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Yes, I'm a last minute filer, and it's biting me this year. I have my taxes just about finished, but I have one item that I can't quite figure out how to file. I'm filing via the online Turbotax software, and I've found their "free community" support to be just about useless, and can't really afford to drop $40 so that their "tax expert" can answer it for me.
Anyone know of any free (or cheap, as in under $15) places that can give good, reliable answers?
And just in case we have any tax gurus here: My wife is a teacher and has gone back to school to upgrade her degree. She is employed by the local school district, which operates under the authority of our county Office of Education. Last year she qualified for a one time $6,000 continuing education grant (officially a stipend) from the OoE, to help offset the $11,000 she spent on schooling. Because she's an employee of the school district and not the county, the OoE sent her a 1099-MISC this year, listing the money under Box 7 - NonEmployee Compensation.
Turbotax seems convinced that the 1099-MISC means that it's self-employment income, and wants us to file the full Schedule C, requiring us to pay self-employment taxes, social security taxes, and everything else for it. That just doesn't seem correct to me. It's a reimbursement from the county to defray educational expenses for a degree upgrade that she was REQUIRED to obtain for her job!
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