The only advantage to the date of the payment would be the year they are put on the return. If you can get them to give you two checks, one in Dec 08 and one in Jan 09 that will split the burden to 2 tax years and could help. If only one check is coming then the year with the least other income overall would be best.

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Not a lot you can do to specifically lower your LA taxes since they are a flat percentage based on your LA income. However, that number is based on your federal adjusted gross income (AGI), so if you lower that you LA taxes will go lower. Some ways to lower your AGI include selling losing stocks and taking a capital loss or making a contribution to a deductible IRA. As for the tax prep charges, the fees for each season come down from Block World HQ at the begining of the year, so I can only guesstimate. But a return with a LA state (assuming lease/oil money and itemizing) would run you about $250. The fees are based on what type of things the return includes so the more complicated the more expensive and visa versa.

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Figured such. You showed back up on my list!

My lips are sealed.

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