I just turned in my federal income taxes.

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Three days ahead of time. I used the free fillable forms at the IRS. The IRS has rejected them once, for my failure to fill in a box with my employer's EIN.

I like to get these filed about three days early, because they always get kicked back a couple of times on account of my failure to fill in all the boxes.

If you've never tried the free fillable forms, they're about as easy as can be. Once I have all my numbers assembled, it's just a matter of moving from a few pieces of paper, for those who still do things that way, to a few online forms.

I've got the La Plata, Missouri, Amtrak station webcam on in the next room. Every few minutes, I get up at the sound of airhorns to watch a train go by.

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My forms have been rejected for a second time. The first time was because I left out my employer's EIN on the W-2. The second time was for a faulty date format on an 8949. You can't submit multiple purchase dates for stock. Example: "2001, 2008" will get combined into one erroneous date, "20/01/2008," which is not valid. You have to choose one purchase date and enter that.

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My forms have been accepted.