Estimated taxes are due on April 15, June 15, Sept. 15 and Jan. 15. If you file estimated taxes, you can avoid paying the penalties and interest that would be added if you underpaid your taxes.

Clive · Answer

Hi,

As a matter of interest, if your employer pays you under the table to avoid doing what he is legally obliged to do, and you then declare the money as income, which you are legally obliged to do, your employer will be in trouble with the government.

Clive

Anonymous · Answer

Are there different taxes, like income tax and real estate tax?

Can you continue the sentence:

I need to file taxes on income.

I read online the follow, can someone tell me if this is correct way to say this and what means?

- "What can you claim on income tax?"

- What can you claim back for on your tax return?

- What deductions can you claim on your tax?

http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110730052848AAJqxOa

http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110627043658AA2mvta

http://personaltaxspecialists.com.au/what-deductions-can-you-claim

Thanks

AlpheccaStars · Answer

AnonymousAre there different taxes, like income tax and real estate tax?

Yes. In the US, there is federal income tax, state income tax, sales tax, property tax, school tax, gasoline taxes, estate tax, gift tax, and many others.

Different countries have different taxes. The US does not have a value added tax, but many countries in the EU do.

AnonymousI need to file taxes on income.

I need to file my income tax return.

(read my previous post!)

Anonymous- "What can you claim on income tax?"
- What can you claim back for on your tax return?

- What deductions can you claim on your tax?

What deductions can you claim on your income tax return?

Some expenses are allowed to be claimed as deductions.

What you can claim as a deduction depends on the tax laws.

Anonymous · Answer

Hi,
How do you express this?

What do your taxes go towards?
What do your tax dollars go towards?
Where do your tax dollars go?

Thanks

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