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Paper Roses

(7,473 posts) Thu Feb 5, 2015, 06:25 PM Feb 2015

I'm old school, I pay by check, an accountant does my taxes.

At my age, the thought of my meager funds being stolen or unauthorized charges to my one credit card scare the heck out of me. I do use a debit card because I spend less if I don't have cash with me. I have been told that the bank debit cards are secure. How are we to know?

Now it is Turbo Tax. Wow! Both my kids use this program to file their taxes. Hope they have not filed yet. What a mess we are in.

Thank heaven Anthem is not in MA. It seems we are vulnerable on all fronts and can't do much about it.

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I'm old school, I pay by check, an accountant does my taxes. (Original Post) Paper Roses Feb 2015 OP

Debit Card PADemD Feb 2015 #1

I use TurboTax, but only the locally installed version. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #2

Pay with cash, check, credit card. NO debit cards for me. have an accountant do taxes. northoftheborder Feb 2015 #3

All well and good till the accountant starts sniffing glue and banging the assistant.... Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2015 #4

Credit cards are perfectly safe. Nye Bevan Feb 2015 #5

I still do my own taxes on paper forms ErikJ Feb 2015 #6

they aren't getting THIS year's junk ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2015 #7

PADemD

(4,482 posts)

1. Debit Card

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 07:28 PM

Feb 2015

I use a reloadable debit card not in any way connected to my bank accounts for online purchases, but that card was hacked at a Target in Brooklyn on New Year's Eve. The card company caught it before me and issued a new card.

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)

2. I use TurboTax, but only the locally installed version.

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 07:33 PM

Feb 2015

No way in hell am I storing my tax information in the TurboTax cloud.

northoftheborder

(7,572 posts)

3. Pay with cash, check, credit card. NO debit cards for me. have an accountant do taxes.

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 07:36 PM

Feb 2015

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,330 posts)

4. All well and good till the accountant starts sniffing glue and banging the assistant....

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 07:47 PM

Feb 2015

.... and develops a massive gambling habit. And meth habit.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

5. Credit cards are perfectly safe.

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 07:49 PM

Feb 2015

Every time any of mine has had a fraudulent charge I have called them and they took it off right away.

ErikJ

(6,335 posts)

6. I still do my own taxes on paper forms

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 09:07 PM

Feb 2015

and mail them in with the check. Its so lonely at Kinkos now copying duplicates on April 15th. Just 10 yrs ago it was like bedlam. I think I must be the last one. Think I'll keep doing it now.

ProdigalJunkMail

(12,017 posts)

7. they aren't getting THIS year's junk

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 09:09 PM

Feb 2015

they have gone in a ripped out data from years ago and are using it to file fraudulent returns now.

sP

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